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.
Celeste – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
Great presenter, presentation, and great resources.
Patrice – Private Pay (verified owner) –
I appreciate that the course is online and designed to be completed independently.
Jesus – Pilot (verified owner) –
Helpful and informative
Hevila – PRESIDIO ISD (verified owner) –
the course has very practical advise that can be implemented as soon as hear it. It also has examples that are relate -able.
Casey – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
It was really helpful in explaining how differently gifted students think, and that will help me modify my instruction to accommodate that.
vonda – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I am thrilled to be learning the content of this course. I have shared what I have learned with my daughter, the mother of my gifted grandson. The material makes sense and I am excited that many things that I already do naturally has been validated and I can not wait to bring the tools that I have learned into the classroom.
Frankie – WALLER ISD (verified owner) –
The course was very informative.
Azul – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
This course helped me understand my gifted students and therefore I feel I’ll be able to help them in a more efficient way.
DeJanee – CEDAR HILL ISD (verified owner) –
This course was awesome, I learned a lot about gifted learners that I didn’t know before! My knowledge of gifted learners was also reinforced in interesting ways!
Yolonda – WALLER ISD (verified owner) –
Enlightening and Engaging! I loved the personal anecdotes of her personal and career experiences.