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.
Katalina – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
The course is very interested and although it is long it keeps my attention and makes me want to know more.
Matthew – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very enlightening. I have a whole new outlook on gifted students and cannot wait to use some of these practices in my classroom to help motivate them!
Sierra – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed the presenter. Although the course was online I remained engaged with her stories and felt like she really knew what she was talking about.
roel – HUTTO ISD (verified owner) –
I think it is incredibly beneficial and will help me differentiate in the future with my GT students.
Millie – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
A lot of good information on what to look at and information needed to develop a successful gifted program. There are a wide range of skills talents and character traits that need to be looked at. Besides the great information, I liked being able to go at my own pace. I felt I retained more by breaking it up into several days.
Barbarita – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
great information
libby – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
great learned alot about gifted kids
Caley – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
I learned a lot that I didn’t know originally about educational psychology and its role with GT students!
Jason – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and well rounded training session.
Sarah – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
I found this course to be very informative and interesting. It makes me want to learn more about the gifted mind.