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.
Rajeev – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
Precise and to the point information. Very charismatic speaker and relating real live experiences made a lot of sense.
Sarah – MARBLE FALLS ISD (verified owner) –
This was a great opportunity to evaluate my teaching practices and learn to better serve my GT students.
Taylor – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and did not take a lot of time.
Jennifer – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
It was long but had tons of great information and real world examples. I liked how it was broken into segments so you did not have to complete it all at once.
Jaimie – ALAMO HEIGHTS ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course was great! I loved that Dr. J has lived it, and experienced all of these things directly in the classroom.
Felix – EANES ISD (verified owner) –
This is a very valuable educational course beyond the gifted focus. This course helps instigate your thinking about observing and interacting with all students in ways possibly not thought of before to this level.
Crystalina – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Always information and engaging. I love her use of real students that she has met or taught in career as a teacher.
Jessica – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
okay
Jonathan – NORTH EAST ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course was good.
Merida – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
Fabulous course! Very fascinating and great applicable advice for teaching GT.