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.
Peter – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Really learned somethings that helped me reframe what gifted means and what gifted needs.
Michael – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
I would recommend this course.
Christopher – GREENEVIEW LOCAL (verified owner) –
It was easy to follow
Marie – CLEVELAND ISD (verified owner) –
It was great! The professor explains each concept with great clarify and the examples are perfect.
Elsie – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
It was an enjoyable course and enteratining
Andrea – CLEVELAND ISD (verified owner) –
This course gives a comprehensive explanation on GT students, how to identify them, and differentiate EVEN WITHIN GT standards. It’s easy to continue with the modules because of its pace and the resources that we can keep for our own note taking. The course also inspires us teachers to spin our job however we see fit four our students’ needs.
Carlie – Angleton ISD (verified owner) –
I found this course helpful for my students today and future students.
Shay – CLEVELAND ISD (verified owner) –
I like the presenter because she makes it interesting and easier to remember; I already knew most of this information.
Ryan – HUGHES SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
very good
Brittany – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting information about gifted students