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.
Cecilia – RIO GRANDE CITY CISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed this training because it showed me different techniques that I will implement in my classroom.
Alejandra – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
This course provides great information. It was easy to follow and very interesting.
Adriana – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Great information
Elena – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed this course
Regina – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Dr. Juntune is very knowledgeable in the subjects being taught and leads the course with numerous engaging activities – making the course material more impressionable and lasting.
Robert – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Good
Analy – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very helpful
Angelica – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It was interesting and easy to understand. I really enjoyed learning something different and new about strategies to enhance students learning.
Laura – BURNET CISD (verified owner) –
This course gives specific strategies and focuses not only on the children’s needs, but also how best to accommodate those needs.
Juan Gabriel – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Very helpful, insightful.