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.
Sherrie – BURNET CISD (verified owner) –
I found this course to be informative and yet easy to understand. I was able to understand more about how my students learn.
Kimberly – GIDDINGS ISD (verified owner) –
It was good.
Kira – HUTTO ISD (verified owner) –
Very detailed, helpful, and includes lots of resources.
Veronica – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great course. A lot of great information for all teachers.
Cecil – BASTROP ISD (verified owner) –
The video was very dated, and the fact that this was just filmed in an actual workshop made the video less easy to watch, and less valuable. I would also have preferred more activities, a more differentiated approach with some built in choices on how to learn the material, and the ability to take a pre-test to skip concepts that I already understood. I also believe that while this material does have overlap between all grades, a more grade specific format would not waste my time on elementary teacher tips when I am a high school teacher.
Juan – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Shannon – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
This is great being able to work at my own pace! Also, the instructor is a great story teller and engaging to watch. I learned a lot from this course and intend to apply it right away!
Idalia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the explanation from Dr. Junetune. I think it explains in detail what gifted students really are and how teachers can help them.
Christopher – BASTROP ISD (verified owner) –
Worthwhile course
shelby – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
It was great