ABSTRACT

This comprehensive volume explores the origins, development, and applications for Françoys Gagné’s Differentiating Model of Giftedness and Talent (DMGT).

In an authoritative yet accessible style, Professor Gagné offers a holistic coverage of the DMGT, including its implications for the field, and its main divergent points with competing theories of talent development. Chapters guide readers through each of the five DMGT components, addressing the diversity of gifts, the contributions of Nature and Nurture, the most important personal qualities, the overemphasized power of outside agents, the key role of chance, and more.

Filled with illustrative examples and vignettes from the author’s estimable career, this book is the authoritative resource for researchers and students looking to understand the DMGT and its unique role in shaping gifted education as we know it today.

chapter |2 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|18 pages

Competencies and Aptitudes

chapter 3|11 pages

The “How Many?” Question

chapter 4|27 pages

About Talents and Gifts

chapter 5|19 pages

The Nature and Nurture of Aptitudes

chapter 6|18 pages

The Developmental Process

chapter 7|27 pages

Intrapersonal Catalysts

chapter 8|26 pages

Environmental Catalysts

chapter 9|26 pages

Developmental Dynamics

chapter 10|11 pages

The DMGT Applied

chapter 11|4 pages

A Self-Extolling Finale

chapter |1 pages

Epilogue