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.
Amy – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas for classroom creative thinking and the why behind the importance of creative thinking.
Rachel – GREGORY-PORTLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Lots of great ideas presented, I would watch this again!
Cristina – NORTH EAST ISD (verified owner) –
I could not find an option for closed captioning or a written transcript of the audio. If I would change anything about the course, the inclusion of a captions/transcripts would help a lot.
Roanna – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
It was helpful on multiple age levels.
Lucy – Private Pay (verified owner) –
A great course!
Kati – Private Pay (verified owner) –
Very useful information and resources to use in the classroom.
Elinor – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
Mostly directed towards elementary though there were some good ideas for middle school.
Jase – MARBLE FALLS ISD (verified owner) –
It is more geared toward elementary education.
Oscar – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
It’s a good course to get GT students to do creative thinking. At the same time it helps other students develop thinking skills.
Everlinda – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Great traiing