Reuven Feuerstein

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Reuven Feuerstein

• by
• Karl Riley

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Objectives

• Discuss personal history
• Examine the theories
• Determine if they are relevant

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"Intelligence is not a static structure, but an
open, dynamic system that can continue to develop
throughout life!"

• Dr. Reuven Feuerstein's revolutionary words, not
  yet widely accepted by the psychological and
  educational establishments, make an enormous
  difference in how we perceive the role of
  education. If intelligence is modifiable, and if
  indeed intelligence can be taught and learned,
  education has a much greater role than might have
  been previously imagined.

source http//www.newhorizons.org
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ABOUT Reuvern Feuerstein

• Born in Rumania to a poor family in August of
  1921 (88) 1

Text
http//www.icelp.org/files/home/left_img.jpg
Sources1 - Portrait of Reuven Feuerstein,
Goldberg, Mark F, Educational Leadership Sep
1991 49, 1 Research Library pg. 372 -
http//www.stibco.nl/informatie.php?id113
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ABOUT Reuvern Feuerstein

• Born in Rumania to a poor family in August of
  1921 (88) 1
• Father was a counselor 1

Sources1 - Portrait of Reuven Feuerstein,
Goldberg, Mark F, Educational Leadership Sep
1991 49, 1 Research Library pg. 372 -
http//www.stibco.nl/informatie.php?id113
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ABOUT Reuvern Feuerstein

• Born in Rumania to a poor family in August of
  1921 (88) 1
• Father was a counselor 1
• Survived Nazi work camp(s) 1

http//www.icelp.org/files/home/left_img.jpg
Sources1 - Portrait of Reuven Feuerstein,
Goldberg, Mark F, Educational Leadership Sep
1991 49, 1 Research Library pg. 372 -
http//www.stibco.nl/informatie.php?id113
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ABOUT Reuvern Feuerstein

• Born in Rumania to a poor family in August of
  1921 (88) 1
• Father was a counselor 1
• Survived Nazi work camp(s) 1
• Got tuberculosis and was told no cure for him -
  this got him to realize you dont have to accept
  conventional wisdom 1

http//www.icelp.org/files/home/left_img.jpg
Sources1 - Portrait of Reuven Feuerstein,
Goldberg, Mark F, Educational Leadership Sep
1991 49, 1 Research Library pg. 372 -
http//www.stibco.nl/informatie.php?id113
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ABOUT Reuvern Feuerstein

• Born in Rumania to a poor family in August of
  1921 (88) 1
• Father was a counselor 1
• Survived Nazi work camp(s) 1
• Got tuberculosis and was told no cure for him -
  this got him to realize you dont have to accept
  conventional wisdom 1
• Spent life working with troubled youngsters,
  over 50 yrs 2

http//www.icelp.org/files/home/left_img.jpg
Sources1 - Portrait of Reuven Feuerstein,
Goldberg, Mark F, Educational Leadership Sep
1991 49, 1 Research Library pg. 372 -
http//www.stibco.nl/informatie.php?id113
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ABOUT Reuvern Feuerstein

• Born in Rumania to a poor family in August of
  1921 (88) 1
• Father was a counselor 1
• Survived Nazi work camp(s) 1
• Got tuberculosis and was told no cure for him -
  this got him to realize you dont have to accept
  conventional wisdom 1
• Spent life working with troubled youngsters,
  over 50 yrs 2
• Founded ICMS - The International Center for the
  Enhancement of Learning Potential

http//www.icelp.org/files/home/left_img.jpg
Sources1 - Portrait of Reuven Feuerstein,
Goldberg, Mark F, Educational Leadership Sep
1991 49, 1 Research Library pg. 372 -
http//www.stibco.nl/informatie.php?id113
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ABOUT Reuvern Feuerstein

• Born in Rumania to a poor family in August of
  1921 (88) 1
• Father was a counselor 1
• Survived Nazi work camp(s) 1
• Got tuberculosis and was told no cure for him -
  this got him to realize you dont have to accept
  conventional wisdom 1
• Spent life working with troubled youngsters,
  over 50 yrs 2
• Founded ICMS - The International Center for the
  Enhancement of Learning Potential
• Protégé of Jean Piaget

http//www.icelp.org/files/home/left_img.jpg
Sources1 - Portrait of Reuven Feuerstein,
Goldberg, Mark F, Educational Leadership Sep
1991 49, 1 Research Library pg. 372 -
http//www.stibco.nl/informatie.php?id113
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Profound?
Sources1 - Portrait of Reuven Feuerstein,
Goldberg, Mark F, Educational Leadership Sep
1991 49, 1 Research Library pg. 37
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Profound?
Sources1 - Portrait of Reuven Feuerstein,
Goldberg, Mark F, Educational Leadership Sep
1991 49, 1 Research Library pg. 37
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Structural Cognitive Modifiability

• Intelligence is fluid, not fixed
• Learning Potential Assessment Device (LPAD)
• Used to understand a childs modifiability
• Assessment is key to program
• Trainers must be thoroughly trained and concerned
• Instrumental Enrichment (IE)
• used to enhance the cognitive skills necessary
  for independent thinking

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Structural Cognitive Modifiability

• Shaping Modifying Environments (SME)
• promotes cognitive growth
• Dynamic Assessment Learning Propensity
  Assessment Device (LPAD)
• a trained mediator analyzes the development of a
  students cognitive functions

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other Theories

• Mediated Learning Experience (MLE)
• intervention that enables children to make sense
  of the world around them

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? Still Relevant ?
There are currently under way more than 1,000
research projects on his work throughout the
world involving all age groups from infancy to
old age, in every setting from jungles to board
rooms, and with every ability level from the
profoundly retarded to the highly gifted. The
IE program has been translated into 18 languages,
and there are more than 70 Authorized Training
Centers throughout the world affiliated with the
ICELP, carrying on the work by providing
training, services, and program development.
Source http//starfsfolk.khi.is/solrunb/feuerst.
htm
http//www.icelp.org/asp/Professional_Team.shtm
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Question?