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.
Rachel – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Very helpful
Heather – Brazosport ISD (verified owner) –
I like have the speaker talk. It is more interesting than a powerpoint.
Zoraida – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Great course. You will learn a lot about gifted students here.
Kali – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
I thought the course was very eye opening as to how to identify gifted students and how to treat them.
Patricia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Valuable information.
Idalia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
informative
Orlando – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great course! Learned a lot.
Whitney – WACO ISD (verified owner) –
I like that I could skip around and retake the quizzes. I love that is was a real person talking and not a computer generated voice.
Blanca – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
I am new to this training so I do not have experience with many gifted students, although through my years of experience there have been a few who were gifted. This training has helped me to better understand gifted students.
Krystal – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
I loved this course. It was so easy to go through and very fun and exciting to see. I learned so much that I can’t wait to incorporate into my classroom.