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.
Jeremy – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course had some great information.
Veronica – Private Pay (verified owner) –
Too long.
Courtney – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
This is a great course to learn about how to implement creative thinking in the classroom for all students. More student-centered than teacher-led.
Keith Humphreys – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
5, gives good insight into what is needed to produce students that will be effective in the modern workplace/competitive society
Nancy – ALPINE ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and easy to learn.
Latisha – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
There are multiple techniques that can be used in the classroom to allow creative thinking in the class.
Sheila – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
this course provides some very useful activities to help creative thinking.
Rachel – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
Informative and Convenient
Carmen – VIDOR ISD (verified owner) –
Fantastic
Christine – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
I like learning strategies that I can actually see myself incorporating into my classroom, and that appear to be good for all, not only GT