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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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!

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

  1. Theresa – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner)

    I found this course very informative. It provided very good teaching tools.

  2. Irma – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner)

    Very Informative

  3. GRACIELA – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner)

    This course provides great ideas and activities for our Gifted students.

  4. Daisy – SAN ELIZARIO ISD (verified owner)

    Very useful and informative.

  5. Sarah – Private Pay (verified owner)

    I liked that the ideas shared in this course are valuable to GT and all students.

  6. Andrea – UNITED ISD (verified owner)

    Very helpful and its a great guide to understand our gifted and talented students.

  7. Andrew – UNITED ISD (verified owner)

    Great information.

  8. David – UNITED ISD (verified owner)

    Great presenter

  9. Traci – UNITED ISD (verified owner)

    This course is very helpful

  10. Maria – UNITED ISD (verified owner)

    Excellent way of presenting Creative Thinking

  11. Loretta – UNITED ISD (verified owner)

    Great class

  12. Karissa – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner)

    Thorough and insightful.

  13. Jennifer – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner)

    I liked this one. I can implement these in my classroom this year, they are struggling and some of these are more concrete examples I can give them

  14. Kristy – WACO ISD (verified owner)

    Enjoy taking this at my own pace.

  15. Leanne – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner)

    Mrs Juntune is definitely in tune with the GT learner. She has great ideas that are easy to implement.

  16. Sonia – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner)

    Good program but too lengthy.

  17. Irene – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner)

    This a a great learning experience..

  18. Debra – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner)

    Awesome

  19. Denise – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner)

    Useful Ideas

  20. Billy – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner)

    awesome

  21. Juan Gabriel – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner)

    Very helpful, insightful.

  22. Laura – BURNET CISD (verified owner)

    This course gives specific strategies and focuses not only on the children’s needs, but also how best to accommodate those needs.

  23. Angelica – UNITED ISD (verified owner)

    It was interesting and easy to understand. I really enjoyed learning something different and new about strategies to enhance students learning.

  24. Analy – UNITED ISD (verified owner)

    Very helpful

  25. Robert – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner)

    Good

  26. Regina – UNITED ISD (verified owner)

    Dr. Juntune is very knowledgeable in the subjects being taught and leads the course with numerous engaging activities – making the course material more impressionable and lasting.

  27. Elena – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner)

    I enjoyed this course

  28. Adriana – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner)

    Great information

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

    This course provides great information. It was easy to follow and very interesting.

  30. Cecilia – RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD (verified owner)

    I enjoyed this training because it showed me different techniques that I will implement in my classroom.

  31. Anabel – RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD (verified owner)

    I felt that this course had great information on how to get your students to start thinking. It present several different activities that anyone can use in the classroom.

  32. Holly – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner)

    awesome

  33. Danielle – MIDLAND ISD (verified owner)

    Lots of great information!

  34. Sarai – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner)

    I like it, I think it has given me other ideas of things I can implement in the class that will help my class environment

  35. Olivia – ALICE ISD (verified owner)

    This was very informative and has many useful strategies to be used in the classroom

  36. Veronica – ALICE ISD (verified owner)

    I liked this course! I liked all the examples.

  37. Rebecca – COLLEGE STATION ISD (verified owner)

    It felt very long-winded when she could have been more concise and still driven her points home.

  38. Salome – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner)

    very practical and applicable advice.

  39. Ashley – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner)

    Useful information.

  40. Erika – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner)

    great examples and activities

  41. Michael – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner)

    SCAMPER is a really cool tool that I learned from this course.

  42. Cynthia – EL PASO LEADERSHIP ACADEMY (verified owner)

    useful

  43. Angelica – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner)

    I like the ease of it

  44. Kim – MORGAN LOCAL (verified owner)

    I really liked this course and I will be using parts of it in my classroom this year.

  45. Seidy – WACO ISD (verified owner)

    great information

  46. Travers – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner)

    Great

  47. Rosa – ALICE ISD (verified owner)

    Very informative

  48. Alexandra – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner)

    this course is interesting. i enjoy this speaker so far.

  49. Yurida Patricia – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner)

    it is a similar to other creative thinking workshops

  50. Christian – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner)

    great

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