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.
Rocky – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I think that the most important thing of this course was that GT students do not all look the same and with GT students we need to find what their interest are.
LaDonna – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative information about Gifted students and necessary instruction.
Jamie – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Loved how it explains being able to find your kids and distinguish them from High Achievers.
Kimberly – Angleton ISD (verified owner) –
It is very informative.
Alejandra – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
informative with a lot of examples of real scenarios.
Brooklyn – Brazosport ISD (verified owner) –
This course seems outdated the way the videos are taped. I think it would be more beneficial to update the course and make them more interactive.
Felecia – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
5 stars
Jillian – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I like that it is all online
kimberly – Ashtabula Area City Schools (verified owner) –
This was excellent information provided with examples and scenarios to
demonstrate the key ideas. It was extremely informative.
Eileen – Ashtabula Area City Schools (verified owner) –
This course gives specific example of gifted testing scores and how to interpret them. It discusses poverty and how that effects gifted. These and many more examples of topics are relevant and helpful to understanding gifted. The handouts are great.