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.
Emma – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
I found it extremely beneficial! I teach kindergarten, and I found many things I can apply to my students, but I can see how to stretch this information all the way up into high school!
Lorelei – VIDOR ISD (verified owner) –
I found this course helpful as I plan to meet the needs of my gifted learners
Samantha – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
I liked the different cases and examples given. I liked the different ways I can help my gifted student and learning from Ms. Junetune’s students.
Lora – GAINESVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I really gained a lot of interesting and useful information from this course. i appreciated the opportunities to reflect.
Jessica – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
This was informative!
latoya – CEDAR HILL ISD (verified owner) –
Great
Megan – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
I thought it was very well organized. I love how she took her own teaching experiences and made them relatable to us.
Courtney – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very helpful in connecting what we see across all grade levels and how important it is to meet their needs early on and continue to do so.
Alicia – ROUND ROCK ISD (verified owner) –
This course was great and self paced made it easier to complete and learn.
Katherine – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
Helped me understand the diverse needs of GT students