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.
Jesus – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
It;s very lengthy but rewarding coming with different ideas that we can implement and they are not very difficult to use.
Elizabeth – Private Pay (verified owner) –
It was good for developing a deeper understanding of GT practices.
Kimberly – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Good lessons.
Lucila – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
It provides good information to better help GT students.
Carlos – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
I loved this informative and insightful workshop.
Maria – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
It is great information to learn to identify and differentiate to accommodate our student’s individual needs.
Brenda – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
This course provided a lot of information and great ideas to use in the classroom.
Elizabeth – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
It’s very detailed, gives good examples, and is relatable.
Andrea – ROSCOE ISD (verified owner) –
I liked it.
Cecilia – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
Very useful with tons of easy to implement strategies.