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.
Yhadira – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Opens to your awareness to multiple methods of teaching GT students.
Kezzie – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
This course was excellent! I learned a lot about creativity.
Monica – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
lots of information
Angela – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Saharai – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Great course full of great techniques to implement in the classroom to develop creative thinkers.
Tina – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
It was very informative. I learned so much about GT students and have ideas on helping them reach their potential.
Stacy – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
I loved this course! Dr. Juntune has some great strategies!!
Emily – SINTON ISD (verified owner) –
Great!
Lauren – HUNTSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This course helps teachers learning different techniques and strategies on teaching a student who is gifted.
Anita – BASTROP ISD (verified owner) –
This course provided me with so many wonderful strategies that I can take back and use in my classroom and share with my peers as well. It was extremely informative.