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.
Selene – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
This was just the first part of my 30 hours training and I have learned a lot. I will be working on following all the recommendations on how to work with GT students to help them in the proper and correct way.
Jasmin – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting. Very helpful in showing how to deal with gifted students. This is also helpful in showing how to identify and keep students in the gifted program.
Shelby – HUNTSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Pretty entertaining.
Angela – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
Great course with detailed content.
Jessica – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Enjoyed the course and information.
Evelyn – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative.
John – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course that shows the importance of knowing the student.
Danielle – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
I love that I got to take this course! I believe that all teachers should take this course so that they are better able to understand their students!
Kelly – TIPP CITY EXEMPTED VILLAGE (verified owner) –
I thought this was a great course! Super helpful for a young teacher still trying to navigate gifted learning.
MANUEL – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this course and I learned alot more about Gifted students. This will help me better provide my gifted students will a variety of ways to learn different concepts and skills