Lecture 2: The Self of the Gifted Child

A 1995 lecture by Annemarie on the development of the Self for gifted children

Original Publication Date: October 17, 1995

For many years, Annemarie would visit the school in October from her home in Oakland, California, taking advantage of the season that was her favorite Michigan season. She would meet with students, faculty, and administrators, catching up on the school and providing advice. During her 1995 visit, she delivered a series of four lectures on child development.  The lectures were recorded and we have transcripts of the sessions.  This is the second lecture, on the development of the Self of the gifted child and the parental relationship, and the first, third, and fourth lectures are also on this website.

Lecture 3: The Growing World of the Gifted Child

The third lecture in a series explores the gifted child's encounter with school and society

Original Publication Date: October 24, 1995

For many years, Annemarie would visit the school in October from her home in Oakland, California, taking advantage of the season that was her favorite Michigan season. She would meet with students, faculty, and administrators, catching up on the school and providing advice. During her 1995 visit, she delivered a series of four lectures on child development.  The lectures were recorded and we have transcripts of the sessions.  This is the second lecture, which examines the progress from home to the larger world for a gifted child. The first, second, and fourth lectures are also on this website.

Lecture 4: The Role of the Community

In the last of a series, Annemarie discusses the importance of community

Original Publication Date: October 30, 1995

For many years, Annemarie would visit the school in October from her home in Oakland, California, taking advantage of the season that was her favorite Michigan season. She would meet with students, faculty, and administrators, catching up on the school and providing advice. During her 1995 visit, she delivered a series of four lectures on child development.  The lectures were recorded and we have transcripts of the sessions.  This is the fourth lecture, a discussion of the nature of community. The first, second, and third lectures are also on this website.

The necessity for morality in gifted education

By Annemarie Roeper

Original Publication Date: August 1985

In 1985, George and Annemarie attended a World Council for Gifted and Talented Children conference in Hamburg. Being in Hamburg, where George was born, and near Marienau, the school they grew up in and had to flee, made them both quite full of emotion.  In addition, the conference opened on the day of the 40th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima.  This confluence of factors made them both receptive to the power of the questions raised by German attendees about the moral hazard of identifying anyone as gifted and potentially superior. In this paper, Annemarie reflects on the questions raised and her thoughts about their responsibilities as educators to provide moral guidance to students.

Shared decision-making

By Annemarie Roeper

Original Publication Date: Jan-Mar 1986

Over the years, the organizational structure of the school evolved. The school’s educational philosophy called for allowing students to participate in shaping their own destiny to the degree to which they were capable. George and Annemarie realized that the institution needed to reflect that model and began to share their decision-making authority more extensively. In this article published in the Roeper Review, Annemarie recounted the process and the theory behind the new structure. The 1986 article is available here courtesy of the journal’s Open Access.