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.
Luci – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
I love this course due to the way that the information is presented. The modules are engaging and I truly came out of this course knowing and understanding more about the Nature and Needs of Gifted and Talented Students.
Ashley Brooke – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting and informative!
Sarah – WALLER ISD (verified owner) –
Great Course!
Cierra – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
It was great, Straight to the point and easy.
Tasha – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
This is a great course and really gave me great information about gifted and how to teach gifted students.
Sheri – TOMBALL ISD (verified owner) –
I like this course but wish there were more parts for high school teachers.
Jessica – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I was able to reflect on my personal strengths and weaknesses going through this training and address where I need to make many changes to meet the needs of teaching gifted students.
Thomas – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
I learned a lot of things that I did not know. I was able to identify and put a name to behaviors I was witnessing in my class that I before could not teach too.
Mallory – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the convenience of this course with it being online.
Janaye – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I thought this course was helpful.