ECU EDUCATION

ECU Education

ECU Education started 2014 after Tromsö Olympiad

11 people in the commission Chairman: Jesper Hall, Sweden Secretary: Alexander Kostyev, Russia

Working groups

Internet group Commercial group Information group Curriculum group Research group

Plan for ECU Education Finishing the survey started spring 2015 Presentation EU-parliament 24 February 2016 Working groups up and running The groups analyze and define there field Each group makes a plan for future actions Presentation of plans summer 2016 Overall plan is decided Executive period starts autumn 2016

Goals ECU Education Make 3-5 archetypes for how Chess in Schools

can be ran Help the federations/countries with ideas and

structure Provide platform and material for CiS Teachers courses/ Teach the teachers courses “Moneymaking” on EU level, and help CiS

movements to make money themselves Make tournaments and events

Survey of federations and CiS in ECU

Two questions to start from

1. What needs do the countries of ECU have?

2. What can ECU Education do to help?

What does it look like?

In the Federations?

In the movement of Chess in Schools?

Goals with the survey Statistics for ECU countries and federations Statistics for Chess in Schools in the countries of

ECU How is CiS working? What set-up is used? What

pedaogigcal methods are used? What is working good? What is working bad?

What can ECU Education do to help?

Structure of the survey

1) Federation - information2) Chess in School - information3) Chess in School – detailed questions

30 countries have deliveredAlbania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guernsey, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jersey, Latvia, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Turkey

Remaining countriesAzerbaijan, Belarus, Boznia& Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, FYRMacedonia, Iceland, Israel, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Portugal, San Marino, Scotland, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, Wales

Problems

Federation does not respond to emails/calls Federation must approve survey results Federation is too busy Lack of good data Researcher stopped or incommunicado

We need help with the survey!

1) Whom to contact in the federation?2) Who can make the survey?3) Who can put pressure, so that the survey will

be done!

Contact:jesper.hall@schack.se

Conclusions … so far

Conclusions A LOT OF GOOD PROJECTS!!! A lot of instruction materials and concepts of

giving instructions Very different structures of CiS in the countries

of ECU, depending on financing, school systems, target groups and who runs the project.

Everyone is struggling with financing! Everyone needs “heavy” scientific proofs that

chess develop intellectual and social skills!