CONFERENCE PROGRAM C U R R E N T S TAT E A N D D E V E L O P M E N T T R E N D S O F C H E S S E D U C AT I O N TSA GHK ADZOR , AR ME N IA 06-09 MAY 2019 Y M O E F D A A C R A M S E S N E MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND ARMENIAN STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY “Chess” Scientific I A H SCIENCE OF RA NAMED AFTER KHACHATUR ABOVYAN Research Institute C 06 May, 2019 Arrival Day 07 May, 2019 10:00-11:00 Visit School Chess Olympiad 11:00-12:00 Opening Ceremony Bachar Kouatly (FIDE Deputy President) Speech (10 minutes) Arayik Harutyunyan (Minister of education of RA) Speech (10 minutes) Ruben Mirzakhanyan (Rector of ASPU) Speech (10 minutes) Judith Polgar (FIDE Honorary Vice President) Speech (10 minutes) Nigel Short (FIDE Vice President) Speech (10 minutes) Smbat Lputian (FIDE EDU Commission Chairman) Speech (10 minutes) CONFERENCE PROGRAM 12:00-12:30 Coffee Break 12:30-14:30 Plenary Session L. Garcia (FIDE EDU Councilor) “Educational power of chess” S. Khachatryan (“Chess” Scientific Research Institute Board Member, Lecturer /ASPU Chair of Professional Education and Applied Pedagogy) “Educational value of chess” A. Kostyev ( ECU EDU representant ) “Chess education in the ECU” V. Sargsyan (Head of the scientific program of “Chess” Scientific Research Institute, Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Associate Professor ) “Chess teaching research findings within the frame of psychological theories and practices” N. Melkonyan (Researcher at “Chess” Scientific Research Institute, Lecturer/ ASPU Chair of Sociology and Social Work) “Sociological study of social aspects of chess education” 14:30-15:30 Lunch CONFERENCE PROGRAM 16:00-19:00 Paper session – Part 1. Chess teaching and learning practices H. Khalapyan (Doctor of Philosophy in History, Academic Director of Armenian Virtual College, Chess” Scientific Research Institute Board Member) “Chess teacher training Online Program” A. Sargsyan (Researcher at “Chess” Scientific Research Institute, Lecturer /ASPU Chair of Psychology) “Research of emotional intelligence of chess teachers and schoolchildren” V. Sargsyan (Head of the scientific program of “Chess” Scientific Research Institute, Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Associate Professor) “Learning styles and teaching strategies at chess lessons” A. Bejanyan (Researcher at “Chess” Scientific Research Institute, PhD in Psychology, Lecturer/ ASPU Chair of Psychology) “Chess learning motivation” Z. Demirchyan (Founder –Director of “Zack ՛՛ studio, Lecturer of the Yerevan Academy of Fine Arts, Painter) “Presentation on “Chess Friends” animated TV Series” Y. Vladimirov (FIDE EDU Councilor) “The Chess Kingdom” cartoon 19:00 Dinner CONFERENCE PROGRAM 08 May, 2019 10:00-12:00 Paper session – Part 1. Chess teaching and learning practices L. B. De La Cruz (Madrid chess academy CEO – DIRECTOR) “Understanding social model of disability with chess: developing an approach to integrate sustainable developments within schools” T. Ogneva (Teacher, Chess School “ETUD”) “My technology for teaching chess” S. Misakyan (Researcher at “Chess” Scientific Research Institute, Docent of the ASPU Chair of Sports and Chess) “Interdisciplinary connection between chess and mathematics” H. Khachatryan (Chess” Scientific Research Institute Board Member, Dean of Faculty of Preschool Education, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor) “Chess teacher training model in Armenia” A. Charchyan (Researcher at “Chess” Scientific Research Institute, Lecturer/ ASPU Chair of Speech Therapy and Rehabilitation therapy) “Chess lesson in inclusive schools” 12:00-12:30 Coffee break CONFERENCE PROGRAM 12:30-14:00 Paper session – Part 2. Chess and students social- psychological skills R. Aghuzumtsyan (“Chess” Scientific Research Institute Board Member, Candidate of psychological science, Professor) ““Chess” as a way of developing creativity of a person” V. Karapetyan (“Chess” Scientific Research Institute Board Member, Doctor of Psychology, Professor /ASPU Chair of Preschool Pedagogy and Methodology) “The appearance of divergent thinking in the process of chess skills detection” M. Avetisyan (Researcher at “Chess” Scientific Research Institute, PhD, Associate Professor/ ASPU Chair of Applied Psychology) “Features of creativity development” A. Khachatryan (Researcher at “Chess” Scientific Research Institute, PhD in Psychology, Associate Professor/ASPU Chair of Psychology ) “Attention features of chess studying junior school learners” T. Sargsyan (Researcher at “Chess” Scientific Research Institute) “Chess skills and 3”c”s of 21st century” 14:00-15:00 Lunch 16:00-18:00 Roundtable discussion 19:00 Gala dinner CONFERENCE PROGRAM 09 May, 2019 Departure day Conference venue Multi Rest House, Tsaghkadzor, RA CONFERENCE PROGRAM Academic Board SMBAT LPUTIAN Grandmaster, Vice-president of the Armenian Chess Federation, Director of “Chess” Scientific Research Institute, Founder and President of the Chess Academy of Armenia, Chairman of FIDE “Chess in Education” Commission SRBUHI GEVORGYAN Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs, Doctor of Psychological Sciences, Professor, Armenian State Pedagogical University after Khachatur Abovyan VAHAN SARGSYAN Head of the scientific program of “Chess” Scientific Research Institute, Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Associate Professor, Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the scientific program, Armenian State Pedagogical University after Khachatur Abovyan SEROB KHACHATRYAN Lecturer/ Chair of Professional Education and Applied Pedagogy, Chess” Scientific Research Institute Board Member, Armenian State Pedagogical University after Khachatur Abovyan HASMIK KHALAPYAN Doctor of Philosophy in History, Academic Director of Armenian Virtual College, “Chess” Scientific Research Institute Board Member HEGHINE KHACHATRYAN Dean of Faculty of Preschool Education, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, “Chess” Scientific Research Institute Board Member, Armenian State Pedagogical University after Khachatur Abovyan SAMVEL MISAKYAN Methodologist, Docent of the Chair of Sports and Chess, Mathematician, Armenian State Pedagogical University after Khachatur Abovyan, Researcher at “Chess” Scientific Research Institute QRISTINE TANAJYAN Lecturer at the chair of sociology and social work at ASPU, Researcher at “Chess” Scientific Research Institute, Armenian State Pedagogical University after Khachatur Abovyan MARIANNA AVETISYAN PhD, Associate Professor, Researcher at “Chess” Scientific Research Institute, Armenian State Pedagogical University after Khachatur Abovyan CONFERENCE PROGRAM Organizing committee SMBAT LPUTIAN Grandmaster, Vice-president of the Armenian Chess Federation, Director of “Chess” Scientific Research Institute, Founder and President of the Chess Academy of Armenia, Chairman of FIDE “Chess in Education” Commission SRBUHI GEVORGYAN Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs, Doctor of Psychological Sciences, Professor, Armenian State Pedagogical University after Khachatur Abovyan VAHAN SARGSYAN Head of Internship department, Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the scientific program, Armenian State Pedagogical University after Khachatur Abovyan VARDUHI SARGSYAN Executive Director of the Chess Academy of Armenia HRANT TER-HARUTYUNYAN Assistant to FIDE EDU Commission Chairman .