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.
Yadira – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the different ideas.
Homer – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative course. Had great ideas to use in the classroom and ways to get the students thinking and using their higher order skills.
Nancy – LA FERIA ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas especially for English teachers.
Sandra – MARBLE FALLS ISD (verified owner) –
Very good!
NIcole – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
It was informational and had some amazing ideas I am excited to use.
Maria Isabel – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Great Course!
Amber – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
This entire course was brilliant and made me want to go back to school at Texas A&M!
Cristal – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
I thoroughly enjoyed this course. The information is presented in an entertaining way and I have many different tools to take back to my classroom.
DeAnna – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Presented Well
Erica – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative and provided different activities that can immediately be incorporated into your lessons and classroom.