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.
Lydia – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
I thought that this course was simply fantastic> It was a bit long, but I learned so much about teaching “gifted” students!
Karen – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Unfortunately, inexperienced or untrained teachers sometimes make provisions for the gifted by assigning them enrichment worksheets, independent projects, or reports on famous mathematicians. Quantity, in this case, does not always equal quality. It was an enrichment experience to learn and understand better how to provided and plan more effective learning services to gifted and talented students.
Melissa – WESTERVILLE CITY (verified owner) –
This course was extremely informative and helpful. I feel much more prepared to service gifted students in my classroom.
Dolores – WALLER ISD (verified owner) –
This is an excellent course. I would definitely recommend it to my colleagues.
Jairus – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
The course was highly informative. It taught me a lot of new facts about gifted students that I never knew.
Ashley – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I learned a lot about gifted students from the course. Being a first year teacher I am still learning more and more every day and this course helped clear up how gifted students are chosen/recognized.
Christopher – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
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Shuntell – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
Very Informative, can’t wait to incorporate in my classroom!!
Cassandra – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
It was enlightening to listen to our instructor talk about gifted students.
JESSICA – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
It was very informative. However, my district wants me to take this course so that I can teach Pre-AP students. And none of my Pre-AP students exhibit signed of being GT students.