Description
One criticism of modern, American education is that students are taught to memorize correct answers but not taught creative thinking and problem solving. In this in-depth, 6-hour course, Joyce Juntune, Ph.D., delves deeply into essential strategies for developing creative thinking in the classroom. She believes that creative thinking is an essential component leading to the long-term success of gifted students educationally, personally, and professionally. Creative thinking has long been considered the highest form of mental functioning. Dr. Juntune explains how idea generation is the foundation of creative thinking, and she provides applicable tools you can use to help students generate new ideas.
Over the course of six modules, Dr. Juntune will share:
- Lessons from her own background in the field of creativity
- The importance of nurturing creativity
- Developing creative thinkers for the future
- Preparing students to become cutting-edge creative thinkers
- The differences between fluency and flexibility
- The basics of mind sketching, and
- And so much more!
Delilah – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
The videos are a bit outdated.
Monica – SAN ELIZARIO ISD (verified owner) –
Activities are useful for some grade level but for other grade levels might be useful for some other subject and high grade level.
Ashley – PORT NECHES-GROVES ISD (verified owner) –
Lots of good insight.
Andy – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
The course gave very specific and usable strategies to be implemented with students.
Megan – ASHTABULA AREA CITY (verified owner) –
Good ideas for classroom use
Marcela – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Its really good information
Evila – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Excellent ideas have been presented to me that I will be able to really use in the classroom. I appreciate the opportunity to be able to try new ways to engage my students with new ideas.
Daniela – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Very Interesting and even though I am not there in person I feel like I am.
Veronica – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
I thought this course gave me some great insight.
maria – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
This course focus on providing creative strategies that are useful for all teachers from elementary to higher level classrooms. The SCAMPER technique, is helpful and adaptable for all students. This course will help me in fostering creativitiy in my classroom.
Aaron – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Great resources.
San Juanita – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
this course is to tedious
Corryna – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
Good info, but could be consolidated to be much shorter.
Jacob – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
This course offers insight to deep creative thinking.
Kerri – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Very insightful and informative.
Andy – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
She did a great job breaking down the topics. I loved she had experience as a teacher and used her methods in an actual classrrom.
Heather – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I fully enjoyed this course. It gave me a lot of ideas of creative thinking activities to implement in the classroom.
Maribel – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
It is very informative and insightful.
Savanah – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This course has taught me a lot of strategies to implement in my classroom.
Melba – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative, the information was relavent to teaching in the classroom.
Jose – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
This course has interesting activities and techniques to use in every subject