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.
Andrea – DRISCOLL ISD (verified owner) –
I highly recommend this course. I found this workshop to be very informative and I will definitely apply these strategies in my lessons to spark my students to think creatively.
Yesenia – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Great information and explanations.
Jacinta – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
very informative
Joanna – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
May practical ideas!
Misty – CLEVELAND ISD (verified owner) –
Great information!
Ericka – HUTTO ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed this training and I learned many great strategies to better support my students.
Susan – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
This course is well done, but it is definitely more appropriate for elementary and middle school. This does not have as many feasible techniques for high school.
Matthew – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
This course gave me good ideas of how to incorporate creativity into my classroom for gifted students.
Alejandra – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
This course allows me to go at my own pace, learning along the way. Being able to view videos, interact with others, and take quick assessments along the way make it very manageable.
Araceli – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course with a lot of helpful strategies.