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.
Jocelyne – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I do think is long but very informative.
Maikol – ALAMO HEIGHTS ISD (verified owner) –
great
Alberto – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Although the content seems to be for teaching younger students, I realized a lot of it is applicable to a much broader age group and even to myself
Lesli – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
The strategies for creative thinking and classroom management will be very useful next school year. I cannot wait to try out these tools.
Laura – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course is great as it delivers many critical thinking activity ideas.
Olivia – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
It was very helpful
Karina – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I think Dr. Junetune does a wonderful job of providing an engaging and meaningful learning experience.
Edgar – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Course elaborates on new ways for students to be able to think critically by giving them the tools step by step and helping them expand their reasoning levels.
juan – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the program. I liked how it started with the idea of creativity.