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Chess in Schools in Israel: Progress report |
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Monday, 28 May 2012 12:10 |
Chess in Schools project in Israel moves further. You can check the previous reports on it here and here.
The project is operated in second classes of primary schools in 12 communities selected according to socio-economic and geographical considerations while the population is both secular and religious, Arabs and Jews.
The program is based on the textbook "The Kings' Game for Kindergartens and younger divisions" approved by the Division for Pre School Education. All the chess instructors got a 60 hour course and were certificated as Chess Instructor by the Israel Chess Federation.
The fact that so far at least 80% of the children in the project know to play chess and the responses of school principals, coordinators and especially combat children's knowledge prove the success of the project.
Recently Israel Chess Federation received the second part of donation by FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov for the Chess in Schools project in Israel.
After clicking on 'read more', you can read the email from Israel Chess Federation to FIDE President.
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School Year around the World |
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Wednesday, 25 April 2012 22:22 |
We are trying to build a complete list for the dates, or at least months of the school year in every country This is essential information for us to plan how best to help. If you can fill in any of the missing gaps, please let us know (
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Please click on "read more" to see the calendar chart.
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Sunday, 22 April 2012 09:39 |
 First, a useful idea we could all adopt. Second, a very important development.
Agreed draws were not permitted in this year's Youth Championships. This change proved to be a great success.
In January, the Ministry of Education issued an important notice to all education authorities in the country. This was an article in the "Bulletin officiel" (No.3 of 2012, 19 January). It relates to the introduction of chess in schools. The relevant text (direct link) is in Actions éducatives (under Enseignements primaire et secondaire).
Here is a translation of perhaps the most important part of the text: The plan for science and technology in schools expects teachers to use traditional games, such as chess, which helps the development of pupils' motivation and concentration, andencourages an independence of mind. Teachers will soon receive a guide about how to use chess as an educational tool...
The scheme is being piloted nationally. We will try to keep you informed of developments.
If you read French, and to save you the trouble of using the links above, here is the full text:
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England - Richard James shares some thoughts |
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Sunday, 22 April 2012 09:29 |
 Richard James is well-known for his writings on chess in schools, especially the pedagogical side. He has just started a series of articles talking about chess education in general, but with special reference to England. England was arguably the leading country in the world for schools chess for a considerable portion of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. What went wrong? What can be done? We should learn a lot from Richard's thoughts.
His first proposition: England is way behind much of the world in junior chess, specifically in terms of strength in depth. We need to look at what’s happening in other, culturally similar, countries in Western Europe, and see how we can learn from them.
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Wednesday, 08 February 2012 11:51 |
 We last reported on this project here in October last year.
The project, launched by the FIDE President, is a joint effort involving the Israel Chess Federation and the Ministry of Education.
There are now 3200 pupils of the 'Second Class' (age 8) taking part in the project.
FIDE Vice President Israel Gelfer and the project coordinator, R. Tal, recently visited one of the 106 classes and kindly sent us some photos.
The schools are situated in 12 cities, located in 10 municipalities, including 3 Arabic-speaking, of which one, Beduin, in the South of the country has attracted a great deal of attention.
The pilot project runs until the end of June.
Click on Read More for another photo, showing the great enthusiasm of the kids; the girls just as much as the boys.
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