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Mind and Intelligence Games Certificate Program

Preschool, primary school, secondary school and high school teachers of all branches, and university students interested in the field.

16 Hours

500₺

IZU Halkalı Campus

10:00-18:00

  • To draw attention to the place of play in a child's world,
  • To introduce the child to the world of intelligence and mind games,
  • To explain the basic concepts of intelligence and mind games to the child,
  • To present the areas developed by intelligence games,
  • To demonstrate and present intelligence games in practice according to the areas they develop,
  • To provide resources on intelligence games,
  • To recommend intelligence games suitable for different age levels,
  • To develop out-of-the-box thinking skills in children.

Intelligence games are games that support the development of children and adults in strategy building, planning, reasoning and logical integration, visual-spatial thinking, creativity, attention and concentration, and memory, while also fostering attitudes and behaviors such as foresight, planning, patience, persistence, determination, decision-making, coping with defeat and healthy competition, and allowing kinesthetic application.

After the training, participants will be able to:
express informed opinions about intelligence and its components,
teach intelligence games,
explain the general concepts relating to intelligence games,
provide information about the areas developed by intelligence games and understand the importance of these areas,
apply and explain solution methods,
plan and deliver training with around 30 intelligence games over a given curriculum period (course, workshop, club, school term),
organize intelligence game tournaments,
organize both individual and group games,
use the resources provided,
produce reports after the activities and give feedback to parents,
and run out-of-the-box thinking activities for children.

Mehmet ÖZMEN

Participants who successfully complete the program are entitled to receive a certificate approved by the Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University Continuing Education Center.
  • An 80% attendance requirement must be met during the training.
  • Photocopy of national ID card (front side)
  • Discounts are available, subject to quota, for IZU staff, alumni and students.

  • Should the competent government authorities declare curfews or similar measures due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the announced programme schedules may be subject to change.

  • IZUSEM reserves the right to make any changes it deems necessary during the announcement and implementation stages of its programmes.

  • As the quota for the programme in question is limited, no refund will be made to participants who have been granted final registration by IZUSEM and have paid the programme fee, regardless of whether they attend the programme, except for those who submit a written application to IZUSEM stating that they will be unable to attend at least 2 weeks before the programme's start date.

  • Weekday and weekend training groups will be determined according to the number of participants during the final registration period.