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.
Matt – FAIRBANKS LOCAL (verified owner) –
Great useful ideas to implement right away or develop over time.
Nevonne – GIDDINGS ISD (verified owner) –
This course is beneficial to teachers of 21st century learners.
April – Angleton ISD (verified owner) –
I learned several new strategies that I look forward to using in my classroom.
Eduardo – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
too hard
Jeniffer – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative and gave me a lot of ideas to implement for GT students in my classroom.
Heather – WESTERVILLE CITY (verified owner) –
Some great ideas
Gabriel – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Very insightful.
Bethkisha – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This course is helpful with assisting teachers with creativity.
Adriana – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
very detailed and informative
Ismat – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I had trouble understanding some parts of this course. A lot of strategies mentioned were very useful. I wish they had subtitles and a way to control the speed of the videos.