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.
Kristel – HUTTO ISD (verified owner) –
This course has strategies that are easy to implement in the classroom.
Valarie – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I have enjoyed this 6 hours course more than any of the others I have taken. I feel it is relevant to today’s classroom.
Laura – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
Speaker was very knowledgeable on the topic and application of concepts
Kimberli – Angleton ISD (verified owner) –
A lot of great ideas for cultivating creative thinking in the classroom.
Everett – Private Pay (verified owner) –
Lots of wonderful information that can be immediately utilized in the classroom!
LeNell – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
Leaving with so many tools to use and she is great at giving multiple ways to use them.
Chaterica – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
love it
Stephanie – Allen East Local Schools (verified owner) –
I thought it had useful information for the classroom
Veronica – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course is relevant and provided many strategies to promote creativity in our classrooms.
Emilia – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Very insightful.