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.
Maria – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
This course provides a lot of information regarding working with GT students.
Crystal – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative, I learned a lot of information that I didn’t know.
Linda – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It is sufficiently informative.
Reyes – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
The course really helped me on how to identify Gifted students
Justin – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Interesting stories.
Emma – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It’s very thorough.
Noah – LOGAN-HOCKING LOCAL (verified owner) –
This course was well organized, easy to understand, and gave plenty of real world examples of how to help gifted students in the classroom.
Allison – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course!
Lisa – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
This course was informative and helped me understand the needs of my GT students.
Marcela – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this course.
Crisanta – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
It a lot of information, but it is a lot of very informative information to know.
Ceyra – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It helped me see things from another perspective to better understand the students and find the best teaching method for them.
Edward – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Teresa – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
It gives interesting information
Melissa – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It helps for older student’s k and up
Rebecca – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Maria Evelyn – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
I liked this module because we can easily relate it to what happens in our classroom.
Shannon – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Kevin – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I think it is good overall. I do believe the slides provided in the resources page could include more information for the reader.
Andrea – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed this course and found parts of it very engaging and relevant to my classroom and students. The speaker, while knowledgeable and passionate about the subject matter, is very difficult to hear at times.
Aleida – LA FERIA ISD (verified owner) –
This is a course that all educators should take because all students benefit from teaching with this approach in mind. It does not only benefit gifted students.
Katherine – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I disagreed with the stereotypes presented as ‘fact’ in this course; however, I appreciated the terminology and concepts that will allow me to communicate my ideas for better serving the gifted students on my campus.
Joseph – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Awesome
Luke – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This is a good course
Dylielah – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Great session
Maria – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Very engaging!
Allyson – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
I like that this course shares differences between gifted students.
Amanda – FLOUR BLUFF ISD (verified owner) –
Amazing.
Cody – COLLEGE STATION ISD (verified owner) –
Wonderful
Diana – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Great Course.
Ashley – PORT NECHES-GROVES ISD (verified owner) –
Intriguing
Diana – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It’s a great course.
Noemi – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course has helped me better understand the needs of gifted children.
Miriam – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
It was good to have the examples to show how to combine and leverage the course ideas.
Barbara – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
I will need to study more on depth this course, it is too much information that must be used in the classroom to benefit the GT students
Katelynn – BURNET CISD (verified owner) –
This course was very helpful.
Alma – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent
Anabel – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course was helpful in understanding the characteristics of a gifted student and how to support them in the classroom.
Glenda – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very eye opening and informative and will definitely support me in my GT classroom!
Denise – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It is full of a lot of very useful information. Its best to take notes for future reference.
Brianna – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I prefer these in person, but it is good information
Julieta – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I think its very informative. I learned a lot from this course, i’ve come from a special ed background so it is somehow similar. But it informed me about some students I have and how can better work with the student.
Amanda – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
I think it was pretty interesting. There were some new ideas I hadn’t heard of. I am new to teaching, so I can always appreciate learning.
Juan – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative in learning about how gifted students develop and motivated.
Juan – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Good course
Ashley – HUNTSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
The course provides a great amount of helpful information and resources. The format of the courses could be more appealing.
Adriana – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course is lengthy.
April – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
This course have very important information that will help me in my classroom
Juventina – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
good info.
Shanah – TULOSO-MIDWAY ISD (verified owner) –
The navigation within the course is distracting and time consuming. The information is presented in a folksy, story fashion.