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.
Stephanie – COLLEGE STATION ISD (verified owner) –
It was very interesting.
Emily – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
I have learned a lot through this course that will allow me to better understand and serve my GT kids.
Ivor – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
This is a professor from my amateur. She explains the topic very well. She gives many examples and it is easy to learn from her.
Adam – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I think the speaker did a very good job describing what gifted students need. I would like more examples/hands on modules of projects that could be used in a gifted classroom. I know as a teacher I need to create these but having some proven content I could practically use would be helpful as I am a new teacher.
Jason – VALLEY VIEW LOCAL (verified owner) –
Very interesting and informative.
James – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
This was a very good course.
Miriam – LEANDER ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this course. Would like to see more practical things that I could use in my classroom.
Janice – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I really love the format of this course. I love the video, print out option, websites offered, questions submitted and able to view others comments were helpful as well.
Cynthia – WALLER ISD (verified owner) –
I think that this course helps me understand my gifted students better and it gives me the tools to better differentiate to help those students learn in the way that best accommodates their needs.
Samantha – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
Meh, it was ok