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.
Brian – BETHEL LOCAL (verified owner) –
Very informative but a little long winded at times.
Jayda – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
It challenged my thinking about knowledge of gifted students, as well as gave me great tips that I can immediately put into play in my classroom.
Cynthia – Private Pay (verified owner) –
This course offered very good information as well as worksheets/materials that were very useful during the training.
Dominic – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
It was very informative, I would be willing to log back into the portal to refresh my memory to be able help assist gifted and talented students in to future.
Marian – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
Good
Sarah – Private Pay (verified owner) –
I appreciate the pacing of the course and the straightforward nature of the lectures. I feel that Dr. Juntune shares enough anecdotal evidence to enhance learning with specific examples, but not too much so it feels like unnecessary storytelling. I have learned some important practices to implement in my classroom.
heather – WASHINGTON LOCAL (verified owner) –
I love the foundation on giftedness and intelligence and also the focus at the end on what this looks like for our students living in poverty.
Ashley – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
Lengthy
Misty – CLEVELAND ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative and I took away a lot of information that will help me with GT students.
Darla – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
Great course!