Francyos Gagne updates his model for gifted education

1. Differentiated Model of
Giftedness and Talent DMGT 2.0
Francyos Gagne updates his model
for gifted education

5. Main Changes
• Gagne has defined each component in greater
detail,
e.g. the Socio-affective and Sensi-motor
aspects have been clearly divided into
Social and Perceptual in the Mental Gifts
category, and Muscular and Motor Control
in the Physical Gifts category.

6. Main Changes
• Gagne has defined each component in greater
detail,
e.g. The Developmental Process has
been further elaborated on in terms of
Activities, Process and Investment.

7. Main Changes
• Gagne has put greater emphasis on the role of
chance.
 AE: In reading your documentation you talk about chance
being a larger factor in the education of gifted children. This
leaves me with the impression that we as educators have
less ability to positively impact the development of a gifted
child than you first thought. Do you feel this is the case?
 FG: Yes, there are limits to teachers’ power of influencing
children’s development. It is also the case with parents, peers,
etc. Chance has two major points of entry: genetics and family
environment. They will play a major role in early childhood.
Still, when they get to school, teachers have some power to
influence them in many ways, especially in motivating them
and guiding them.

8. Gagne describes the process further
• An Analogy with Physics
D = S x T
Distance = Speed x Time
T = G x P
Talent = Gifts x Practice

9. Gagne describes the process further
• V – THE DYNAMICS OF TALENT DEVELOPMENT
• He describes how the components of: Gifts
(G), Intrapersonal Skills (I), Environmental
conditions (E) and the Developmental Process
(D), can have different weightings in
individuals but may reach the same level of
talent.

10. Gagne describes the process further
Peter
G I E D
Paul
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11. References
• “Building gifts into talents: Brief overview of the DMGT 2.0”,
Françoys Gagné, Ph.D.
• “The DMGT: Building Talent on the Foundation of Giftedness”
Presentation at the University of Auckland, July 2011, by
Françoys Gagné, Ph.D.