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.
Anna – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
I like this module because it helps us to better understand GT students in our classroom.
Alan – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Amazing
mariah – LEANDER ISD (verified owner) –
I did not like that the subtitles were in the form of a written script. The plat form was also glitchy and I would need to refresh the page a lot.
The topics were interesting but the stories were a little long some times. Would probably be better inperson.
Diane – CARLISLE LOCAL (verified owner) –
This course helped to look at the whole student and what you can do to keep them motivated.
Larry – Angleton ISD (verified owner) –
The course was extremely informative. The speaker was easy to listen to and having the handout pages was particularly helpful.
Kenia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative. They give a lot of personal examples that reflect the current student environment.
Lauren – WESTERVILLE CITY (verified owner) –
Everything Dr. Juntune teaches is gold. I learn so much.
Natalie – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
awesome
Marc – YOUNGSTOWN CITY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
I would tell them it was good.
Zureima – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Refreshing listening to the various examples/testimonies of students and noticing connections with students I have previously taught.