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.
Lindsey – ALAMO HEIGHTS ISD (verified owner) –
The speaker was engaging and used great anecdotes to help me make connections to content. I appreciated the handouts that were included as well.
Jenifer – Angleton ISD (verified owner) –
I loved the presenter, very high energy. Mrs.Juntune explains each topic well and with examples of real life situations to easily follow.
Jennifer – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
This course helps you understand the “quirks” of gifted students
Diane – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
very in depth training
Beth – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative.
Jessica – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
I felt like this presentation is outdated and needs to be redone, there were some problematic statements made about kids in poverty that may not be accurate. The course completely ignored ethnicity and systemic racism in gifted students experiences.
Alfredo – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
It was a helpful course, it gave scenarios of gifted students and that was helpful
Clarissa – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
This course was interesting and informative.
Benjamin – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Tough
Maryel – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
very informative and has all the resources as links in each slide