Approximately 1,000 fifth graders from 15 different private and public schools in Brazil participated in the 2009 study, learning Mind Lab lessons over 3 months, 1 hour per week. The 2010 study already included approximately 5,000 students.

The 2009 results demonstrated a significant improvement in both math and Portuguese, but the 2010 results absolutely astonished Mrs. Regina Cansado, INADE’s President.

Summaries of the 2009/10 studies are attached:

 Inade Research Summary

The international teams will join together to compete playing the 4 Olympic games:

 Abalone, Checkers, Quoridor and Octi.

As the “Best of the Best” will arrive at this Olympic event, there’s a growing anticipation for a thrilling and challenging competition. ..

On Tuesday the 14th of June, the teams will arrive, and join a fun afternoon Welcome activity – All competitors are invited to participate! 

On Wednesday the 15th of June, Individual tournaments will be held allowing all competitors to show thier worth in Abalone, Quoridor, Octi and Checkers…
On Thursday the 16th of June all the teams will meet  to take part in the grand Olympic championship finals.
In the closing ceremony the champions of the 2011 Olympics will be announced!

View the Cascais Mind Olympics Info pack in the link below:

The Sixth International Mind Lab Olympics

We wish all the teams and participants Boa Sorte (Good Luck)!

We look forward to seeing you all there…

Mrs. Sandra Garcia, the Pedagogical Manager of Mind Lab Brazil, and Mrs. Anita Abed, Mind Lab Brazil’s Chief Teacher Trainer delivered this profound seminar to the entire pedagogical team of Mind Lab Chile. In preperation for the upcoming Mind Lab classes and more than 4,000 expected students, the Chilean team headed by Mr. Alberto Espinoza learned how to implement the education process of more  than 150 teachers in various schools.

Please view some moments of this succesful seminar in the photos below:

Mr. Alberto Espinoza

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and wish great success to Mind Lab Chile Pedagogical team in the exciting educational days to come!

Following the great success of Mind Lab Brazil, Vigatec Chile and Mind Lab Group launched their collaboration in Chile two months ago.

In a an exciting launching event with the participation of Mr. Tzvika Feldfogel, President of the Int’l Mind Group Community, Mind Lab and Vigatec hosted selected secretaries of education from few municipalities in the Santiago Greater Area, as well as the principals and academic directors of some of the best private schools in Chile.

Mind Lab Chile Launch

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Starting February 2011, the pedagogical team of Vigatec, headed by Mr. Alberto Espinoza, will be training more than 150 teachers in various schools, and starting March, these teachers will be delivering the first Mind Lab classes in Chile to more than 4,000 students. This week, Vigatec’s pedagogical team is moving on to the final stages of its preparation for the first teacher training seminars in Chile, with profound training seminars delivered by Mrs. Sandra Garcia, the Pedagogical Manager of Mind Lab Brazil, and Mrs. Anita Abed, Mind Lab Brazil’s Chief Teacher Trainer.

Mind Lab Group congratulates Vigatec for a grand launching event, and a very promising start indeed. We wish all those educators, families, and students involved with (and affected by) the Mind Lab methodology in Chile, lots of joy and success on this exciting journey!

A “Coffee & Intelligence” pedagogic event was held on the 9th of November in Trento.

Mind Lab Italy had organized a fascinating educational event with the participation of school principals and education experts.

This important educational event presented prof. Arduino Salatin who opened the symposium.

Also included were presentations and discussions of the Mediated learning and Mind Games sessions.

Congratulations for Mind Lab Italy for organizing this notable event!

Almost 200 4th to 7th grade students from 48 schools competed in this exciting and facinating event!

In addition, 80 8th and 9th grade students participated in the olympic mind tournaments, playing the 4 Olympic games: Abalone, Octi, Quoridor & Checkers.

Mind Lab Group sends her congratulations to all the participants, and looks forward to see the winning team on the international Mind Olympics that will be held this year in Lisbon, Portugal!

This symposium is a part of the ongoing activity of an educational community established by Mind Lab Group and Mind Lab Brazil called the International Mind Group Community.

The focus of this symposium were the actions and results of practicing the model of the Mediator Teacher.

Three of Mind Lab Group’s senior staff members: Mr. Ehud Shachar, Mrs. Tali Reinfeld and Mr. Tzvika Feldfogel have recently returned from a visit in Brazil where they participated in the community events.

In the “Mind Lab Symposium” over 600 educators and managers took part in a grand, impressive event.

Among the speakers in this conference were – Professor Dr. Cesar Nunes, Professor. Yves de La Taille, Professor Lino de Macedo, and Professor Nilson Jose Machado, all among the most respected philosophers and writers in the area of education in Brazil.

To check out photos of this incredible event, please follow this link:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/53483517@N05/sets/72157624848595778/show/with/4944648739/

We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the the Mind Lab Brazil team on organizing this amating event, and to thank them for their kind and warm hospitality.

Mind Lab is delighted to announce the Mind Lab Community International Symposium, that will take place in Sao Paulo Brazil on the 28th of August. Participants from around the world will arrive in Brazil to take part in this important educational event.

 Please visit the symposium web page and check out the symposium schedule

 www.simposiomindlab2010.com.br

A successful Mind Lab partners conference was held this year in the charming city of Budapest!

Participants from all around the world arrived in Budapest to be updated in both business, marketing and training development fields.

 During this 3 day annual Mind Lab conference,  the partners enjoyed socializing and exchanging ideas and best practices with each other. 

See you all next year in Lisbon Portugal!

The 1st day events were held on the beautiful Vajdahunyad Castle and included challenging individual tournaments in the four Olympic mind games: Abalone, Checkers, Quoridor and Octi.

On the 2nd day 11 country teams from around the world competed in a thrilling tournament, and for the results (!!!): Hungary won the bronze, Brazil won the silver, ans Israel won the gold!

Congratulations to the winning teams and to all the competing teams for participating and making this an unforgettable event!

See you all next year in the Mind Olympics in Lisbon Portugal !