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!
Michele – MIDLAND ISD (verified owner) –
I liked this specific module because it gave more ideas for secondary school.
Emma – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
It is very insightful.
Gary – ORANGE CITY (verified owner) –
I think this gave me a great overview of Creative Thinking and how to apply it in the classroom with concrete ideas that I could try to apply to my field of world language (It just takes flexible thinking :). I think it would be most effective for teams, grade levels or schools to use collectively to help students reach their full creative potential.
Katrina – WESTERVILLE CITY (verified owner) –
Loved it! The content of this course can be used for students of all levels.
Maria – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Great Course!
Delia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent
Leslie – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Informative
Julia – BLANCHESTER LOCAL (verified owner) –
I wish this PD was given to every teacher in my district. I received so many activities and take-aways from June. I feel more empowered after listening and cannot wait to build upon what she presented to alter my classroom and students to be more successful.
Stephanie – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
I really liked this course. I was very helpful in coming up with ways to get students creative juices flowing. A lot of activities are geared toward the younger students, but can still be adapted for older students.
Scott – BENJAMIN LOGAN LOCAL (verified owner) –
Helpful activity ideas
Araceli – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed learning about scamper
Reynaldo – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
It is very useful to understanding your gifted students in class and what you can do to make them successful.
Jennifer – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
It is a lot, but has some helpful info.
Doris – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Very engaging.
Cesar – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great course.
Rene – ZAPATA COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
excellent workshop
Caridad – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
It was an excellent course, very informative.
Eunice – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative, learned a whole bunch
Babe – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
It is very insightful.
Michael – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
very long
Daniel – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
great
Americo – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
excellent course 5 stars
Janice – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
Good Course
Ervey – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
great examples
Veronica – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
great course by Dr. J.
Elizabeth – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Dr. Juntune is very knowledgeable in the subject matter being discussed. Excellent information was given that will be extremely helpful to me in my classroom.
David – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course!
Virginia – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
This training was very interesting..
Eva – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
I found the course very interesting. I will try some techniques that were presented.
Karina – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Really enjoyed it!
Jessica – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
I love it!
Wendy – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the course because it made me think in a different way. I was also able to make connections to what I already do in the classroom and think of how I can take it to the next level and think more creatively.
Bridgette – MIAMI TRACE LOCAL (verified owner) –
This course gave helpful ideas to implement in the classroom.
Sarah – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –
Lots of wonderful ideas that will be very useful in the classroom. Thank you!
Arika – Brazosport ISD (verified owner) –
Lots of useful, concrete activities to adapt to the classroom setting and to mull over to improve my teaching.
Ashley – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
I think it was a good course and make me think out of the box with how I can proceed with my lessons in the near future.
Iris – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
great
Bridgett – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
This was by far my favorite course out of all the others. I teach art and one of the main things I notice in my classroom is students struggling with creativity. There are many techniques I plan to use in my classroom to help students THINK about how to generate ideas on a deeper level.
Erika – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
This was a very instructional course.
Marilyn – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas to implement in my classroom.
Rosa – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
It was excellent.
Kandi – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Great instructor. She brings amazing insight to the classroom
Melissa – Huber Heights City (verified owner) –
Excellent ideas to use in the classroom
Javier – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
The instructor brings great insight to the course. She is a great story teller.
Maria – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
Very useful strategies to implement in the classroom.
DIANA – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
great topics to help in class
Leeann – OLENTANGY LOCAL (verified owner) –
It had a lot of good techniques to implement in the classroom.
Yanira – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
great course very informative
Richard – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –
fun class
Amon – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
I thought it was good