Developing Creative Thinking in the Classroom (6-Hour)

$90.00

Presenter: Dr. Joyce Juntune, Texas A&M University
Core Area: Creativity & Instructional Strategies 
Grade Level: Elementary & Secondary 
Hours: 6


Knowledge is no longer a competitive advantage. The job market is flooded with applicants who possess the knowledge necessary to complete a job. However, in today’s world creativity and creative thinking are the skills that prepare our students for success. Joyce Juntune, Ph.D., is passionate about teaching educators to both inspire academic achievement and develop creative thinking in the classroom.   

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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!

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2321 reviews for Developing Creative Thinking in the Classroom (6-Hour)

  1. Valeria – LAREDO ISD (verified owner)

    Very informational!

  2. Yvonne – LAREDO ISD (verified owner)

    Great course!

  3. Sarah – SPRING ISD (verified owner)

    Is very clear on how to use each strategy in the classroom.

  4. Yolanda – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner)

    This is a helpful course for using different strategies for developing thinkers in our classrooms.

  5. Anna – LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE CISD (verified owner)

    Fabulous!

  6. Lillian – Aldine ISD (verified owner)

    Great!

  7. joanne – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner)

    This course is insightful. It provides useful ideas to implement in the classroom.

  8. Donna – CHARDON LOCAL (verified owner)

    This was a great course with actual take away activities I can use in the classroom right away.

  9. Valeria – TORNILLO ISD (verified owner)

    Good insights to creative thinking for students.

  10. Kim – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner)

    I really like these courses. It makes you think about different ways to get all of your students involved in their own learning. It doesn’t have to be for only the gifted students, you can alter everything for all students so that everyone can benefit.

  11. Maria – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner)

    Amazing, would like to meet Dr. J.

  12. Stephanie – Angleton ISD (verified owner)

    Very informative with lots of resources.

  13. Jessica – Aldine ISD (verified owner)

    The course was fine.

  14. Karina – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner)

    Excellent

  15. Lilian – SPRING ISD (verified owner)

    Very helpful

  16. Brenda – CHARDON LOCAL (verified owner)

    I loved this course. Easy to understand and implement creative thinking strategies in the classroom

  17. Makenna – PIQUA CITY (verified owner)

    So many good resources.

  18. Reynaldo – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner)

    This training makes you reflect on how you’ve been teaching. I recommend this course to ALL teachers — veterans and newbies.

  19. Selene – SPRING ISD (verified owner)

    Great information on creative thinking!

  20. Deseray – SINTON ISD (verified owner)

    very good information

  21. Alison – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner)

    I thought a lot of the examples were geared towards younger students.

  22. Anetra – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner)

    Information can be applied in the classroom in all subject areas.

  23. Rosa – SPRING ISD (verified owner)

    The information is very useful and help me use different ways to use the U’s.

  24. Rachel – SPRING ISD (verified owner)

    Good information

  25. Jeff – BETHEL-TATE LOCAL (verified owner)

    nice

  26. Joshua – SPRING ISD (verified owner)

    I like how Juntune is able to explain things in a simple format.

  27. Ashley – Private Pay (verified owner)

    Learned so much.

  28. Leroy – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner)

    I enjoyed this course.

  29. Lori – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner)

    great

  30. Ma Guadalupe – SPRING ISD (verified owner)

    I think is very good course because I can use more strategies in my classroom and with my students such as: SCAMPER, ELABORATION, motivate students to write their A-has”.

  31. Virginia – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner)

    Great activities to develop creative thinking.

  32. Mary – HALLETTSVILLE ISD (verified owner)

    Very informative and provided great ideas to use in the classroom.

  33. Michael – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner)

    Good

  34. Tiffany – DELAWARE CITY (verified owner)

    Helpful with practical strategies to integrate into the classroom.

  35. Jamie – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner)

    Great ideas to implement creative thinking of the students in our classrooms and for them in their later years.

  36. Vickie – SPRING ISD (verified owner)

    It is very helpful

  37. Andrea – MIAMI TRACE LOCAL (verified owner)

    Many of these techniques would work well at the elementary level.

  38. Omega – SAN ELIZARIO ISD (verified owner)

    It was interesting how can we use the scamper technique in our classroom and make it a useful tool

  39. Francisco – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner)

    This course gave me real good ideas for activities that I can implement in my classroom.

  40. Dawn – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner)

    I love the idea of the 10 Minute Bulletin Board using “Expand a Sentence”!

  41. Monica – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner)

    Very informative and would like more examples of activities for High School students

  42. Jacquelyn – PLANO ISD (verified owner)

    I think this course was very informational and gave me a lot of different strategies I will be able to take into the classroom.

  43. Cynthia – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner)

    Good course

  44. Florencio – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner)

    More courses like this should be taught to teachers at all grade levels.

  45. Lora – Springfield City School District (verified owner)

    This course material can be applied to any subject matter and any grade level.

  46. Miguel – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner)

    Great training.

  47. Jill – VAN WERT CITY (verified owner)

    This course definitely taught me new ways to approach gifted learners in first grade.

  48. John – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner)

    Great examples

  49. Spechiale – SPRING ISD (verified owner)

    I did enjoy some of the classroom management ideas given.

  50. nancy – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner)

    I loved it.

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