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.
Claudia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course had in depth insight of gifted students and it provides great examples of how a teacher can help keep them motivated. It had great information.
Aidee – BASTROP ISD (verified owner) –
I truly liked this course. It helped to really understand the gifted child and what to look for in them.
Lindsay – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative. I can see a lot of best practices that would work well even for average students.
Caitlin – BURNET CISD (verified owner) –
This course is very informative and helpful for understanding gifted students.
Lisa – BURNET CISD (verified owner) –
Very informative course with a lot of great information! I now know the differences and needs of high achievers and gifted students.
Paige – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
Great!
Kathryn – HUNTSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course would be valuable for all teachers to take. It would help them learn so much about their students differences and needs. This was an excellent course.
Claudia – GIDDINGS ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very helpful
Michael – BASTROP ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the course overall. There’s some very good information here, especially if you have not worked with gifted students before.
Vanessa – MIDLAND ISD (verified owner) –
This was a great course that was very informative for me as a new teacher. I was not aware of many of the nuances that exist around gifted students.