Topic: Gifted education and giftedness across time
This task has two steps:
Step one from 4 to 4.5 pages
1. “Empirical analytic”: Reviewing with a bit discussion and connecting between the scholars, Western scholarships” their essential thought about “”giftedness, or gifted education” “ to uncovering major themes, concepts of giftedness, or gifted education in Western context, using Historical lens in logic way: use only the following scholars
1.1. Greek era scholars “ Pythagoras, Heraclitus, Plato and Aristotle”.
1.2. medieval time,“ Farabi, Alghzali, ibn rushd “averroes” and Thomas Aquinas”.
1.3. Modern time scholars: “Thomas Hobbes, Sir Francis Galton, William Stern, Lewis Terman, Gagne, Joseph Renzulli, Howard Gardner, Daniel Goleman, Robert Sternberg, Susan Greenfield, Jacob Tapper”.

Step one from 4 to 5 pages
2. Historical hermeneutic” analyzing and interpreting their essential thought about “”giftedness, or gifted education, why their definition, or their thought about giftedness, or gifted education different? What we learn from that? Related to the Topic “Gifted Education across time” Use the concepts, the major themes, in analyzing, interpreting way for the concepts or the themes.

Details”
The Major themes from Greek era and Medieval time, like “Knowledge, intelligence, thinking, Moral intelligence” or any concept or theme that related to giftedness, or gifted education.

The Major themes from Modern time:
Early days (on the basis of IQ levels),
The Theory of Multiple Intelligence (Gardner, 1983),
WICS Model of Giftedness (Stenberg, 2003)
The theories by Renzulli three rings (2002, 2005, 2009),
Emotional, spiritual and moral intelligences.
The emerging field of neuroscience has illuminated the physiology of the brain and has shown promise in revealing the biological mechanisms that result in giftedness.

So, a summary for this task is:
1. What is the essential thought about “”giftedness, or gifted education, for each Scholar? One paragraph for each scholar.

2.1. What are the major themes, or concepts across them all, highlight them in an introduction for step two? One paragraph.
2.2. Interpretation: Analyses theme ” major themes, or concepts about “”giftedness, or gifted education” analyzing and interpreting using the following questions and guide:
1. Why they are different from scholar to another?
2. What we learn from that to gifted education?
3. Conclusion. One paragraph.
4. Always, focus and related to the topic. Not lose the thesis.
5. Use a logic movement from era to era?
6. Build back the influences of:
A. The Greek scholars” Pythagoras, Heraclitus, Plato, Aristotle” to medieval time scholars Farabi, Alghzali, ibn rushd “averroes”,
B. Then the influences of Farabi, Alghzali, Ibn Rushed, to Thomas Aquinas,
C. Then the influences of Thomas Aquinas Modren time.

Important information:
1. This PhD Thesis, so every single sentence has information has to be reference in APA style and any weird or new word has to be “define”
2. False information not accepted at all.
3. Don’t use a concept or term that doesn’t exit for an era, for example, concept like “giftedness” only exit in Modern time? But you will find different concepts or theme similar.

About the references:
1. For the Greek era, you have to use this reference, and add a solid references.
Bertrand Russell’s ‘History of Western Philosophy’
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solid references like, or similar.
2. Stanley, T. (2010). ‘Pythagoras: His Life & Teaching’
3. Sweet, D. (2007). ‘Heraclitus: Translation & Analysis’
4. Plato (2014). ‘Complete Works’
5. Aristotle (2010). ‘Complete works of Aristotle’

2. For medieval time, as will you have to use this reference, and if you like add a solid references.
Fakhry, M. (2002). ‘Farabi’ you will find it already attached. N0 2
Ghazali ‘Marvels of the Heart’ You will find it already attached. N0 3
Or solid references like or similar.
Sonneborn, L (2005). ‘Averroes’
9. Feser, E. (2010). ‘Aquinas: A beginner’s Guide’

3. For Modern time use the information and the references you will find in use the attached, attached. File N0 4 you need just to add Thomas Hobbes, from another reference, but the rest all there.