Dear Partcipant in Cognitive Education and Dynamic Assessment Workshop:
Now that you are trained in dynamic assessment and/or cognitive education, you can join your colleagues around the world who are now practicing or doing research on cognitive education and/or dynamic assessment. There are professional people in many countries who have had training similar to yours, who like to share their experiences in applying what they have learned and to learn how others are applying their knowledge. Some of your colleagues work in preschools and in elementary and secondary schools as teachers, administrators, and specialists (such as speech/language therapists), whereas others work in universities, teaching and doing research on cognitive development and cognitive applications.
Those colleagues come together periodically to learn from each other, in an organization where practitioners and researchers meet together for mutual enrichment. That organization is the International Association for Cognitive Education and Psychology (IACEP). Founded in 1988 in Canada, IACEP has held an international conference every two years, with meetings in Canada, Belgium, United States, Israel, South Africa, Finland, England, Germany, The Netherlands, and Greece, with regional conferences in “between” years in Chile, Puerto Rico, Italy, Canada, South Africa, USA, Hungary, Israel, and Slovakia. The next international conference is planned for January, 2018 in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Another mode of communication for IACEP is its official journal, the Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology (JCEP), now in its 17th volume year. JCEP publishes primarily research reports and theoretical articles on topics related to cognitive development, cognitive education, and cognitive assessment, but includes also reviews of important books and reviews of research. Often, the research reported in JCEP is an evaluation of the effectiveness of some program of cognitive education or “dynamic” cognitive assessment, thus holds interest for both practitioners and researchers.
The people who trained you and/or your local trainers, whether Reuven Feuerstein, David Tzuriel, Carl Haywood, Carol Lidz, Marilyn Samuels, Ruth Deutsch, Mogens Jensen, Alex Kozulin, Jean-Louis Paour, Meir Ben-Hur, or others, have all been important supporters of IACEP. They have often presented papers at the conferences, led pre- and post-conference workshops, and published in JCEP. Three have served as president of IACEP, and two as editor of JCEP. Thus, IACEP offers multiple opportunities for continuing association with leaders in the field.
I urge you to consider joining IACEP and participating in its activities. The cost is less than that of most professional organizations, and the benefits are just waiting to be enjoyed. Meet your cognitive colleagues in interesting places, find out how they are applying their training, and tell them what you are doing with yours.
A membership application form is attached. You can fill that out and submit it, or go to the IACEP web site (www.ia-cep.org) and use the online membership form.
Good thinking!
Right. Carl has been active in reorganizing the group. He and Marilyn Samuels were the original founders. I found it to be very fruitful and interesting. It is important to get to the annual meetings, where the most action is. As in the music world where my interests now lie, there has been a 'graying out" and need for fresh energy. It offers a unique opportunity for international collaboration.
Way to go! Why not music! (Even Liszt wrote "Transcendental" music!).
Happy to hear that you joined. I think you will enjoy it. I met some wonderful people and did some meaningful collaborations.
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