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.
Diana – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
I teach high school junior English and this is more appropriate for grade school.
Ana – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
An excellent course that highlights developing creative and creative thinking with your students along with several great methods and examples on how to use. them.
Jose – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course. I learned a lot about how to implement creative thinking in my classroom.
Morgan – HUFFMAN ISD (verified owner) –
Very good and informative. Videos are not boring, which is awesome.
Zureima – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
It is an insightful course that informed me what creative thinking really is and how help my students become creative thinkers. You will also learn many, many, many ideas to incorporate in your classroom. It’s Awesome!!!
Amanda – SANDUSKY CITY (verified owner) –
Great, concrete ideas. Honestly, it just could have been a lot shorter.
Julithza – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
This course provides many ideas to implement in the classroom and different activities and approaches that the students will enjoy while working.
Brittany – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Great information
Stephanie – Coshocton City Schools (verified owner) –
Helpful with useful strategies.
Samantha – GREGORY-PORTLAND ISD (verified owner) –
The amazing activities!