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.
Elizabeth – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
The course was easy to follow along. I enjoyed having access to the handouts.
Rachel – LEANDER ISD (verified owner) –
This course was informative in understanding how to meet the needs of the gifted student. I appreciate the flexibility of the online option. The resources and handouts are helpful and I plan to refer to them often!
Jessica – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course contained alot of helpful information for better understanding of our GT students.
Kelly – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course is very up to date.
Jessica – CLEAR CREEK ISD (verified owner) –
Very helpful and insightful. Will give you a better understanding of what a gifted student may look like along with real life students and experiences.
Takisha – FORT BEND ISD (verified owner) –
Great training!
Sharon – Private Pay (verified owner) –
This course was very informative on recognizing gifted students and the keys to learning about their intelligence, which will help meet their needs in school.
Susie – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
Great course…. everyone should take this course as it provides critical information to ensure all students in the reached their full potential.
Elizabeth – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very revealing in nature and I learned so much regarding gifted students.
Franceska – FORT BEND ISD (verified owner) –
This was very helpful and meaningful.