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.
Rebecca – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Great Course for all grade levels
Maria – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
I LOVED THIS COURSE!!
Isabell – STRATFORD ISD (verified owner) –
I thought this course was great.
Morgan – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I learned many new creative thinking ides and activities that I can implement.
Elizabeth – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Great teaching strategies for students at all levels.
Cary – MARBLE FALLS ISD (verified owner) –
Good course to help with activities for gifted kids.
Veronica – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Informative course with excellent and unique activities.
Roberto – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
This course gives several ideas that are applicable in multiple courses.
Kassandra – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very helpful and provided a lot of techniques to use in teaching not only for GT students, but for all.
Lindsey – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
This course really helped with understanding how to actively help with developing creative thinking in the classroom, regardless of grade level.