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.
Loyda – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Good presentation of understanding the importance of intelligence
Sonia – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
More theoretical than practical
JASON M – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative – perhaps more information than should be in a single hour. I’mma probably watch it again.
Rose – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative.
Rodney – Northern Local Schools (verified owner) –
Abstractions are an interesting part of the educational process.
Erika – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Presentation was well organized and provided examples.
Yvonne – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
The information was very interesting!!!
Jacqueline – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
It had a lot of information in a short time frame.
Elizabeth – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative.
Heather – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
Great concepts!