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.
Lisa – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This course has many tips and hints to help gifted students become motivated and challenged. The one thing I have not liked about the courses is the tone of voice Dr. Juntune uses to narrate when teachers or students have opposing opinions or are complaining. A mocking tone is degrading and the point could be gotten across without the tone by just relating the story.
Maureen – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
This course is very helpful in understanding gifted students and discovering ways to better serve them.
Flor – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and love the real-life examples of students.
Kimberly – LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE CISD (verified owner) –
This course generated a lot of thought about how to understand the gifted student. It contained very valuable information.
Anna – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Great
Diana – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This is a great course with a lot of very interesting information that you can take back and apply to your classroom.
Robert – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
This helps me to understand the nature and tendencies of gifted students and provides good guidance on ways to meet their instructional needs. The presenter speaks from the benefit of experience and provides numerous relatable examples. The quizzes help me to prioritize what is important in each module. I feel like I am more prepared to
Ilse – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
It was a very insightful course and has given me a glimpse of a GT student Vs. High achiever
Emma – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
very informative and helpful
Alden – VIDOR ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the pacing of this course.
Gabriela – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
This training is very informative and helpful. It was great to learn the various ways gifted students may present themselves. Overall, the training was helpful and I would recommend others to take this training.
Patricia – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course has absolutely taught me lots of information needed to better work with gifted students.
Gregory – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course has really good information about Gifted and Talented students.
Christian – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
This course provides useful resources to work with gifted students in the classroom; however, the training could be more efficient with clearer concepts and less anecdotes.
David – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Good Information.
Diana – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I’ve learned some things about teaching gifted kids.
Alva – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It’s good.
Melissa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
The course is informative.
Cruz – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
La’Ta’Jah – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
This was a great course, it provided great tools to use in the classroom for differentiated learning for gifted students.
Veronica – LA FERIA ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course needs to be updated, seems outdated
Emily – ORANGEFIELD ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed learning about the emotional side of gifted students.
MacKenzie – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
I enjoyed this course I learned a lot from it.
Evelyn – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course
Zackery – NORTH EAST ISD (verified owner) –
Great course for fully understanding the needs of gifted students
Jennifer – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I think the course can be helpful t inexperienced teachers. I do feel that it was too long, however, I do understand that it is better to be thorough in some situations.
Nora – LA FERIA ISD (verified owner) –
Great course
Nicole – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
I appreciate that this course gives real life examples and that she gives ways and resources to help students.
christine – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
It was helpful and informative.
Ana – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent!
BRITTANY – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
CECILIA – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
I learned strategies that I will be implement in the future.
Alberto – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Great lesson
Pablo – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I loved learning more about gifted students and how to address their needs.
Joe – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
Thank you!
Sydney – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I think it was very easy to follow and interactive with the questions
Chris – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
Dr. Joytune’s “Nature & Needs of the Gifted and Talented” course is excellent for its comprehensive approach to understanding and supporting the unique characteristics and requirements of gifted students. The course delves into the psychological, social, and educational aspects of giftedness. You will not be disappointed.
Stephanie – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Robert – MIDLAND ISD (verified owner) –
In my opinion, the course needs to provide a statistical analysis comparing the “nature” of the populations that are “average” and that are gifted. The course states that gifted students are this and regular students are that. And it is difficult to trust the proposed trends without data. For example, the course stated that gifted kids are intrinsically motived and “average” kids are extrinsically motivated. However, what percentage of gifted kids are intrinsically motivated and what percentage of “average” kids are intrinsically motivated? Is this based on a slight majority like 51% of gifted are intrinsically motivated or an overwhelming majority like 99% of gifted kids are intrinsically motivated? In vernacular, we would say for both cases that gifted kids are intrinsically motivated. However, policy decided on a 1% margin would result in a significant number of poorly served students.
Nadia – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
I like the several examples shared because they helped me have a more clear idea of a gifted and talented student really needs
Andrea – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Nothing in particular
Leslie – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
It was a great course!
Osvaldo – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course, learned specifics on students DLPs and how to identify GT students needs.
Benjamin – JEFFERSON AREA LOCAL (verified owner) –
It is beneficial even for teachers who don’t have gifted students.
Lesly – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
great course
Melvin – COLUMBIA-BRAZORIA ISD (verified owner) –
It made me aware of short comings and how to improve on them.
Philip – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Love Dr. Juntune’s lectures.
Anastasia – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Enjoyed going through actual scenarios of students and seeing the differences of each of them.
Jessica – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very helpful in how to identify our students and assist them.
Deborah – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
I like the way it was paced, the written reflective questions and quizzes are helpful in learning what was listened to.