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.
Doreen – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
This class was interesting. It was well taught and I learned!
Angela – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
This course is great! It has lots of information on giftedness.
Ryan – CEDAR HILL ISD (verified owner) –
The speaker was great and kept my attention. I was able to recall important topics that she mentioned.
Shavonda – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
The course was very informative and easy to follow. I like the instructor and her enthusiasm.
Wanda – Santa Cruz Valley Unified District (verified owner) –
Very good presentation. Full of valuable information. Seems to be roughly edited many times. I would like to see/hear more of the presentation. Great to have the resources listed in the handout for review and more information. Would recommend this course as an introduction or a review for those who work with gifted students or for those who are thinking about this area of teaching.
Kendra – BURNET CISD (verified owner) –
So far, the course is informative and easy to follow.
Charity – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the course.
Estefania – COLLEGE STATION ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and explains giftedness in a way educators can easily understand and identify
Mariana – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
This was a good training.
Andres – WALLER ISD (verified owner) –
Solid course, I liked how the information was presented cleanly apart from the anecdotes.