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CHESS IN SCHOOLS

AROUND THE WORLD Kevin O’Connell

cis.chairman@fide.com

Torino 2017.05.26

MISSION PHILOSOPHY

FIDE, the World Chess Federation, pays

special attention to the development

of chess in schools.

Of course, children who play chess

increase the membership of national

chess federations.

…

Chess for education

FIDE’s main objective is to use chess as

a tool to improve the educational

outcome of children throughout the

world.

Chess for education

NOT

education for chess

Chess – a Teaching Tool

Educational cutlery

schools and educators need a simple

and direct way to teach process

standards –

'thinking skills’

Thinking skills

chess can be used to solve educational

problems,

especially when used to teach process

standards,

the 'thinking skills‘

Bloom’s Taxonomy

Bloom = Chess

Chess for education

NOT

education for chess

Scacchi scolastici

Ajedrez educativo

Chess for education

NOT

Early Years Skills - EYS

Our latest addition

working with CASTLE & ERASMUS+:

early years skills

a programme for very young children

EYS

eys.fide.com

53 videos

sub-titles

various languages

English, Spanish, German, Italian, …

teacher guide

SOCIAL

SONG & DANCE

STEM

through song, dance & games,

Children learn basic concepts useful for

stem subjects

Science, Technology, Engineering,

Maths

CONCEPTS – squares & lines

CONCEPTS - diagonal

CONCEPTS - maps

Finally they dress up as chess pieces

& …

make real chess moves on the giant

chessboard

…

Chess Moves - Queen

FIDE – Teaching Teachers

FIDE also works to develop the skills of

the teachers who teach the children.

FIDE provides teacher certification,

notably the School Instructor title, as

well as titles for players & trainers.

Chess at the service of education

SI – School Instructor

Title first introduced in 2012

For Teachers not Chess Trainers

Seminars in Africa, Americas, Asia &

Europe

Soon to be online

SI - Basics

Chess Basics for Teachers

30+ modules

Tips for avoiding mistakes – useful both

for Teachers & Trainers.

SI details are at cis.fide.com:

http://cis.fide.com/en/projects

Thank you! cis@fide.com http://cis.fide.com

Kevin O’Connell Chairman FIDE-CiS

cis.chairman@fide.com