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.
Kara – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
REally enjoyed it. Very interesting and helpful.
Laurie – COLLEGE STATION ISD (verified owner) –
This coarse offers some very detailed and important information on the needs of gifted learners that is necessary for teachers to understand when teaching gifted learners.
Christina – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
It was nice to take a training that left me with useful and interesting information that I was able to make connections with and think about new ideas for future use.
LaJuan – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
It was satisfactory.
Robert – Brazosport ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course gave good examples of the gifted spectrum and helped me see areas where I may overlook a gifted student based solely off of performance.
Chaterica – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
great information
Griselda – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Awesome, very important eye openers for educators. Enjoy the examples provided.
Adebimpe – Private Pay (verified owner) –
It has opened my eyes even more, to what makes G.T kids tick!
Bailey – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Great
James – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Great course! Clear and to the point instruction. Very informative.