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.
Lorena – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
It was not boring .
Ebony – PRIORITY CHARTER SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
yes
Heather – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
Very well organized. Great resources.
Abby – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
Great course!
Stacy – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
This was an excellent course explaining Gifted children and their needs.
Mitsi – Private Pay (verified owner) –
Such worthwhile training! I wish my children’s teachers last year had remembered more of the details from their training…
Sandra – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
This course gives essential information on how to identify gifted students, their needs, and how to help them accelerate.
Cristina – NORTH EAST ISD (verified owner) –
The course is self-paced and interactive, which I enjoy. However, I find that the course is needlessly time-consuming. There is a lot of information that is repeated unnecissarily.
Soraya – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
It was an excellent course because I learned so much about the nature and needs of the gifted and talented. The presentation was excellent and full of examples and the pace of the lesson was great!
Lee – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Outstanding!!! This helps us to understand the way the Gifted and Talented student thinks and works. It will definitely help in planning and instruction. Thank You.