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This battery, Evaluation of Potential Creativity (EPoC), is a new instrument that allows creative giftedness to be measured. It includes verbal and graphic sub-tests that measure the two key modes of creative cognition—divergent-exploratory thinking and convergent-integrative thinking—in elementary and middle-school students. Psychometric results concerning the instrument were developed, as well as an original, internet-based scoring system that enhances inter-rater reliability is under construction. It is a comprehensive evaluation tool that combines an approach to creativity by domain and by mode of thought, allowing a profile of creative potential to be assessed. The EPoC system provides opportunities to add additional domains to the assessment (e.g., social domain and the musical domain, currently under development). EPoC includes a training program for evaluators to facilitate test use and scoring.The battery, developed initially with a sample of French school children, can be used as an efficient diagnostic tool to identify creative potential and to monitor progress, using pre-tests and post-tests, in educational programs designed to enhance creativity. EPoC is available in five languages, including: French; English; Arabic; Turkish; and German. In the second phase of this project, the instrument will be available in other languages.

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If you: Are interested in EPoC; wish to introduce it to your country; would like to translate it into your language/ are willing to take part in the cross-cultural studies; and/ have a question.

 

Prof. Dr. TaisirSubhi Yamin;
General Director, ICIE,   Postfach 12 40; D-89002, Ulm; Germany.
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Mobile: 0049 1573.10.900.60

Conference sites:
  • Paris – France                                                 July, 2008
  • Ulm – Germany                                                August, 2009
  • Amman – Jordan                                             January, 2010
  • Athens – Greece                                             June, 2010
  • Istanbul – Turkey                                            July, 2011
  • Dubai – United Arab Emirates                        January, 2012
  • Jerusalem                                                       July, 2012
  • Winnipeg – Canada                                        July, 2013
  • Winnipeg – Canada                                        July, 2014
  • Paris – France                                                July, 2014
  • Krakow – Poland                                            July, 2015
  • Winnipeg – Canada                                        July, 2015
  • Rijeka-Croatia                                                 May, 2016
  • Winnipeg – Canada                                        July, 2016
  • Dubai-United Arab Emirates                           December, 2016
  • Lisbon – Portugal                                           July, 2017
  • Amman – Jordan                                            October, 2017
  • Paris – France                                                July, 2018
  • Winnipeg – Canada                                       July, 2018
  • Houston – USA                                               July, 2019
  • Winnipeg – Canada                                        July, 2023
  • Winnipeg – Canada                                        July, 2024
  • Vrsac  –  Serbia                                               September, 2024
  • Bucharest –  Romania                                     October, 2024
  • Istanbul – Türkiye                                            November, 2024
  • Amman – Jordan                                             August, 2025
  • Houston – USA                                               October, 2025

 

 
                      
Welcome to the 17th ICIE conference 2018 on:
Excellence, Innovation, & Creativity in Basic-Higher Education & Psychology
Latest Development in Research & Practices
Prairie View, Texas - USA (July 16-19, 2019)
Fred A. Bonner II, Ph.D.                                          Sandra K. Linke, Ph.D.                                         Patrick Blessinger, Ph.D.
Conference Chair                                                       ICIE Director, Co-Chair                                          HETL Executive Director, Co-Chair  
For more details and follow-up, visit the conference website:
ICIE 2016
ICIE in Croatia
Welcome to the 13th ICIE conference 2016 on:
Excellence & Innovation in Basic-Higher Education & Psychology
Creativity – Innovation – Latest Development in Research & Practices: Rijeka - Croatia (May 18-21, 2016)
Sandra Krpan, Chair                                     Korado Korlević, Honorary Chair                                   Sandra Linke, Ph.D., Co-Chair, ICIE
Marina Medarić, Co-Chair,                           Marko Filipović, Co-Chair,                                              Predrag Šustar, Ph.D., Co-Chair
The 12th international conference on Excellence in Education 2015: The Creativity - Innovation Challenge took place in Kraków – Poland (July 1-4, 2015). This international event is in partnership with The Jagiellonian University - Institute of Psychology.
ICIE Conference in Poland
To learn more about this conference, will you please go to the menu Poland-2015, or CLICK HERE.
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ICIE Conference in Paris
 
 
International Committee
Christer Johannesson, KTH, Albanova, Sweden.
Eduard Babulak, Fairleigh Dickinson University–Vancouver, Canada.
Françoys Gagné, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada.
Heinz Neber, Münich University, Münich, Germany.
Hisham B. Ghassib, Princess Sumaya University, Amman, Jordan.
Hojjat Adeli, College of Engineering; Ohio State University, USA.
Javier Touron, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
Joan Freeman, Middlesex University, England.
Joseph S. Renzulli, Connecticut University, USA.
Ken McCluskey, University of Winnipeg, Winipeg, Canada.
Michael E. Auer, Carinthia Tech Institute Villach, Austria.
Peter Goodyear, The University of Sydney, Australia.
Peter Merrotsy, University of New England, AUSTRALIA.
Rena Subotnik, APA, USA.
Robert Sternberg, Tufts University, USA. 

Prof. Dr. Taisir Subhi Yamin, (Fulbrighter).
General Director, The International Centre for Innovation in Education (ICIE).
Honorary Professor, School of Education, Durham University, England.
Visiting Professor, Minority Achievement, Creativity and High Ability Center (ARCH-III); Prairie View A&M University, USA
Co-Founder, The International Journal for Talent Development and Creativity (IJTDC).
Former President (2009-2013), The World Council for Gifted and Talented Children (WCGTC).
Former Editor-in-Chief (2005-2014), Gifted and Talented International (GTI).
Vice President, International Association of Educators for World Peace (IAEWP).
 
e-Mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Postfach 12 40; D-89002, Ulm; Germany.
Mobile: 0049.1573.10.900.60

The Importance of Professional Development
Professional development is a critical factor in the initial success of the teaching/ learning process. The quality and intensity of the training program is an important part of determining how successful teachers will be as well as how long they remain in the teaching profession. The ICIE has developed a rigorous, well-planned program designed to provide participants an optimum combination of experiences in which they can build content area knowledge, knowledge of teaching and learning, and the practical knowledge required to be a successful and effective teacher for all students.         

 

The Idea:
The ICIE is planning to build a partnership with educational institutions to qualify teachers and enable them to achieve the competencies (knowledge, skills, and expertise) which are necessary for efficient and high standard performance. It is the ICIE's idea that reflects high responsibility, comprehensive vision, ambitious mission, and strategic planning to improve the quality of the teaching learning process.

 

The Required Components:
The proposed training programme aimed at expanding the teachers’ competencies. Our training programmes –which include both on-site and e-learning opportunities- are designed for new graduates in addition to teachers, principals, administrators, and policymakers.
The focus of these programs is to increase the educator's capacity to improve learning outcomes of all children. Through a variety of learning techniques-case studies, discussions, and small groups-participants acquire new perspectives on leadership, deepen their repertoire of problem-solving skills, engage in personal reflection, and build strong professional networks.

 

The Expected Outcomes:
The ICIE will develop programs for motivated teachers where they learn to:
  • Craft standards-based lessons that clearly communicate learning goals and connect classroom activities to real-world challenges;
  • Incorporate continuous assessment of student performance into your teaching and help learners become active self- and peer-assessors;
  • Use technology, differentiated learning, and content-specific strategies to improve student performance and promote deeper understanding of content;
  • Share pedagogical successes and challenges with an online community of local and international teachers, supported and guided by expert coaches;
  • Give your peers effective feedback on planning lessons, improving student performance, and assessing student understanding;
  • Develop communication and collaboration strategies with a professional community of local and international teachers;
  • Work with an experienced teacher-coach, train as an apprentice coach, and become a coach to local and/or international peers;
  • Advance your own professional growth and earn supplemental income on a flexible schedule;
  • Focus relationships among students, teachers, and administrators around a shared educational language and framework;
  • Strengthen experienced teachers, develop teacher leaders, and engage the commitment of those new to the profession;
  • Help you to achieve your interconnected goals of raising student test scores and promoting real understanding of content;
  • Build internal capacity within your schools to sustain improved instruction; and
  • Create a coherent, systemic, and cost-efficient plan to address your system's teaching and learning goals.
 
The proposed workshops:
 

No.

Title

Trainer

Hours

W1

Organizational Creativity & Excellence.

Prof. Dr. Todd  Lubart

25

W2

Well-Being and Social Emotional Learning

Dr. Sandra Linke

25

W3

Creativity, Innovation and Productive Thinking

Prof. Dr. Todd Lubart

25

W4

Enrichment and Integrative Gifted Programmes

Prof. Dr. Taisir Subhi Yamin

25

W5

Digitalization and Virtual Environments

Prof. Dr. Lynn Newton

25

W6

Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Mentorship

Dr. Sandra Linke

25

W7

Mind the Gap:  Practices in Creativity

Prof. Dr. Christine Boyko-Head

25

W8

Screening and Identification: Gifted Education

Prof. Dr. Taisir Subhi Yamin

25

W9

Evaluation of Potential Creativity (EPoC)

Prof. Dr. Taisir Subhi Yamin

25

W10

Design our Tomorrow (DoT)

Dr. Ken Reimer

25

W11

Mentoring Academics: Mentoring in Academia

Prof. Dr. Douglas P. Newton

25

W12

Education for Peace and Conflict Resolution

Dr. Kari McCluskey

25

 More workshops:

  • An eco-systemic approach for recognising and addressing the root causes of learning and behavioural difficulties in gifted children.
  • An overview of the current field of gifted/ learning disabilities.
  • Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): Disorder or Gift?
  • Building Gifted Programmes: Types & Components.
  • Creating Creative, Cooperative  Environments Creatively and Cooperatively.
  • Creativity: creative giftedness and Education.
  • Curriculum Compacting and Schoolwide Enrichment Model.
  • Curriculum Differentiation, and Renzulli Learning System.
  • Developing Gifted and Talented Education: An in-depth, school-wide approach.
  • e-learning for Gifted Students.
  • e-learning: Content Development.
  • e-learning: Instructional Design.
  • Fundamentals of Gifted Education.
  • Higher Order Thinking (HOT).
  • How to conceive and identify giftedness and talent.
  • Leadership Development for Gifted Students.
  • Lines in the Sand: Are At-Risk Students Being Forced from our Schools?
  • Maths Made Easy.
  • Multi-faceted Curriculum for Learning Engagement.
  • New Products and Services for a “Flat World”.
  • Nurturing the Creative Producers of Tomorrow.
  • Orgainzational Assessment.
  • Problem Oriented Learning: Fostering Questioning and Explaining.
  • Productive Thinking Skills: Creartive, Critical, Problem Solving, Future Problem Solving.
  • Recognizing and Nurturing Talent in At-Risk Populations.
  • Renzulli Learning System and Stratis.
  • Solving Problems Creatively.
  • Virtual Learning Environments for the Gifted.
  • Workshop on Differentiating Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment for Gifted Learners.
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