Essentials for Teaching - The Power of Choice

$20.00

Rated 4.33 out of 5 based on 6 customer ratings

Presenter: Joyce Juntune, Ph.D.
Core Area: Planning 1.3, Planning 1.4, Instruction 2.1, Instruction 2.3, Instruction 2.4, Learning Environment 3.3
Grade Level: Elementary & Secondary
Hours: 0.25

Choice is a powerful tool in education. When students have a say in what goes on in the classroom, they feel more engaged and invested in their learning. In this lesson from Joyce Juntune, Ph.D., you’ll learn three easy ways to provide your students with powerful choices in the classroom.

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SKU JJUN-578 Categories General PD, Instructional Strategies, Joyce Juntune, Juntune, New and Developing Teachers, Ph.D., Planning 1.3|Planning 1.4|Instruction 2.1|Instruction 2.3|Instruction 2.4|Learning Environment 3.3 Tags choice, General PD, Instructional Strategies, new and developing teachers, New and Struggling Teachers

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Education is not about teachers finding ways to get their students to do what they want them to do. Instead, educators must ensure that students have a say in what happens in the classroom; they must find ways to provide their students with choice.

In this video, Joyce Juntune, Ph.D., teaches you how to harness the power of choice in your classroom. By the end of this brief lesson, you will have learned how to do the following:

Provide your students with choice in the classroom through free-time activities, assignments, and research projects
Ensure that your students are making intentional choices about how to maximize their free time for learning
Connect assignment choice to student interest
Foster student curiosity in learning through active questioning and investigation

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.

Additional information

Core Area	Instruction 2.1, Instruction 2.3, Instruction 2.4, Learning Environment 3.3, Planning 1.3, Planning 1.4
Hours	0.25 Hour
Organization	Juntune
Grade Level	Elementary, Secondary
Presenter	Joyce Juntune, Ph.D.
Course Content	General PD, New and Developing Teachers, Instructional Strategies

6 reviews for Essentials for Teaching – The Power of Choice

Rated 5 out of 5

RLAPI3 – Test District (verified owner) – August 20, 2019

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Rated 5 out of 5

Ashley – DENTON ISD (verified owner) – October 11, 2019

This was an insightful way to offer choices. It was full of examples and real life situations.
Rated 5 out of 5

Timothy – TIPP CITY EXEMPTED VILLAGE (verified owner) – November 24, 2019

Very helpful
Rated 5 out of 5

Kenna – Texas A&M University (verified owner) – February 27, 2020

This course helped me think of new ideas and ways to give students choice within my room.
Rated 5 out of 5

Kim – Morgan Local Schools (verified owner) – April 24, 2020

I loved this course. These are very good ideas that I look forward to using in my classroom.
Rated 1 out of 5

Sarah – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) – May 4, 2022

It did not give me very many examples of what to offer the kids.