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.
Vanessa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great course on intelligence.
Trisha – BURNET CISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and great reminder
Ellen – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
This was very interesting, but it was hard to see the diagrams because they were small. Sometimes the speaker was referring to something on her screen, but we were not shown what it was. Also she spoke very quickly. I would also love it if the quiz at the end would explain why the answers were incorrect so that upon review, quiz-takers could continue to learn.
Haley – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
4 stars. I wish sometimes she would have restated the key ideas or had more on the slide. It was easy to miss some of the key ideas.
Erin – WORTHINGTON CITY (verified owner) –
Joyce Juntune stated in this course that low IQ can result in “increased chances of utilizing government assistance (welfare), being incarcerated, and having illegitimate children.” This is pseudoscience at best, and fails to consider the systems of poverty, racism, and classism that make these issues extremely complex. This kind of rhetoric has no place in a teacher education program, and calls into question the soundness of the information presented.
Azurray – SINTON ISD (verified owner) –
It was an interesting course about intelligence in with students.
Grace – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
four stars
Eva – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
This course was well organized, abstracted, & informative. The presenter did a well job presenting the information.
Nora – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Excellent background information to help with the learning process.
Teresa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very interesting, relevant, and informative.