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.
Giovanni – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
A lot of great information about gifted in talented students that I am learning about!
Romana – RIO GRANDE CITY CISD (verified owner) –
Very Informative and great examples of the GT students
Van – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed watching Dr. Junetune because she sounded very passionate and knowledgeable about gifted and talented students. I was able to learn a lot from her videos and the examples that she spoke about are eye openers as we tend to have those types of students within in our classroom.
Claudia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course, very informative.
Holly – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
awesome
Yaired – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
It was interesting and well organized.
Tyrone – FAIRBANKS LOCAL (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the experience and insight that the instructor provided and all of the examples provided from her experiences as an educator. The resources provided her also beneficial.
Robyn – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
This course was highly informational and interesting to complete.
Kimberly – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed learning about the giftedness of students.
Berenize – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was interesting because it gave me an inside look into gifted students and how they learn.