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Chance in Giftedness

7/1/2022

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Giftedness has been associated with some extraordinary skills and capabilities which stem from nature and nurture. We already know that there isn’t guaranteed genetic inheritance from parent to offspring. Even when we know everything about a parent's genes, we don’t know what combination of their genes would occur in their offspring. From a giftedness point of view, even though parents are gifted, there is unpredictability; for example, a child could look more like Mom, Dad or a combination of both, or could inherit intelligence from one parent or from both parents.

When it comes to the environment, there is even more unpredictability. For example, we cannot usually decide who our parents are, or which teachers will teach us. There are many things that we cannot determine – for example, how educated our parents are or how wealthy our family is, and many researchers have studied both of these things.

Gagné is one of the leading scholars in the field of gifted education. Gagné’s theory (Gagné's Differentiated Model of Giftedness and Talent) suggests that all talents are developed from natural abilities through learning and environmental factors. Chance is another important factor in talent development. Like Gagné, Tannenbaum’s Sea Star Model of Giftedness addresses the relationships between abilities and fulfillment of possibility. Tannenbaum did not believe that children who have abilities can necessarily become a gifted adult. They need to get exposed to broad ranges of experiences and information. Tannenbaum also believed that sometimes it was luck or chance that enabled some children with abilities to reach their full potential.

There is an additional interesting theory in developmental psychology that affects giftedness: Niche-picking. Niche-picking is simply the tendency of people to choose an environment that complements their heredity. Studies have shown that a match between training (nurture) and cognitive abilities (nature) lead certain individuals to be more likely than others to take advantage of training better than others. For instance, if you possessed innate musical skills, you would have more tendencies to take musical training than others, and then musical training would be more beneficial for you than others. This combination of nature and nurture would further your talent.

In summary, even though effort and motivation make a huge difference in developing potential abilities, chance is also a factor in giftedness. Sometimes the factors that we cannot control provide surprising results.
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Dr. Uzeyir Ogurlu, Board Member
WI Association for Talented and Gifted

(WATG would like to extend its deep appreciation to Esther Vazquez Guendulain of Appleton Bilingual School for translating this article into Spanish for our Spanish-speaking families and educators. The translation can be found below.)

La oportunidad en los talentos excepcionales
Los talentos excepcionales han sido asociados con algunas habilidades y capacidades excepcionales que provienen naturalmente y se fomentan. Ya sabemos que no se garantiza  la herencia genética de los padres a su descendencia. Aún cuándo sepamos todo sobre los genes de los padres, no sabemos qué combinación de genes ocurrirá en su descendencia. Desde un punto de vista de talentos excepcionales, aunque los padres tengan talentos excepcionales, no se puede predecir. Por ejemplo, un niño podría parecerse más a la mamá, el papá o una combinación de los dos; o podría heredar la inteligencia de uno de los padres o de ambos padres.
Cuando se trata del entorno, se puede predecir aún menos. Por ejemplo,  no podemos usualmente decidir quienes son nuestros padres o quienes serán nuestros maestros. Hay muchas cosas que no podemos determinar. Por ejemplo, qué tanta educación tienen nuestros padres o qué tanta riqueza tiene nuestra familia; y se han hecho muchas investigaciones de ambas cosas.
Gagné es uno de los eruditos en el campo de la educación para talentos excepcionales. La teoría de Gagne  (El modelo diferencial del talento excepcional de Gané) sugiere que todos los talentos son desarrollados de habilidades naturales a través del aprendizaje y factores de ambiente. La oportunidad es otro factor importante en el desarrollo del talento. Como Gagné, el modelo estrella  de mar de talentos excepcionales de Tannenbaum’s, aborda las relaciones entre habilidades y realización de posibilidades. Tannenbaum no creía que los niños que tienen habilidades pueden necesariamente ser adultos con talentos excepcionales. Ellos necesitan ser expuestos a un amplio rango de experiencias e información. Tannenbaum también creía que algunas veces fué suerte o la oportunidad, que permitió a algunos niños con habilidades alcanzar su máximo potencial.
Hay una interesante teoría adicional en el desarrollo psicólogico que afecta el talento excepcional: selección-de-nicho. Selección-de-nicho es simplemente la tendencia de las personas a escoger un ambiente que complemente su herencia. Los estudios han mostrado que juntos, el entrenamiento (crianza) y las habilidades cognitivas (naturaleza) hace que ciertos individuos sean más propensos a aprovechar mejor el entrenamiento que otros. Por decir, si usted posee una habilidad musical innata, usted tendría más tendencias a tomar entrenamiento musical que otros, y entonces el entrenamiento musical sería de mayor beneficio para usted que para otros. Esta combinación de naturaleza y el de fomentar, mejoraría su talento.
En resumen, aunque el esfuerzo y motivación hagan una gran diferencia en el desarrollo de habilidades potenciales, la oportunidad es también un factor dentro del talento excepcional.  Algunas veces los factores que no podemos controlar dan resultados sorprententes.
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Dr. Uzeyir Ogurlu, Miembro decla Junta de Gobierno
WI Association for Talented and Gifted

(WATG desea extender su profundo agradecimiento a Esther Vazquez Guendulain de Appleton Bilingual School  por traducir este artículo al español para nuestras familias y educadores hispanohablantes . La traducción puede encontrarse también en el blog de nuestra página web.)

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