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.
Katie – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative. Great examples given.
Karen – HUTTO ISD (verified owner) –
I loved this course! I learned a lot and now realize how little I knew before taking the course. I look forward to honing my skills further in order to give my best to all gifted students in my future classes.
Debra – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
Good foundational level of information with several examples/case studies from which to gain knowledge and support for GT traits.
Arthur – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
very useful
Norma – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
eye opener!
Stephanie – HUTTO ISD (verified owner) –
There are too many personal stories that provide a lot of unnecessary detail.
Kathleen – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Lots of good information.
Perla – MIDLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Great insights and tips to understand Gifted students in the regular classroom
Eevan – BASTROP ISD (verified owner) –
This has opened my eyes to the extreme importance of having trained teachers to work with gifted students. It’s not enough that they just “get” the material in an average classroom. They need to be provided with the content and environment that challenges them and allows them to excel.
lingjing – BASTROP ISD (verified owner) –
It was helpful