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.
Renee – WACO ISD (verified owner) –
I benefitted from the ideas and strategies offered in this course. It has informed and inspired me to make some improvements in my methods of teaching and reaching my gifted students.
Lamar – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting and well executed.
It would be nice if we could download the hand-outs.
Maria – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Great organization and examples.
Joe – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Wonderful.
Jennifer – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course is very good. It has helped me to understand a lot of different aspects of gifted students and clarify certain things. It was like “diving into a gifted mind.”
Matthew – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
It was a beneficial reminder of the differentiation necessary in order to teach all students.
sylvia – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed what the courses had to say about the planning for the students and how we can work and help them enjoy being in our classroom without being bored with modifications and learning more about each individual.
Bethany – WESTFALL LOCAL (verified owner) –
I found the class to be helpful and informative. I believe I leave the course better equipped to work with my gifted students.
Sarah – Brazosport ISD (verified owner) –
I learned alot about how gifted children think vs high advanced students
Yvette – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
This course had examples of differentiated learning plans that could be useful in the classroom.