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.
Laura – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
Great ideas! It is so important to consider these students with low verbal skills but high fluid intelligence. We must tailor our instruction for them.
Tamara – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This was a wonderful class. The presented was articulate, stayed on topic, and fully explained concepts.
Perla – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Great information about the different intelligences and the verbal and non verbal communication
Joel – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Good information about a verbal and non verbal
Misty – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
Provides a shift in thinking about Gifted Students from Low SES.
Beverly – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
This was very interesting. I have always used these strategies but didn’t realize the importance.
Elisa Liz – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
I truly enjoyed this course. I will apply many of the ideas into my classroom.
Adriana – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Thumbs up
Chris – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
great course.
Mark – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
This course provided insight on how I can better serve the population that I teach.