Description
In this 1-hour course “What is Intelligence and Why Does it Matter?” you’ll hear from Dr. Joyce Juntune, a leading expert in the field of education, why it is essential for the success of all students that we begin talking about intelligence in education.
In this course you will learn:
- What intelligence is and isn’t
- What leaders in the field of intelligence have to say
- How intelligence correlates with success in life
- The impact of “g” factor on intelligence
- And the impact that intelligence has in the classroom
- The connection between intelligence and abstraction
- How to build abstraction in 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.
Amanda – LA VEGA ISD (verified owner) –
There was a lot of information! The speaker moves quickly and the way it is put together was a little hard to understand. The presenter was really good and I think that she clearly knew her stuff. It was just a lot.
Mario – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner) –
It’s a great course that helps understand a child’s way of developing their higher order thinking skills based on their IQ levels and gifted needs.
Levi – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Good to know what defines intelligence.
Nelly – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very helpful.
Joshua – MCKINNEY ISD (verified owner) –
Very helpful
Victoria – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course will give you a different insight on how the measurement of intelligence has changed, and how we can implement this knowledge when teaching in our classroom.
Jeremy – BURNET CISD (verified owner) –
This course was thought provoking as well as informative on how to challenge both teachers and students to have the best instruction.
Cordelia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great information on G factor.
Coral – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It was very informative.
Christina – MCKINNEY ISD (verified owner) –
This was informative – it would have been helpful to see what the instructor was referring to when she was on “camera.”