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.
Cordelia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I’d like to see more activities geared towards high school level.
Kayleigh – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Helpful, informative, and gave me lots of good ideas to use in my classroom.
Perla – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It is very informative.
Melissa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Videos were very helpful along with examples.
Stephanie – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course is great since it allows us to learn about new strategies that can be applied to our classroom.
Lyndsey – VIDOR ISD (verified owner) –
It was great.
Rebecca – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
Great information!
Amber – MARBLE FALLS ISD (verified owner) –
I think the course is very applicable to any classroom at any subject or grade level. I certainly have many resources that I will be able to take from the course and immediately implement into my course with ease. I love how personable the speaker is and how she teaches through stories and examples.
Christopher – LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE CISD (verified owner) –
While I feel that this training provides some valuable resources to consider in the classroom, I feel that most of the tolls mentioned would only be applicable under “perfect world” circumstances. In reality, the amount of tests and other requirements regarding state mandates dictate what I have time for during the course of one period (out of eight.) Nonetheless, the information helps to get the creative juices flowing.
Kim – ALAMO HEIGHTS ISD (verified owner) –
This course gives several ideas/activities to get students to think creatively.