Some 50 graduates of the Organization for Rehabilitation through Training (ORT) will attend a two-week seminar at the ORT Central Institute in Anieres, Switzerland. July 6-18. in honor of that school’s 20th anniversary, The graduates, from France, Iran. Israel, Italy, Morocco and Tunisia, will discuss new concepts and methods in education and teaching. The Central Institute has played a major part in preparing teachers and instructors for the organization’s network of over 600 vocational schools and installations in 22 nations. It has pioneered in the development and implementation of teacher-training methods, programmed instruction techniques, language laboratories and other educational techniques. (ORT vocational training program is supported by JDC.)
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