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!
Yvonne – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
This is a great course. I have added several tools to my teacher toolbox.
Nadine – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Great activities to promote critical thinking.
Olivia – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas with explicit examples for implementation.
Lester – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I has given great ideas to implement in my classroom and make it a much better learning environment for my students.
Aaron – New Lexington City Schools (verified owner) –
I thought this class provided good information that can be applied universally for many grade levels. She did a good job presenting the information in a way that it is understandable and relative to what’s important for me as an educator.
Haygen – HOLLAND ISD (verified owner) –
it helped me have ideas on how to get the students to elaborate more
Erika – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner) –
Seeing the ordinary as estraodinary ideas I like to much
Katalina – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
Very Very Long
Linnea – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
Very useful and informative
Ashley – HUNTSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas.
Rene – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Great course
Eduardo – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner) –
Great training
Regina – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
great
Veronica – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Multiple resources that can easily be included in our teaching.
Maryel – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
The activities are very useful.
Jennifer – CHARDON LOCAL (verified owner) –
This was a great course! I began using strategies I learned with students I tutor over the summer before the course was even complete. Dr. Juntune was very engaging and knowledgeable. I will take more courses from her as I move forward in my gifted professional development.
Aemma Leah – BASTROP ISD (verified owner) –
Great course. I just wish there could be more focus on high school activities because always having to adapt is fine, but it would be nice to have that type of focus.
Kimberly – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
very informative and insightful
James – ALAMO HEIGHTS ISD (verified owner) –
Greta insight
Jorge – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
Good course, and very geared towards elementary school.
Brandi – GREGORY-PORTLAND ISD (verified owner) –
I’m just loving the ideas I can take back to my classroom and encourage my students to become more creative thinkers.
Joshua – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Great.
Araceli – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
This course was engaging and enjoyable. It has many ideas for me to take back to the classroom.
Jennifer – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
This course can be used with GT or non GT students.
Angelica – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
I really liked the way Joyce explained evrything in a way that was understandable and enjoyable. I really enjoyed her training!
Chelsie – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
Great course and the instructor is very knowledgeable.
Bilonda – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
I learned about different strategies and activities I can use in my classroom to help enhance students’ creative thinking.
Perla – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
This course is great, very informative. I love all the activities and I’m very excited to incorporate activities to my lessons.
Erin – Private Pay (verified owner) –
I learned a lot of new information during this course.
Keller – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
Great course, super easy to follow and complete activities. Quizzes are tough but area a good reflection of the curriculum.
Emilia – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Very insightful.
Veronica – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course is relevant and provided many strategies to promote creativity in our classrooms.
Stephanie – Allen East Local Schools (verified owner) –
I thought it had useful information for the classroom
Chaterica – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
love it
LeNell – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
Leaving with so many tools to use and she is great at giving multiple ways to use them.
Everett – Private Pay (verified owner) –
Lots of wonderful information that can be immediately utilized in the classroom!
Kimberli – Angleton ISD (verified owner) –
A lot of great ideas for cultivating creative thinking in the classroom.
Laura – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
Speaker was very knowledgeable on the topic and application of concepts
Valarie – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I have enjoyed this 6 hours course more than any of the others I have taken. I feel it is relevant to today’s classroom.
Kristel – HUTTO ISD (verified owner) –
This course has strategies that are easy to implement in the classroom.
Emily – ALAMO HEIGHTS ISD (verified owner) –
This course had good instructional practices to use.
Barbara – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
Overall I found this course to provide useful information and resources.
Erica – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting
Dianna – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
It is very informative.
Kyndall – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
great course
Michael – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course, weel organized and practical.
Randy – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative on ways to get students to think creative.
James – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
The presentation gave me many tools that I can use in order to encourage and support creative thinking.
Amanda – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
I learned a lot of ideas and suggestions for my own class.
Jasmine – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent