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EC ECU EDUCA DUCATIO ION CHESS MAKES CHILDREN SMARTER

DISCOVERING THE PERFECT TOOL FOR EDUCATION IN DIGITAL SOCIETY

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CHALLENGES S OF THE EDUCATIONAL SYST SYSTEM IN T IN THE DIG HE DIGIT ITAL ER L ERA

And WHY to USE ONE of the OLDEST GAMES in HISTORY in the 21ST CENTURY EDUCATION?

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WHAT DOES THE FUTURE LOOK LIKE?

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Extremely Rapid Changes in Social Conditions

„The upcoming 20 years will bring more changes in the structure of human society than the previous 300 years have had altogether!”

Gerd Leonhard, futures scientist

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In the next 5-10 years:

• 50 % of jobs will be automated
• 30 – 80 % of today’s jobs will no longer exist!

School children of today will have jobs in the future completely different from the jobs we know today!

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INDUSTRY 4.0

The 4th Industrial Revolution – Machines Operated by Machines

The effect will be as significant as it was of the Industrial Revolution around 1800

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In their lifetime today’s schoolchildren will have

§ 10 different types of jobs § 40 different places of work

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Essential Skills to Adopt to the Rapid Changes

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HOW CAN WE PREPARE OUR CHILDREN FOR THE FUTURE?

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The The educ ucationa

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an and t the t e teach eaching m met ethods mu must co constan antly BE BE UPDATED to to ado dopt pt to to the the ne needs ds of the the so socie iety an y and t to t the di different t mi minds dset t of di digita tal nati tive childr dren! !

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Burning Needs of the 21st Century Education

Abi bility to

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ms § tr trai aini ning ng to to improve e mem emory § tr trans ansfer fer kno nowled edge e fr from one ne fi fiel eld to to ano another ther TE TEACHING METH THODS FO FOR LEARNING AND TH THINKING

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A CRUCIAL PEDAGOGIC METHOD IN DIGITAL ERA

§ Ch Children are used to

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learn by by pl playin ing § Co Constant switching between re real lif life si situations and vir irtual l realit lity of sc screen time ime § A boa board d ga game me that tra rains thi think nking ng in in syst system, , so social b behavi viour, , creativ ivit ity and and me memory mory

GAMIFICATION

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IS CHESS REALLY RELEVANT IN THE DIGITAL ERA?

Ch Chess is a perfect tool l for educatio ion in in the the di digi gital soc

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as it it is is a holis listic ic game me, based

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CHESS IS FOR EVERYONE!

Chess crosses all borders

• Age
• Sex
• Physical development
• Disabilities
• Language
• Ethnicity
• Religion
• Culture

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• Chess as a pedagogic tool – a rapidly growing

movement!

• 5 million children have chess every week in the

schools of Europe

• Chess is a subject in many countries of Europe
• ECU represents 54 countries
• ECU Education – wants to establish a new standard

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