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.
Ashley – Angleton ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and interactive. Dr. Juntune is very easy to listen to and learn from.
Tamara – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent program with lots of very specific helpful information. I like the the instructor tells stories of her students so you can relate them to yours. It is really nice that she really knows what she is talking about because she experienced it first hand. Excellent instructor.
Linda – DAYTON CITY (verified owner) –
Insightful, with many good stories to illustrate the material.
Estefhania – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting and the information was organized well
Jeffrey – FAIRBANKS LOCAL (verified owner) –
This was an informative and engaging course full of useful information.
Matthew – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
This has a lot of information packed into a lot of modules.
Kirsten – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
I thoroughly enjoyed this course because Dr. Juntune provided concrete action items for the classroom instead of solely discussing theory. Thank you!
Sobein – BURNET CISD (verified owner) –
Great course with information useable in day-to-day classroom setting.
Kevin – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Pretty good. Research is reasonably up to date.
Mark – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
I think the information is very useful. It would be useful to provide in a new teacher orientation as new teachers can look for learning styles and how to differentiate.