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.
Ryan – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
Great Course!
Steven – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
The only complaint is that the ‘handouts’ were not made available, only the slides.
Jorge – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
This course is very informative and if you need to play the videos several times, it will be worth it.
Terry – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –
Easy to understand, relatable to real life situations in the classroom. Heads and tails above other courses I have taken on this subject. Dr. Juntune shares here cast knowledge in a way that I can transfer it into my everyday life as an educator.
Leticia – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Excellent
Tara – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
Great… Needs updating
Lisa – Private Pay (verified owner) –
I personally enjoyed every module. Dr. Juntune used so many great examples and did not just give facts. She applied her knowledge and truly helped me better understand the nature and needs of gifted learners.
Blanca – CLEVELAND ISD (verified owner) –
Grate if it wasn’t because of the videos in the section 8, they did not played well the audio was not working in the descriptions of Randy and Sheri.
Nathan – PARKWAY LOCAL (verified owner) –
I thought this was an interesting course. I knew very little about how gifted students function, and I believe this helped.
Erin – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
Engaging material and examples, resources are also very helpful