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.
Martha – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Need to hear teacher interaction in your lectures, we think in the same wavelengths…
Dave – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
I picked up several techniques for stimulating genuine thought vs rote regurgitation and encouraging ownership in the learning process with expanded opportunities for creative expression.
Gretchen – BENJAMIN LOGAN LOCAL (verified owner) –
This course provided me with many new strategies to implement into my classroom to help the students think more creatively.
Alexis – NORTH EAST ISD (verified owner) –
This course was easy to get through.
Angela – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
very informative and useful
Kerri – HUTTO ISD (verified owner) –
Useful information
Guadalupe – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Relevant ideas that can be implemented in the classroom to further students comprehension and achievements.
Fidelina – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and taught me strategies that are very useful in the classroom
Jean – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
Great ideas for promoting creativity in the classroom and covers multiple age groups and courses
roel – HUTTO ISD (verified owner) –
It was great.