Program

01 October, 2016

10:00-11:00                       Opening Ceremony

  • Speech (10 minutes) – Mr. Levon Mkrtchyan, RA Minister of Education and Science
  • Speech – Mr. Smbat Lputian, President of Chess Academy of Armenia
  • Speech (5 minutes) – Mr. Zurab Azmaiparashvili, ECU President
  • Speech (5 minutes) – Mr. Ruben Mirzakhanyan, Rector of Armenian State Pedagogical University after Kh. Abovian
  • Speech (10 minutes) – Mr. Kevin O’Connell, FIDE Chess in Schools Commission Chairman

 

11:00-11:30                       Coffee Break

11:30-13:30                       Plenary Session – Part 1

 

  • Hamlet Toomanian - FIDE Senior Trainer

“Main Characteristics of Chess Textbooks in Primary Schools of RA”

  • Vahan Sargsyan - Head of Internship department, Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Associate Professor, ASPU

Coauthor Hayk Daveyan

“Analysis of the Efficiency of Teaching Chess in Schools”

  • Ruben Aghuzumtsyan - Ph.D., Professor, Head of Chair of Psychology of Management of the Public Administration Academy of RA

Coauthor Sona Poghosyan - Ph.D., Research Laboratory of Psychology of Administrative activities, Junior Researcher, Public Administration Academy of RA

“Research of the Personal Qualities and Characteristics of Thinking of the Chess Teachers”

  • Kristine Tanajyan - Ph.D., Student of Social Philosophy and Ethics, Lecturer, Researcher, ASPU

Nelli Melqonyan - Ph.D., Student of Psychology of Development, Lecturer, ASPU

Nune Gevorgyan - Lecturer, Researcher, ASPU

“Chess as a Mechanism for Accumulating the Intellectual Capacity among Primary School Students”

  • Hasmik Khalapyan - Doctor of Philosophy in History, Academic Director of Armenian Virtual College 

“Learning Chess Online: Possibilities for Students and Teachers at AGBU Armenian Virtual College”

  • Heghine Khachatryan - Dean of Faculty of Preschool Education, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, ASPU

Lusine Poghosyan - Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Docent, ASPU

“Technologies of Collaborative Learning”

 

13:30-15:00                       Lunch

15:00-16:30                       Paper Session – Part 2

  • Karine Koodabakhshyan – Psychologist, Chess Academy of Armenia and National Institute of Education

“The Most Importnt Factors Contributing to the Establishment of Chess as a Subject in Primary Schools”

  • Vladimir Karapetyan - Head of Chair of Age and Pedagogical Psychology, Doctor of Psychological Sciences, Professor, ASPU

Srbuhi Gevorgyan - Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs, Doctor of Psychological Sciences, Professor, ASPU

“Playing Chess as an Instructional and Motivating Factor for Organizing School Children’s Research Activities”

  • Armine Khachatryan - Ph.D. in Psychology, Associate Professor, ASPU

Angela Sargsyan - Lecturer at ASPU

“Current Level of Expression of Psychological Components of Assimilation of Chess as a School Subject and the Ways of Its Activation” 

  • Samvel Misakyan - Methodologist, Mathematician, ASPU

“The Formation of Imaginary Thinking Basis through Chess Tasks”

  • Kristine Tanajyan - Ph.D., Student of Social Philosophy and Ethics, Lecturer, Researcher, ASPU

Nelli Melqonyan - Ph.D., Student of Psychology of Development, Lecturer, ASPU

Nune Gevorgyan - Lecturer, Researcher, ASPU

“Empathic Capacity of Chess Teachers and Emotional Responses among Primary School Children”

 

16:30-17:00                       Coffee Break

17:00-18:30                       Questions and Answers

19:00                                 Dinner

 

02 October, 2016                              

10:00-11:30                       Paper Session – Part 1

  • Ani Khudoyan - Researcher, Lecturer, ASPU

Anna Charchyan - Lecturer, ASPU

“Influence of Chess in Development Mental Processes of Children with SEN”

  • Luis Blasco De La Cruz - Chief Executive Officer, Madrid Chess Academy

“Chess like a Tool to Work with ADHD & Special Needings”

  • Armine Khachatryan - Ph.D. in Psychology, Associate Professor, ASPU

Angela Sargsyan - Lecturer at ASPU

“Chess Teachers Trainings in RA”

  • Kristine Tanajyan - Ph.D., Student of Social Philosophy and Ethics, Lecturer, Researcher, ASPU

Nelli Melqonyan - Ph.D., Student of Psychology of Development, Lecturer, ASPU

Nune Gevorgyan - Lecturer, Researcher, ASPU

“Overcoming Difficulties in Teaching Chess as a School Discipline from Teacher’s Perspective: Methodological Aspect”

  • Janos Pallagi - Founder and Managing Director, LearningChess

“Progress Tracking in a Large Scholastic Chess System”

11:30-12:00                       Coffee Break

12:00-12:45                       Paper Session – Part 2

 

  • Philippe Vukojevic - Contributor Belgium CIS, Royal Belgian Chess Federation

“Chess, a Language Tool at School – A ‘Science’-Based Practice”

  • Ani Khudoyan - Researcher, Lecturer, ASPU

Anna Charchyan - Lecturer, ASPU

“The Role of Chess in the Process of Behavour Regulation of Students with Special Educational Needs”

13:00-14:30                       Lunch

15:00-16:00                       Visit to Kecharis Monastery

16:30-18:30                       Roundtable Discussion

19:00                                 Gala Dinner