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.
Scott – BENJAMIN LOGAN LOCAL (verified owner) –
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Stephanie – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
I really liked this course. I was very helpful in coming up with ways to get students creative juices flowing. A lot of activities are geared toward the younger students, but can still be adapted for older students.
Julia – BLANCHESTER LOCAL (verified owner) –
I wish this PD was given to every teacher in my district. I received so many activities and take-aways from June. I feel more empowered after listening and cannot wait to build upon what she presented to alter my classroom and students to be more successful.
Leslie – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
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Delia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent
Maria – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Great Course!
Katrina – WESTERVILLE CITY (verified owner) –
Loved it! The content of this course can be used for students of all levels.
Gary – ORANGE CITY (verified owner) –
I think this gave me a great overview of Creative Thinking and how to apply it in the classroom with concrete ideas that I could try to apply to my field of world language (It just takes flexible thinking :). I think it would be most effective for teams, grade levels or schools to use collectively to help students reach their full creative potential.
Emma – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
It is very insightful.
Michele – MIDLAND ISD (verified owner) –
I liked this specific module because it gave more ideas for secondary school.