IGE from Texas At the Colégio Rio Branco, Higienópolis Unit, the group from Texas – composed of researchers in the fi eld of education, team leader Betsy Hoffman, M’Randa Sandlin, Erin Pounders, David de Sousa and Vanessa Sikes – was welcomed by international relations advisor, Erika Angeli. Visiting pré-school, elementary-school and high school classrooms, the group, along with the president of Rotary Club of Cotia Granja Vianna Empresarial - District 4610, Marco de Fiori, talked to students and educators and watched a presentation Marco de Fiori; Erika Angeli; Besty Hoffman – team leader, M’Randa Sandlin, Eirn Pounders, David de Sousa, about the institution’s Political Pedagogical Project. Vanessa Sikes, and CRB pedagogic coordinator, Wilma Lima STUDY TRIPS AND BENCHMARKING 17th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society The Fundação de Rotarianos de São Paulo, represented by its superintendent Marco Rossi, attended the 17th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, held in Montreal, Canada. The event gathered over 2,000 researchers from different countries, focusing on the most recent studies in the cognitive neuroscience fi eld, investigating the psychological and neuroscientifi c bases of thought. at an embryonic stage, has been institution that is constantly seeking The study of cognitive neuroscience raising the interest of the Fundação to anticipate the future of learning applied to education, even if still de Rotarianos de São Paulo, an and teaching techniques. Mind, Brain and Education Program The Fundação de Rotarianos de São Paulo, represented by its superintendent Marco Rossi and by the principal of the Colégio Rio Branco, Esther Carvalho, attended the Mind, Brain and Education program at Harvard Graduate School of Education, in Cambridge (United States), in the month of July. The seminar, chaired by Kurt Fischer, international authority in this filed, aimed to discuss the recent conclusions of research in the neuroscience, genetics and knowledge science fields, and their new perspectives for the understanding of human behavior and educational practice. The managers also attended the Redesigning High School for Improved Instruction program which discussed models and perspectives for High School education that Esther Carvalho and Marco Rossi along with researchers from Harvard University take contemporary needs into account. 28 Annual Report 2010
Annual Report 2010
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