The influence of the feuerstein method in the psychological development of preschool children

• Author: G. G. Cornea/O. Todor
• Position: Spiru Haret University, Bucharest, Romania/Spiru Haret University, Bucharest, Romania
• Pages: 223-228

Bulletin of the Transilvania Universi ty of Braşov

Series VII: Social Sciences • Law • Vol. 12(61) No. 2 – 2019

https://doi.org/10.31926/but.ssl.2019.12.61.2.5

THE INFLUENCE OF THE FEUERSTEIN METHOD IN THE

PSYCHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF PRESCHOOL

CHILDREN1

G. G. CORNEA2 O. TODOR3

Abstract: Orientated by the new development directions of the education system

and the concepts and didactics of the instrumental enrichment program – Basic, we

intend to investigate the possibilities to increase the effectiveness of cognitive

functions in order to Mental development of preschool children as a result of

training aimed at optimizing individuality and positively influencing personality. The

pre-school period constitutes a period of utmost importance in the life of the

individual. Here the child appropriates the most important psychobehavioral

characteristics, completes the preparation for the school. In order to avoid the

exclusion of vulnerable categories of children from the educational system and to

give them opportunities for social adaptation, Professor Feuerstein elaborated the

theory of "the mediated teaching" and operationalized it to serve educational

practice in a So-called "instrumental Enrichment Program" (Instrumental

Enrichment, IE), which directly targets certain cognitive functions often deficient in

people with learning difficulties: the ability to compare structures, search Analogies

and differences, modeling capacity and concretization, generalization capacity.

Key words: Instrumental Enrichment, kindergarten, adaptation, school

immaturity, didactic games.

1. Introduction

The influence of the social environment on the mental development of the child is exercised

in all possible ways, starting from the time of birth of the child. The environment becomes the

source of psychic development by providing the child with circumstances and co ncrete

conditions of life, objects, information and models of co nduct. It can act as a barrier or as a

factor that favors, facilitates, enhances psychic development. The level of training and

education of parents is very important for the development of knowledge functions, for the

neuropsychological development of the child (Vrășmas, 2008; Tăușan, 2008) . The Feuerstein

Instrumental Enrichment Basic program, created by Feuerstein, is designed to meet the needs

of younger child, as well as the older learner who is severely low functioning and needs a more

1 Paper presented at the Internati onal Conference “Psychology, Education and Human Develo pment”, Brașov, 23-25

May 2019

2 Spiru Haret University, Bucharest, Romania, cornea.gabriela@gmail.com

3 Spiru Haret University, Bucharest, Romania, otiliatodor@yahoo.com