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.
Queenie – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
It had some useful resources that I would like to implement in the classroom.
Nikki – FORT BEND ISD (verified owner) –
Very insightful and helpful
Melissa – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative.
LaDreeta – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
This is a great course lots of writing strategies to be used in an ELAR class.
Tito – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
great resources
Christopher – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
The course is excellent so far! Very engaging and allowing a multitude of useful ideas for almost any grade and content.
Concepcion – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Too lengthy
Janice – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Very practical and easy to understand format
Alfonso – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed this course and will use every activity suggested.
Constance – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
I love the course.