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After a very pleasant meal with Prof Feuerstein and some of his staff last night, we thought we were getting off lightly with a school visit and back to the Institute the long way round to see out from various points round Jerusalem!
The school visit was very good seeing IE in operation with a class of 10 year olds. The teacher pupil interaction develpoing thinking skills was impressive. They were very welcoming to us. Afterwards the teacher debriefed with us. On the way out we saw a junior assembly and an extended playtime. Key learning point: IE can be used with a whole class prioritising the instruments used within the available time.
We then had a wee tour round the outskirts of Jerusalem.
Out for a snack lunch then back for three more sesions finishing at 6.20pm.
The first was Alex Kozulin who provided a wealth of research evidence to show how IE and the whole programme has impacted the cognitive learning of children and through independent research using standard tools, was impacting curricular development as well. Key learning point: The programme is effective – it works! It also develops in children the capacity to improve in areas not directly being addressed in the IE programme.
Roman Gouzman was next. A Russian who used to be involved in the rocket programme and who was an inventor in his own right, introduced up to how IE can be used with blind pupils and pupils with ADHD utilising very specialised tactile sheets (using specially developed technology to emboss the specially designed shapes). Key learning point: The use of tactile, kinesthetic and aural stimulii can greatly assist pupils who cannot see or whose concentration is severely limited.
Now we are having a last meal before getting an early night for a 3.00am (1.00am GMT) departure. Then back to work on Friday – for some!
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