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.
Marsha – Allen East Local Schools (verified owner) –
Excellent, with wonderful examples.
Ericka – HUTTO ISD (verified owner) –
I love this training because it really helped me to better understand my gifted students and provide more options for them to learn. I also obtained a more clear way to understand how they think.
Cameron – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
This was a self-paced course that was very informative and easy to navigate. I will use this type of course in the future.
Erica – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
This course assists in understanding the needs of the gifted students. It was clearly stated.
Patricia – Morgan Local Schools (verified owner) –
This course was informational and kept my attention. June is easy to listen to and entertaining.
Ariel – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
Great
Eddie – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
great every teacher should take and try.
Jamie – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
It was very informative and I learned a lot.
Amanda – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
I found this gifted and talented course to be highly informative and beneficial. I will definitely be taking a lot of what I learned throughout the course and applying it when I am identifying and teaching gifted students.
Renee – New Lexington City Schools (verified owner) –
This course had great insight and information about the gifted learner.