Discussion on PISA test results

Discussion on PISA test results On Friday, January 10, the Institute for Contemporary Education (ICE) hosted a discussion entitled “Myths and Truths Regarding PISA Test Results”. The speakers included: Bojan Ristić, director of the Information Technology School (ITS), member of the National Qualifications Framework in Serbia Council created by the Ministry of Education, Science and…

Lecture empowers teachers to work with gifted students

Lecture empowers teachers to work with gifted students On Thursday, December 26, a lecture entitled “Myths and Truths on Children’s Giftedness” took place at the Institute for Contemporary Education. The speaker was Ljiljana Lazarević, teacher, creator of the national pilot project “Empowering Teachers and Associates to Work with Gifted Children”, coordinator of the Serbian EPoC…

Interactive workshop “Lessons of Understanding and Joy” for ICE members

Interactive workshop “Lessons of Understanding and Joy” for ICE members On Thursday, December 12, the Institute for Contemporary Education hosted an interesting NLP workshop “Lessons of Understanding and Joy”. The presenters were Tamara Vlahović and Bojana Šajatović, developmental skill coaches at the Life&Mind studio for education and NLP methodology which is part of IANLP. The…

“Stimulating Intellectual Development – Examples of Good Practice”

“Stimulating Intellectual Development – Examples of Good Practice” On Saturday, December 7, Mensa Serbia, the Creative Teachers association and the Institute for Contemporary Education hosted a panel entitled “Stimulating Intellectual Development – Examples of Good Practice”. The aim was to present the top 30 papers in the international project Intelligence Day 2019. Our colleagues attended…

Encouraging Critical Thinking in Students through an Excellent Teaching Practice Example

Encouraging Critical Thinking in Students through an Excellent Teaching Practice Example On Thursday, November 28, we organized a lecture titled “48 Questions about the Development of Critical Thinking” at the Institute for Contemporary Education. The lecture was given by Suzana Miljković, class teacher, author of the “Cloud of Knowledge for Teachers” and the holder of…