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.
Carolina – HUTTO ISD (verified owner) –
good exercises to practice skills just learned.
Eevan – BASTROP ISD (verified owner) –
I absolutely love all the practical ideas and applications given in this course!
Jennifer – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
This was a very insightful course that will deepen creativity in the classroom. Using mindsketching, SCAMPER will enable students to be original in their thinking and develop elaboration in their writing.
Elizabeth – MARBLE FALLS ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this one and the specific examples used.
Norma – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas
Megan – LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE CISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative and gave a lot of great examples of activities I can use in my classroom.
Tiffany – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
Took away some great strategies to help my students think creatively.
Cristel – SINTON ISD (verified owner) –
Great class.
Debra – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
There are great ideas shared in this course. Being able to pick-n-choose and modify as needed for specific grade level is empowering.
Shannon – LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE CISD (verified owner) –
Great!!