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.
Ty – FRIENDSWOOD ISD (verified owner) –
Will take most of your day to complete and can feel negative about what gifted kids are like. That being said, gives great insight into how gifted students think and how many other types of students who are often mistaken for gifted think as well.
Nicole – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative. Excellent.
Kelly – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
The document links no longer work, much of the information (especially the linking between poverty and intelligence was offensively outdated), and though I could tell the presenter was very passionate, the presentation itself felt lacking.
Karyn – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
Vey Informative
Edward – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
Great information provided.
Linda – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative and helpful in understanding GT students.
Dayana – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Amazing, necessary, highly recommended.
Courtney – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
This training had useful informative information. Her personality was enjoyable and it was easy to follow along and listen to her. She used great examples to help us understand. I liked the scenarios of each student.
Stacey – ALAMO HEIGHTS ISD (verified owner) –
It was very informative.
Veronica – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This is a very informative and easy to follow course. The material is easy to digest and the reflective questions were a good way to help me process the information presented.