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.
Stacey – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
Highly relevant information.
Kandice – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
The course does a good job in explaining the different needs of GT children.
Laurel – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
A lot of great information. I liked the case study feel of how some of the information was presented. Allowed me to really think about my own students and their intellectual abilities.
Angel – Private Pay (verified owner) –
It was interesting. I learned more about gifted students.
Kenneth – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
I have no issues with the course. Much of the content was very helpful.
Ashley – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very good information on the needs and thought processes of the gifted and talented students.
Danelle – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
If was good to review ideas for new ways to help my GT students.
Ann – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative
Michael – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I would like a summary sheet of all the information. The theories on intelligence would be nice to have as a document.
I like the videos and a transcript would be nice. I can process the information more quickly if I can read it.
Benjamin – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
Good