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.
Donald – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner) –
Great
Abby – Private Pay (verified owner) –
I thought this course was very informative!
Diana C – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
It was interesting and informative
Laura – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative. I loved the personal stories.
Sheila – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this course because I learned a lot about gifted students.
Catherine – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
Lots of video and audio that contains lots of information
Ruth – WALLER ISD (verified owner) –
I thought it was very informative but it was a little lengthy.
Victoria – CEDAR HILL ISD (verified owner) –
This is a good course, but the audio can be hard to hear and understand sometimes. I wish it had captions so I could read what she was saying
Marion – Private Pay (verified owner) –
This course covers information about gifted students that most will not already know. It is highly valuable training.
Jennifer – EANES ISD (verified owner) –
The course contained information that helps identify the key differences between high achieving students and gifted students. It also articulated clearly the needs of students in poverty as it pertains to giftedness and services.