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.
nancy – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
I loved it.
Spechiale – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
I did enjoy some of the classroom management ideas given.
John – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Great examples
Jill – VAN WERT CITY (verified owner) –
This course definitely taught me new ways to approach gifted learners in first grade.
Miguel – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Great training.
Lora – Springfield City School District (verified owner) –
This course material can be applied to any subject matter and any grade level.
Florencio – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
More courses like this should be taught to teachers at all grade levels.
Cynthia – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Good course
Jacquelyn – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course was very informational and gave me a lot of different strategies I will be able to take into the classroom.
Monica – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and would like more examples of activities for High School students