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.
Brenda – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
It has activities I can use.
Aarin – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This course taught me a lot about expanding on my students’ creative thinking.
Tammy – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the activities that help us develop creativity. It would be nice if the examples were applied to different subjects like electives.
Jonathan – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Very Informative, expands your understanding of teaching in the classroom and raising the bar for student learning
Gloria – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
this course was great! I have learned a lot of ways I can teach my students. The presenter was amazing and very knowledgeable in the field.
Doris – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very creative and informative for teachers to help develop creative thinking activities in their lesson planning.
Angelica – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
It is was an awesome training with great strategies
Tammi – LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE CISD (verified owner) –
straightforward and relevant
Carmen – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course!! Very informative!!
Carmen – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Enjoyed the course.