Reuven Feuerstein
by
Karl Riley
Objectives
Discuss personal history
Examine the theories
Determine if they are relevant
"Intelligence is not a static structure, but
an open, dynamic system that can continue
to develop throughout life!"
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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
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
Sources:
1 - Portrait of Reuven Feuerstein, Goldberg, Mark F, Educational Leadership; Sep 1991; 49, 1; Research Library pg. 37
2 - http://www.stibco.nl/informatie.php?id=113
ABOUT Reuvern Feuerstein
Born in Rumania to a poor family in August of 1921 (88) 1
Father was a counselor 1
Sources:
1 - Portrait of Reuven Feuerstein, Goldberg, Mark F, Educational Leadership; Sep 1991; 49, 1; Research Library pg. 37
2 - http://www.stibco.nl/informatie.php?id=113
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
Sources:
1 - Portrait of Reuven Feuerstein, Goldberg, Mark F, Educational Leadership; Sep 1991; 49, 1; Research Library pg. 37
2 - http://www.stibco.nl/informatie.php?id=113
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 don’t have to accept conventional wisdom 1
http://www.icelp.org/files/home/left_img.jpg
Sources:
1 - Portrait of Reuven Feuerstein, Goldberg, Mark F, Educational Leadership; Sep 1991; 49, 1; Research Library pg. 37
2 - http://www.stibco.nl/informatie.php?id=113
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 don’t 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
Sources:
1 - Portrait of Reuven Feuerstein, Goldberg, Mark F, Educational Leadership; Sep 1991; 49, 1; Research Library pg. 37
2 - http://www.stibco.nl/informatie.php?id=113
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 don’t 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
Sources:
1 - Portrait of Reuven Feuerstein, Goldberg, Mark F, Educational Leadership; Sep 1991; 49, 1; Research Library pg. 37
2 - http://www.stibco.nl/informatie.php?id=113
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 don’t 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
Sources:
1 - Portrait of Reuven Feuerstein, Goldberg, Mark F, Educational Leadership; Sep 1991; 49, 1; Research Library pg. 37
2 - http://www.stibco.nl/informatie.php?id=113
Profound?
Sources:
1 - Portrait of Reuven Feuerstein, Goldberg, Mark F, Educational Leadership; Sep 1991; 49, 1; Research Library pg. 37
Profound?
Sources:
1 - Portrait of Reuven Feuerstein, Goldberg, Mark F, Educational Leadership; Sep 1991; 49, 1; Research Library pg. 37
Structural Cognitive
Modifiability
Intelligence is fluid, not fixed
Learning Potential Assessment Device (LPAD)
Used to understand a child’s 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
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 student’s cognitive functions
other Theories
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Mediated Learning Experience (MLE)
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intervention that enables children to make sense of the world around them
? 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
Question?