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.
Casey – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Kristen – BELLBROOK-SUGARCREEK LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Great course and I will be implementing these ideas into my classsroom!
Santos – MERCEDES ISD (verified owner) –
Good course, many ideas.
Anna – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course is informative. Mrs. Junetune is a great instructor and presenter. She is very knowledgable and I learned so much from her in these sessions.
Johanna – PAWNEE ISD (verified owner) –
I thought this course was EXCELLENT. The presentation was really impressive, the information very useful, and the evaluations throughout course were appropriate, fair, and beneficial.
Meghan – WORTHINGTON CITY (verified owner) –
I really appreciated the blend of lecture, anecdotes, and activities. There was a lot that I was able to take away and immediately use in my classroom.
Cecilia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great course.
Kate – WORTHINGTON CITY (verified owner) –
Very applicable strategies and information – I ended up taking so many notes!
Samantha – MERCEDES ISD (verified owner) –
Great course, great techniques to use in the classroom.
Anna – MIAMI EAST LOCAL (verified owner) –
I like the different activities that were talked about throughout this course.