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.
Roosevelt – Huber Heights City (verified owner) –
This class was very informative.
Kristi – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
This course was informative but very dry.
Amanda – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed the personal stories of gifted students that followed each topic.
Addison – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I like the way this course is set up. You can review the information in the way you’d like (much like a GT class). I personally would rather read information than listen to it, as speaking goes slower than my brain, so this course was perfect.
Hope – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
The course is very good. It needs some work on the audio part. When the speaker moves, you can barely hear her.
Chelsea – PARIS ISD (verified owner) –
This course allowed me to gain valuable knowledge to take with me into the classroom to best serve my gifted students.
Jennifer – WACO ISD (verified owner) –
I learned a lot during this course and it was organized very well.
Keshia – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Very detailed and well informed.
Miriam – MERCEDES ISD (verified owner) –
I like the information provided and the examples.
Jessica – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This is very interesting and I enjoy the anecdotes that Dr. Juntune provides in order to contextualize her points.