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.
Sonia – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course is very informative.
Erin – HUNTSVILLE ISD – TEXAS ONLINE PREP (verified owner) –
I enjoy it, and it CAN be connected to higher grades, but I do feel like some of this would be easier to implement in person versus virtually, as I am now. Also, I imagine 5th grade and younger responding more easily to some of these strategies than secondary students, but they could surprise me! The training is still fantastic and shows how we can really approach things differently for better outcomes.
Erika – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very insightful.
Alfonso – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was truly insightful, and allowed me to reflect on my own classroom. It enlightened me to make changes.
Derek – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
It was useful. Provides good info.
Roxanne Cantu – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Extremely helpful and useful in the classroom.
Veronica – HUNTSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I really liked it.
Bryce – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
I liked the strategies, especially SCAMPER and elaboration. I felt the course could cut down on some of the anecdotes.
Christina – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent way to develop thinking skills
Amanda – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
It was a great way to deepen my understanding of critical thinking and give me more tools.