Description
One of the most important foundational aspects of working with gifted students is developing a deep understanding of them. What motivates them? How do they think? And how do they learn? Joyce Juntune, Ph.D. answers these questions and more in this 6-hour course. Dr. Juntune focuses on the nature and needs of gifted students, including the characteristics, social-emotional needs, and programming options. Understanding your gifted students is the starting point for preparing them for life-long success.
In this course you’ll learn to:
- Understand sources of energy in gifted students
- Identify indicators of giftedness
- Differentiate between high achievers and gifted students
- Understand statistical distribution
- Identify the four types of gifted students
- And much more!
This course is aligned with 2016 ODE Teacher Competencies d, e, and NAGC Teacher Preparation Standards 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 5.5.
Dr. Juntune is a renowned consultant, trainer, professor, and lecturer with more than 45 years of experience in the field of education. She is an instructional associate professor at Texas A&M University, and she teaches graduate-level courses in her expert areas of intelligence, child and adolescent development, educational psychology, giftedness, and creativity. Dr. Juntune earned her master’s degree in curriculum instruction from St. Cloud University and her Ph.D. in educational psychology from Texas A&M University.
Angelica – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
This course helped me learn more about gifted students.
Elena – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
I thought this course was helpful but I thought it was too extensive. I really enjoyed the student scenarios and modifying lessons for them.
Alexandra – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
I enjoy this course mostly because of the speaker. Her tone of voice and passion for what she is speaking on shines a light on circumstances I was not aware happen.
Raquel – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –
Linear
Nancy – RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD (verified owner) –
Very informational course.
Bradley – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
It was enlightening and informative
Angelica – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course, I enjoy completing this first section it is informative and easy to understand.
Alisa – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
Great information that can be implemented in the classroom.
Amanda – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –
Good, some sections feel outdated.
Laura – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very interesting and enlightening and had a lot of great information.
Travers – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
Great!
Jessica – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –
Lots of good information, but I was confused because the 4 types of gifted learners are different than the 5 types of gifted learners I was told in a different course.
Vanessa – PORT NECHES-GROVES ISD (verified owner) –
This course was definitely helpful even though some topics are a bit confusing at first.
Gabriela – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Excellent! Superb! Great examples and information for professionals.
Yurida Patricia – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent training to support GT educators, it provides the materials and resources to improve the services to this group of students.
Leticia – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Great!
Teresa – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
There was lots of good information but filming a lecture isn’t the most engaging way to deliver it.
Carolina – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
The course is informative and very helpful.
Carolyn – COLLEGE STATION ISD (verified owner) –
There is a lot of great information in this course.
Michele – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –
The information and stories told were great tools and information to use.
Andrew – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –
Dr. Juntune is high-energy and her passion is infectious. It makes these modules much more doable because you can see the value in the information.
Dominique – HUNTSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This course is to the point.
Rosa – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative and did away with misconceptions of gifted children.
Karina – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed it
Rebecca – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course!
Gertrudis L – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
I was a lot of help to apply it in the real classroom.
Salome – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Great information
Karol – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Very Informative.
Melinda – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Very long but informative course. Very long.
David – ANGLETON ISD (verified owner) –
I am not a big fan of online courses or training.
kimberly – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It helped me understand GT students better
Andrew – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course had so much useful information and taught me new things that I will incorporate in my classroom.
Kaisy – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I found this course very interesting and helpful.
David – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoy the presenter makes it very interesting.
Analy – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very helpful and interesting
Regina – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course had a very energetic and informative presentation of what was to be learned today.
Maria – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed the explanations the presenter gave and examples.
Traci – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative and provided the information to me in a great easy to understand format.
Lucero – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed learning the valuable information this course has to offer.
Elsa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great training. Very informative.
Tammy – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed hearing real life stories the instructor shared throughout this course. Her passion for gifted student is contagious. I thought the course was a very good informative and time well spent.
Arturo – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
Well organized
Rosa – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Informational
Cassandra – PORT NECHES-GROVES ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting
Melanie – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative!
zachary – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
DIdn’t really pay attention to it. Guess that makes me an intrinsic learner.
Eleazar – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Good information
Edna – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Great information.
Crystal – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
It was very informational.
Callie – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoy the pacing and provided examples.