Description
One criticism of modern, American education is that students are taught to memorize correct answers but not taught creative thinking and problem solving. In this in-depth, 6-hour course, Joyce Juntune, Ph.D., delves deeply into essential strategies for developing creative thinking in the classroom. She believes that creative thinking is an essential component leading to the long-term success of gifted students educationally, personally, and professionally. Creative thinking has long been considered the highest form of mental functioning. Dr. Juntune explains how idea generation is the foundation of creative thinking, and she provides applicable tools you can use to help students generate new ideas.
Over the course of six modules, Dr. Juntune will share:
- Lessons from her own background in the field of creativity
- The importance of nurturing creativity
- Developing creative thinkers for the future
- Preparing students to become cutting-edge creative thinkers
- The differences between fluency and flexibility
- The basics of mind sketching, and
- And so much more!
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.
Gilma – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed ,Ms. Juntune’s lectures especially learning different strategies I could use in my class to stretch student’s thinking so that they become more creative thinkers.
Kimberly – GIDDINGS ISD (verified owner) –
It was good.
Shannon – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Loved it!
Tiffany – FLORENCE ISD (verified owner) –
I really liked how examples were given of how to implement SCAMPER.
Lizzette – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
This course really facilitated instructional strategies that I can easily implement in my classroom.
christina – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
This is great way of thinking to begin the school year.
Chavi – Pilot (verified owner) –
Dr. Joyce is always an excellent presenter with years of educational services in varied grade levels and locations! Her sessions are always interesting, organized, informative, and her activities can be implemented right away.
Mark – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
Useful strategies, which can be used with all students
Maria – DALLAS ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent in all. The doctor’s dissertation, the presentation, The handout and the supporting material.
Alma – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course!