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.
Valerie – WACO ISD (verified owner) –
Learned a lot about my gifted students and students that may need to be classified as gifted.
Maria – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
Great information.
Sarah – Jefferson Area Local Schools (verified owner) –
I believe the course and the reflections questions aligned and it was easy to follow.
Amanda – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
This course was very informative in helping identify differentiated methods of instruction for gifted students and how to go about making sure they are learning in a way that is effective for them.
Marisol – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
Lots of great information!!
Martha – SAN ELIZARIO ISD (verified owner) –
I think that this course is very thorough, they really want to make sure that we know how to identify gifted students and the best way to differentiate instruction, so that it addresses our gifted students’ strengths and needs.
Chelsea – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative course, I learned how to ensure I get to know my students better in order to understand their learning needs.
Edgar – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course had great insight.
Angie – PIQUA CITY (verified owner) –
The instructor was incredibly condescending to her audience and frankly teachers in general.
Angela – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –
The course was very interesting.