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The NCETL was organized as a Non-for-Profit Center to foster cognitive dynamic assessment and intervention programs – with particular emphasis on the work of internationally renowned cognitive psychologist, Reuven Feuerstein – in order to serve children and educators.

Feuerstein’s theory and practices, better known as the “Feuerstein Method,” provide the educational community and the mental health community with a revolutionary framework that is accompanied by unique methods and practical tools in order to facilitate change in individuals’ thinking and learning. Today, Feuerstein and his colleagues are widely respected for the development of “teaching for intelligence.”

The Feuerstein Method was designed on the basis of the theory Structural Cognitive Modifiability (SCM) and the application of Mediated Learning Experience (MLE). When Feuerstein formulated the theory in the mid 1950’s, there were two basic concepts – structure and modifiability – that were primarily related to behavioral manifestation of the mental and cognitive structures. At that time, the accepted view was that the brain was the most stable and fixed of human organs, and that brain functioning was largely the outcome of genetic and developmental processes. It was considered impossible to produce systematic changes in the cognitive structures (i.e., the brain).

It was Feuerstein and his colleagues who developed the approach of human cognitive modifiability (i.e., change which effects the individual’s basic structure of behavior). It is this approach which was formulated not by scientific data or from a theoretical basis but by a basic philosophy: “the belief in human modifiability as the sine qua non (outcome) for an intervention process to be effected in producing desire for changes and to a certain extent, irreplaceable even by a scientifically based model.” Simply put, the belief is generated by the need – and vice versa.

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Reuven Feuerstein Lectures Live From Israel

In a Press Release the internatioal Renewal institute announced that Reuven Feuerstein will lecutre live via video conference during there annual summer seminar series. At NCETL we are excited to partner with iRi on this wonderful and engaging lecture.  

Here is the Press Release:

Chicago, IL April 21, 2009 - Dr. Reuven Feuerstein will lecture live via video conference at iRi's Critical Thinking Summer Seminars in Troy, MI. Feuerstein is an internationally renowned cognitive psychologist who first challenged the common belief that Intelligence is fixed and cannot be changed. Since Feuerstein's first challenges to the theories of fixed intelligence more than 50 years ago, his theories have given impetus to intelligence and brain research that support his belief in the structural cognitive modifiability of human intelligence.
 
Over the last five decades, Feuerstein's has designed systematic cognitive intervention/enrichment programs that have been implemented and validated in schools and clinical settings in over 80 countries. Feuerstein's systematic methods and student materials' for "teaching for intelligence" are recognized by Robert Sternberg, Howard Gardner, Robert Marzano, and other experts on intelligence around the world.

By special arrangement in a two-way video conference live from Jerusalem, Reuven Feuerstein will lecture and engage participants to learn best practices for changing the structures of students' minds. Participants attending this video lecture will:

  • Understand why intentional development of cognitive abilities is especially critical for students in the 21st century.
  • Discover how to use Mediated Learning Experience (MLE) in a classroom or clinical setting to promote students' thinking abilities.
  • Develop a deeper understanding of Feuerstein's theories and their implications for enhancing all students' learning potential in the 21st Century. 
  • Engage in Q&A directly with Professor Feuerstein and seminar participants

Participants are also invited to select from specific focus seminars based on Feuerstein's programs. All programs are headed by leading Feuerstein trainers both nationally and internationally recognized. Each of the seminars is designed to show practical application for general education, special education, psychologists and other education professionals.  
 
There is no additional fee required for Feuerstein's presentation.  All courses that day will begin after the video lecture. Enrollment is limited. Pre-registration is required as space is limited for this inspirational keynote lecture by the most notable student of Piaget whose theories and practices are influencing change in educational practice around the world. 

To register, go to www.iriinc.us  click on Learn2enablelearning and "Register Online". To complete registration click "Register Now" in the upper right hand corner of the web page. For more information on this program, please contact iRi conference staff members' toll free at 877.474. 4900 or 847.835.4206.  

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Bellanca earned her degrees in General and Developmental Psychology from DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois. Throughout her academic career, Kate became fully certified in all Feuerstein methods and programs. Kate has interned at Feuerstein’s acclaimed International Center for the Enhancement of Learning Potential (ICELP) in Israel under the direct guidance of Professor Reuven Feuerstein and Dr. Steven Gross, Director of International Programs. Spending the first seven years of her career, Bellanca has worked directly with schools, families, and other helping professionals throughout North America to assist them in affecting significant change in their children’s learning potential via International Renewal Institute (iRi) applications of Feuerstein’s work in the classroom, home, and clinical settings. Kate’s special interest is applying Feuerstein’s Mediated Learning Experience (MLE) and Learning Propensity Assessment Device (LPAD) to the Special Needs population. Her goal is to equip the Special Needs community, young and old, with the tools for cognitive modifiability and to provide families, schools, and clinics with the hope and tools to advance change.