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.
Carly – HUNTSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
The presenter was fantastic and engaging. The material felt relevant and relatable.
Ruby – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
This was a great course. I came in with little knowledge of gifted students and I am now leaving with a lot of information that I will be incorporating into my classroom to help my gifted students, so that I will not hold them back on their learning.
Leroy – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I found it very enlightening.
Robin – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
The course flows well and kept my attention. It also provided me with “aha” moments as I thought about the objectives and how I could apply the knowledge to my classroom.
Monica – MERCEDES ISD (verified owner) –
Great course to understand how gifted students learn.
Sandra – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) (verified owner) –
This course was very informative and interesting.
Benjamin – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
It’s my first course in gifted education and I learned many interesting characteristics of gifted students.
Juan – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
My IQ test results for data analysis was above 135 and math above 145. The analysis of my test indicated that I was not born with a high IQ but was developed through hard work and volition. I think that the most important thing in is to identify individuals who have the volition for knowledge and answers. Of course, this is just my opinion.
Julie – SANDUSKY CITY (verified owner) –
This course covered an extensive aspect of gifted students and their educations. I like the various comparisons to average students because for me, I have more average students than gifted and may tend to view all of them as average instead of paying particular attention to the small gourp of gifted kids.
Ruben – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
This course was a very serious insight about GT students. They also need to have the right to learn and be encouraged to excel in spite of their social background.