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.
Veronica – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
5 stars. Very informative.
Cassandra – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
This course was awesome! The teacher was very interesting to listen to and had a lot of knowledge on the topic.
Anita – BURNET CISD (verified owner) –
This was amazing! I am a first year teacher and I had NO IDEA what GT or GT kids were or needed! Joyce is great! Her experience is priceless!
Lelia – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
5 stars
Kayla – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
Great! I appreciated the shorter chunks of information or videos. Allowed you to work at your own pace and take a break when needed. The quizzes were straight from the information presented. I also liked how I could view other people’s responses to see different viewpoints or to validate my own response. The presentation was informational and helpful!
indira – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
good and helpful
Lauren – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
Awesome!
DeAnna – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
The information was presented well, and the instructor was easy to relate to.
Rachel – GREGORY-PORTLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting and the presentation is very informative.
Penny – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
The course was very informational and gives teachers strategies to help gifted students opportunities to excel and feel comfortable in the classroom.