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.
Martha – SAN ELIZARIO ISD (verified owner) –
This course is very informative although lengthy. With this course teachers can learn a lot about the different types of students and how to improve classroom management and culture.
Jose – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas
Alonzo – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
This is an insightful course with a lot of great strategies to implement with students.
Karen – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed this creative thinking session, it has several good activities to use with my students.
Patricia – SAN ELIZARIO ISD (verified owner) –
Very insightful and gave me many things to think about and become a better teacher.
Maria – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
I would have liked to see her screen. Make it more relevant to specific grade levels
Nadra – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
This course provides strategies and ideas to use for students who are gifted.
Giselle – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Very insightful, thank you.
Alan – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
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IMELDA – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Very helpful strategies for GT students