W2
 
Remembering the Playground in Order to Play Today
Christine Boyko-Head
Mohawk College, Canada
Play is recognized as an important element in learning. According to Nieto et al (2021) at UNICEF, the power of play promotes socio-emotional intelligence, creative thinking, healthy immune systems, positive relationships and protects individuals against toxic stress. On a parallel path, WEF (2020) predicts the demand for employees with higher cognitive skills like social-emotional intelligence, creativity and agility will increase by 2030. Playgrounds often evoke memories as inclusive spaces with possibilities, challenges and risk-taking. This workshop uses the metaphor of the playground to extend the benefits of play to learners of all ages. Revisit, recreate, rediscover the significance of the ‘playground’ as a way to build learner autonomy, freedom and community.

 

 
 

 

W4

 
Education, technology, and civism: The ETC principle in gifted education for twice exceptional students
Cristian Buică Belciu; Aneta Feldman
University of Bucharest
This workshop aims to explore and debate a three-pronged approach in gifted education for 2E students. Different views regarding the technological support provided and the social context in which the special needs of 2E students are met are especially sought. Comparison between different local and national programs would enhance the overall perspective.

 

There are two options for registration, including:

(1) The international participants, and should select the first sub-menu;

(2) The American participants, and should select the second sub-menu.

American participants are entitled for the reduced registration fees. They are partially sponsored by: MACH-III; and HETL

 

 

 

 
 
Welcome to the Hill
 
 
 
Fred A. Bonner II, Ed. D.
ICIE Conference Chair
Dear Colleagues and Friends:
 
Welcome to the 27th ICIE conference 2025 on:
Excellence, Innovation, & Creativity in Basic-Higher Education & Psychology:
Latest Development in Research & Practices (Houston - Texas, USA: December 08 - 12, 2025)
 
 
Your participation in this historic convening, the second in the United States, as well as the second on a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) campus. We are glad that you are here with us on the “Hill” as we affectionately refer to our dear University.
 
I encourage you to not only engage with the vast array of educators, researchers, and scholars representing a large number of countries from various regions around the globe, but to also explore the richness of the Prarie View A&M University (PVAMU) campus and it surrounding communities.
 
As your conference chair, I implore you to establish new friendships and gain critical insight that will reinforce your knowledge in our efforts to identify innovative and creative ways to support our conference theme: In Search of Giftedness.
 
Welcome to Texas, welcome to Prairie View A&M University, welcome to ICIE!
 
Sincerely,
Fred A. Bonner II
 
 
Department of Educational Leadership and Counseling; Whitlowe R. Green College of Education; Prairie View A&M University;
239 Delco Building; Prairie View, Texas 77446, USA.

Joseph S. Renzulli is Director of UConn’s National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented and Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Educational Psychology at the Neag School of Education. A leader and pioneer in Gifted Education, Dr. Joseph S. Renzulli was named among the 25 most influential psychologists in the world by the American Psychological Association. He received the Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Award for Innovation in Education, and was a consultant to the White House Task Force on Education of the Gifted and Talented. His work on the Enrichment Triad Model and curriculum compacting and differentiation were pioneering efforts in the 1970s, and he has contributed hundreds of books, book chapters, articles, and monographs to the professional literature. Dr. Renzulli established UConn’s annual Confratute Program with fellow Educational Psychology Professor Sally Reis; the summer institute on enrichment-based differentiated teaching has served more than 25,000 teachers from around the world since 1978. He also Renzulli established UConn Mentor Connection, a summer program that enables high-potential high school students to work side by side with leading scientists, historians, and artists, and is the founder of the Joseph S. Renzulli Gifted and Talented Academy in Hartford, which has become a model for local and national urban school reform.
 

 
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Participating institutions are provided with Teacher licenses for each student teacher for the duration of their student teaching experience, along with licenses for each student they instruct.  We will provide online demonstrations and training in Renzulli teaching methods and the Renzulli Learning system upon request.
 

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Susan Baum

Susan Baum, Ph.D., directs the 2e Center for Research and Professional Development at Bridges Academy. Susan is widely published in the field of gifted education including her seminal book (in its 3rd edition), To be gifted and learning disabled. Her expertise in twice exceptionality earned her many awards including the Weinfield Group’s, Lifetime Achievement Award, Connecticut Association for Gifted’s Friend of the Gifted Award, and Distinguish Professional Alumni Award from the UCONN School of Education.

Esra Kanlı, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Special Education in Istanbul University, Turkey. She received her Ph.D. in Gifted Education from the same university. Her main research areas are, scientific creativity, creative problem posing and solving, creativity assessment, creativity related constructs/individual differences, science education for gifted learners, differentiation in science and acceleration. She has published several articles and book chapters on creativity and giftedness.

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