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.
Steven – GREGORY-PORTLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Good
Sandra – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
So much useful information! I learned so much about the needs of the gifted learner.
Erica – LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE CISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting. Stories about teaching gifted students helped make the content more relevant.
Pamela – Private Pay (verified owner) –
I learned a lot and it wasn’t boring.
William – FORT BEND ISD (verified owner) –
I believe that this course was highly informative, and that it could enable all teachers to understand and push for early identification of G/T students.
Stephen – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
The course is educative and provide a lot about the gifted students and how to deal with them in a normal classroom settings.
Tammi – LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE CISD (verified owner) –
It was fine .. very straight forward
Joanna – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the Nature & Needs of the Gifted and Talented course. Mrs. Juntune did an excellent job of explaining characteristics of gifted children.
Brittany – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very helpful in having a better understanding of how I can better reach gifted students.
Haydee – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I learned the difference between gifted and high achievers. and
that socioeconomic status has an effect on gifted students.