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.
Marnie – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
This was such great information about gifted students and their needs in a classroom. The examples and presentation were interesting and motivating. I have some great ideas to take back to the classroom.
cheryl – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
I think this was an excellent course,
Adrian – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Good Information
Marie – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
This course is very good because it helped me truly identify a gifted child.
Josie – VAN WERT CITY (verified owner) –
I learned a lot about gifted students and how to best benefit them from this course. During this course, the examples helped remind me of specific students in my own classrooms. This course also had many moments and stories that made me laugh. This made it something that I did not mind doing at all!
Linda – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Good Course
Gerardo – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course. Very informative
Elizabeth – SAN ELIZARIO ISD (verified owner) –
This course is an eye opener, not only for teachers but society.
San Juana – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
This is a very Informative a great training course.
Lauren – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Very informative on how to work with gifted students.