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.
Cynthia – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Very insightful!
Monica – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Lots of great strategies to choose from
Vanessa – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
Very useful
Sarahi – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It taught me other methods I had not heard of before.
Shelby – HUNTSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This is a very useful course that can help with many different areas of teaching.
Candi – TULOSO-MIDWAY ISD (verified owner) –
There were many good activities and ideas to implement into the classroom.
Karla – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It was a great informative course
Nicole – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed it but I felt there was a lot of repetition in certain parts. I liked the examples but doing it online doesn’t give me the same resources as being in person.
Briana – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
Dr. Juntune is an engaging presenter. The activities are worth trying as you go through the course. I’ve learned a lot about helping kids think creatively and why it’s so important.
D – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
Thinking and creativity are decision tools highly needed on today’s global society to guarantee order and security.