Description
During this 1-hour course, Dr. Juntune shares the findings of research started at Texas A&M University and the interventions being implemented in El Paso ISD to change the way we view and serve gifted students from poverty.
In this course you will learn three steps to improving success rates for low SES:
- Mind Sketching: A teaching technique that encourages students to sketch out the concept behind their answer while they come up with the words to communicate it.
- Building Verbal Intelligence: Children living in poverty have a simple language structure and we must give them a complex language structure.
- How to design a Gifted Program Specifically For These Students
Visit the TAGT website to learn more about the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented.
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.
Hope – IRONTON CITY (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the course. It was nice to listen to a real person lecture on data driven information. It would be nice to have a question at the end where we could explain why would agree or disagree with some of the points made. I would give this four stars. I haven’t yet completed part 2 yet, though.
Kevin – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
It helps you think.
April – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great information as to how to help our students.
Samantha – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Very good information
Terrie – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
This course gives a good idea of why kids from poverty fail in gifted programs. This is a good eye opener
Christy – HUTTO ISD (verified owner) –
I needed this refresher on this topic.
CECILIA – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great!!!
Ana – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Great strategies to help low-SES students.
Freida – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
This is applicable to all grade levels, all disciplines, and all student groups. Understanding why low-socioeconomic students are under identified in the GT program could make a huge impact on those children for a lifetime.
Cynthia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Research based.