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.
Christy – Brazosport ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed it. Useful ideas and entertaining which allows me to use these real ideas in my classroom. A+ to the presenter!
Julie – MISSION CISD (verified owner) –
Good
Jorge – TORNILLO ISD (verified owner) –
It has a lot of useful information that I can use in my classroom.
Lindsey – Brazosport ISD (verified owner) –
This will be especially useful with my diverse group of learners.
Maria – SAN ELIZARIO ISD (verified owner) –
This course is incredible useful.
Rosalva – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
The course was not only helpful with ways to teach students to think creatively, it was enjoyable. As a mother of a gifted child, this puts a lot into perspective.
Sylvia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
It has very good ideas to implement in the classroom
Stacey – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
It was great, and I was able to take some ideas back to the classroom with me!
Sydney – COLLEGE STATION ISD (verified owner) –
It was good, but I wish there were more resources directed specifically at high school students.
Eden – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
This course provides lots of practical resources for incorporating creative thinking in the classroom.