Description
One of the most important foundational aspects of working with gifted students is developing a deep understanding of them. What motivates them? How do they think? And how do they learn? Joyce Juntune, Ph.D. answers these questions and more in this 6-hour course. Dr. Juntune focuses on the nature and needs of gifted students, including the characteristics, social-emotional needs, and programming options. Understanding your gifted students is the starting point for preparing them for life-long success.
In this course you’ll learn to:
- Understand sources of energy in gifted students
- Identify indicators of giftedness
- Differentiate between high achievers and gifted students
- Understand statistical distribution
- Identify the four types of gifted students
- And much more!
This course is aligned with 2016 ODE Teacher Competencies d, e, and NAGC Teacher Preparation Standards 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 5.5.
Dr. Juntune is a renowned consultant, trainer, professor, and lecturer with more than 45 years of experience in the field of education. She is an instructional associate professor at Texas A&M University, and she teaches graduate-level courses in her expert areas of intelligence, child and adolescent development, educational psychology, giftedness, and creativity. Dr. Juntune earned her master’s degree in curriculum instruction from St. Cloud University and her Ph.D. in educational psychology from Texas A&M University.
Presenter Bio
Dr. Joyce Juntune is a renowned consultant, trainer, professor, and lecturer with more than 45 years of experience in the field of education. She is an instructional associate professor at Texas A&M University, and she teaches graduate-level courses in her expert areas of intelligence, child and adolescent development, educational psychology, giftedness, and creativity. She has focused the majority of her career on the areas of intelligence and gifted and talented education. Dr. Juntune has served as the executive director for the National Association for Gifted Children and the Institute for Applied Creativity at Texas A&M University.
Jeremiah – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
It can be completed quickly for those with the ability for sustained focus.
Claudia – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
It was very informative and provided very descriptive ways to help GT students in the classroom
Laura – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I learned so much in this course on how to work with GT students.
Ruth – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
It was very informative and well laid out.
Valerie – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
Dr. J has such a great way of explaining the joys and challenges we face in providing gifted instruction. Her ideas and examples are very clear and helpful as I plan for the year to come.
Aemma Leah – BASTROP ISD (verified owner) –
Great course. All the beginning teachers to Advanced Classes or freshman should take this prior to starting.
Viviana – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
I loved this course.
Roberto – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course would benefit from containing more concrete examples of how a teacher applies these concepts in actual day-to-day instruction.
Martina – TORNILLO ISD (verified owner) –
Even for those of us who have been teaching for years (and already completing 30 GT hours but district demanding that we do the training again) it is good to review new research, new perspective and simply remind us of the great opportunities available to serve this population.
Maria – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Helps us better understand and identify gifted learners.