CV

PhD in Science Education (with highest distinction - Suma com laude), Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan.

Title of Ph.D Thesis: The effect of a teaching unit: "Science: An Ever-Developing Entity" on Students' Perceptions and Attitudes towards Science and Science Learning.     

Advisors: Dr. R. Ben-Zvi  (The Weizmann Institute of Science), Professor J. Menis (Bar-Ilan University),  and Dr. J. Nussbaum (Jerusalem Women College).

M.A in Science Education, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan.

Title of Master's Thesis: The Physico-Chemical Reduction in Biology: How is it Conceived by Scientists, Teachers' Educators, Science Teachers, Biology Student Teachers and Biology High School Students? Implications to Science and Value Education (A pilot study).

Advisors: Dr. J. Nussbaum and Dr. A. Zalkin (Bar-Ilan University).

B.Sc in Chemistry, Hebrew University, Jerusalem (in the framework of

the Academic Reserve).

Head of the National Center of Chemistry Teachers,

The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel.

Visiting Professor at the Materials Department, at EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland (with Professor Nava Setter).

Visiting Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA (with Professor John Penick).

Post Doc, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA (with Professor Joe Krajcik). The topic of the work was: Development, implementation and research of "How can I design a cellular phone that is safer to use?" in the framework of a new high school design-based chemistry curriculum

Member of the Department of Science Teaching, The Weizmann Institute of Science. Main projects - research and curriculum development, in-service teacher training (in chemistry).

High school chemistry teacher, Municipal High School, Jaffa, (Parallel to the work at the Weizmann Institute of Science).

Head of the National Center for Chemistry Teachers at the Department of Science Teaching

Chair of the Division of Chemistry Education at the European Chemical Society, after being the secretary and a national representative since 2010         

The representative (Titular member) of the Israel Chemical Society CCE (Committee of chemistry education) of IUPAC, and an ACS member.

Member of the Division of Chemistry Education in Europe.

Member of an Advisory Committee for the Jerusalem College (Aimed at approving the eligibility of the MA degree)

Domain Head of Chemistry in the Rishon Lezion Regional Center for Teachers: Coordinator of a workshop for high school chemistry teachers. The workshop focuses on: (a) familiarization with the problematic chemistry concepts, e.g., energy, the atomic model, etc. (b) practical application and relevance to everyday life, and (c) recent discoveries in chemistry.

Member of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (U.S.A.)

Member of the "Chemistry for Biologists" Syllabus Committee, Ministry of Education and Culture.

Member of the National pedagogical and curriculum committees and the program committee of the “Science for All” program, Ministry of Education and Culture.

Member of the Chemistry Syllabus Committee, Ministry of Education and Culture, Israel.

Invitation of Professor Toshio Kasai from the department of chemistry, at the University of Osaka in Japan, to serve as a science educator (an Associate Professor position) in his department, for six months, starting on April 1^st, 2003.

Co-editor in chief for Chemistry Teacher International journal

Member of the editorial board of International Journal of Environment and Science Education (IJESE). 

Member of the editorial board of the International Journl of Science and Mathematics Education (IJSME).

Member of the advisory board of the journal: Chemistry Education: Research and Practice in Europe (CERP).

Member of the editorial board of "Science Education International", the Journal of the International Council of Associations for Science Education.

Member of the editorial board of Alchimia, the chemistry teachers' journal, published by the National Center of Chemistry Teachers.

Ministry of Education Regional Consultant for High School and Culture Chemistry

Ministry of Education Tutor for teaching chemistry in and Culture the framework of the "22 Schools"

EPFL, Department in Lausanne, Visiting Professor -advising Professor Nava Setter (Ceramics Department), on enhancing science education in Tanzania

• Courses that Aim at Implementation of Newly Developed Learning Units for Chemistry Teachers all over Israel, especially for those who teach disabled students.
• Extracurricular Scientific Courses Aimed at Broadening Teachers' Knowledge in Chemistry.
• Several one day Conferences, Focusing up on a Central Theme of Significance to Science and Society.

A Professional Development Chemistry Course for Biology Teachers in the Upper Galilee: Preparing biology teachers to

become chemistry teachers. This course served as a model for a similar course which we started in 2014 at the Weizmann Institute, due to lack of chemistry teachers in Israel. The course if funded by TEVA, an Israeli pharmaceutical company.

1. Enrichment of Chemistry Teaching (for chemistry teachers)
2. Science for All (for science teachers)

Coordinator of Workshops for High School Teachers, e.g.:

1. Science and Technology for All
2. Teachers as Researchers in their Classes
3. Scientific Literacy
   The workshops were aimed at a large population of high school chemistry teachers, and especially for especially for teachers who work in rural places.

Industrial High School Chemistry.

Development and assessment of a new teaching unit “Can We Design a Cellular Phone that is Safe to Use?” (As part of my work as a Post Doc at the School of Education at the University of Michigan, USA).

Development of a module “Chemistry in the Tunnel of Time “, inthe framework of the 10th grade high school chemistry curriculum.

Continuous collaboration with the Weizmann Institute's scientists (especially in the chemistry and physics domain), in the framework of: (1) Professional development courses and workshops (who lectured and all over the country), (2) teachers' and students' projects, and (2) as scientific advisors to the development of curriculum materials and books in which I was involved.

Collaboration with: Professor Joe Krajcik, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.

Continuous collaboration with: Professor Hasan Dweik, al-Quds university; Dr. Muhamad Hugerat, Arab College in Haifa; Professor Hasan Dweik, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem; Professor Sibel Erduran, University of Bristol, England; Professor Ingo Eilks, University of Bremen, Germany; Professor Marika Kapanadze, Ilia State University, Georgia; Professor Miia Rannikmae, Tartu University, Estonia; Professor Judy Dori, Department of Science, Mathematics, and Technology, The Technion, Israel.

Coordination of the development, implementation and evaluation of a new curriculum “How do I Design a Cellular Phone that is Safer to Use?” This curriculum was developed at the School of Education at the University of Michigan, and is implemented both in USA and in Israel. During 2000-2005, I used to spend one month in Ann Arbor with the team at the University of Michigan.

Involvement in the preparation of proposal for EU (submitted To the European 6th Framework) on: Research into Raising Public Awareness within Science and Technology Education – The Effectiveness of Using un Educationally Driven, Society First, Learning Approach. The consortium consists of the following Institutions: University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia; IPN, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany; University of Warwick, Coventry, UK; Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sweden; University of Vallilodid, Spain; University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus; Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic; the Weizamnn Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

Coordination of a two year's workshop for science leader teachers (in the framework of "Science for All"), jointly with the Department of Science, Technology and Mathematics in the Technion.

One of the coordinating persons (PIs) from the Department of Science Teaching in the EU project (Six Framework Program – FP6): Science and Society Priority: Science education and careers 2006 (Popularity, Relevance and Scientific Literacy - PARSEL). The consortium consists of the following Institutions: University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia; IPN, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany; University of Lisbon. Portugal; Lund University, Sweden; University of Southern Denmark, Odense; Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany; University of Ioannina, Greece; ICASE; the Weizamnn Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. In the framework of the project, I attended seven meetings with the consortium partners in: Lisbon (10/2006); Rehovot -Weizmann Institute of Science (May, 2007); Lund (August, 2007); Athens (January, 2008); Tartu (June, 2008); Odense (December, 2008); Berlin (March, 2009).

Involvement in the preparation of two proposals to the EU, in the Seventh Framework - FP7: Science in Society (Each of the proposals involves 24 countries):

1. Better European Science Teaching: Promoting Reflective, Analytical, Context based - teaching stressing Inquiry and Collaboration within Europe (BEST PRACTICE).
2. NETTS: Networking in European Science Teacher Training: Use of the Inquiry approach based on findings of “Nature of Science” (NOS).

One of the coordinating persons (PIs) from the Department of Science Teaching in a EU project, which was accepted in the framework of the 7th EU program – FP7: Professional Reflection Oriented Focus on Inquiry-based Learning and Education through Science (PROFILES). The consortium consisted of the following leading Institutions: University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia; Free University, Berlin, Germany; University of Klagenfurt, Austria; the Weizmann Institute, Israel. Other 16 institutions participate in this project.

External evaluator of Action Research to Innovative Science Teaching (ARTIST) , a EU project in the framework of ERASMUS+.

External evaluator of EU projects: ESTA, DISSI, LOVE

Coordinator of SciCar, an Euroean project in the framework of TWINNING

IUPAC distinguished woman in chemistry and chemistry ingineering

2018 Awardee for the ACS-CEI Award for Incorporation of Sustainability into the Chemistry Curriculum

Maxine Singer Prize for outstanding staff scientists at the Weizmann Institute  (for professional development of teachers in chemistry in whole Israel).

Award for excellent dissertation, The Schnitzer Foundation for Research on the Israel Economy and Society, Bar-Ilan University.

Bar-Ner Award,  Department of Science Teaching, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel (for professional development of chemistry teachers in Israel).

Organizer of the conference "Mediterranean Sea Connects us: Multiple Dimensions in Science Education".

Executive board member of the iSER world conference:

October 29^th - November 2^nd, in Cappadocia, Turkey.

World Conference STE 2010, Tartu, Estonia.

ICCE (International Conference on Chemical Education) 2010 in Taiwan.

Joint North American – European and South American Symposium: Science and Technology in the 21st century.

England – Israel Workshop on Professional Development of Science Teachers (Gatsby Foundation). Ein-Gedi, Israel (2002), London, England (February, 2003).

2000 Ayala Annual Meeting, Research in Education and its Implementation in a Changing World. School of Education, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.

I was one of nine women who participated at an exhibit called

Citizenships and Human Rights, which was created for the Museum of the Civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean Sea, which was inaugurated in June 2013 in Marseille – the city named the European Capital of Culture for 2013.  France’s President, François Hollande, attended the museum’s opening. The exhibit featured nine women, from different walks of life and nationalities, who have made significant contributions to society. In the film, I talked about the importance of science education, which spans borders and cultures, and advances humankind as a whole.

http://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/women-activists-citizens-of-the-mediterranean#.UoikXflmhcY

A Visit to an Industrial Plant – A Teachers’ Guide. A Binational Meeting on Industrial Chemistry in Education Holland-Israel, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

History and Chemistry. Seminar at the Department of Science Teaching, Hofstra University, USA.

“Science: An-Ever Developing Entity”. The Israeli Chemical Society Conference. The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.

Active Involvement of Teachers in the Development of Learning Materials. Seminar at the Department of Science Teaching, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.

Science and Technology for All. Seminar at the Department of Science Teaching, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.

Science and Humanity. Seminar at the Department of Science and Mathematics Education, School of Education, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel.

The Language of Chemistry. Chem Ed Conference 97 - Putting the Elements Together. Department of Chemistry, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.

Internationalization of Education and Research in the Univresity: Seminar at the Department of Chemistry, University of Osaka, Osaka, Japan.

Developments in the High School Science Curriculum in Israel. Seminar at the School of Education, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA.

“Science: An Ever-Developing Entity” - Implementation and Assessment. Seminar at the American Chemical Heritage, Philadelphia, USA.

“Science: An Ever -Developing Entity” - Implementation and Assessment, Seminar at the School of Education, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.

Developments in the High School Science Curriculum in Israel, Seminar at the School of Education, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.

The Dialogue Between Research on Chemistry Education and Teaching in Class. The Israeli Chemical Society Conference, Tel-Aviv University, Beer-Sheva, Israel.

New Trends in Chemistry Education: Alternative Assessment – From Theory to Practice. 2000 Ayala Annual Meeting, Research in Education and its Implementation in a Changing World. School of Education, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.

Models of Professional Development of Teachers in Israel. Seminar at the School of Education, School of Education, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, USA.

One week workshop on science education and creativity in South Korea. Department of Gifted Education, Korean Educational Development Institute, Seoul, Korea.

How Can I Design a Cellular Phone that is Safer to Use? International Science Education Symposium on Context Based Science Curriculum. Kiel, Germany.

Key note lecture: Action research. The Tenth Asian Chemical Congress (ACC-10). Hanoi, Vietnam .

The Dialogue Between Research on Chemistry Education and Teaching in Class. The 69 Meeting of the Israel Chemical Society. Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel.

Models of Professional Development of Teachers in Israel. Conference on Chemical Education for National Development. Colombo, Sri Lanka

Professional Development of Teachers through Action Research. 17^th Symposium on Chemical Education. University of Dortmund, Germany.

Visualization in Chemistry for the Major and the Non-Science Major (a symposium). 2005 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (Pacifichem). Honolulu, Hawaii.

A two days' workshop on Inquiry-based experiments. University of Tartu, Estonia.

Evidence-based Continuous Professional Development (CPD) of chemistry teachers  in an inquiry laboratory. 19th Symposium on Chemical and Science Education University of Dortmund, Germany.

Action Research Case Studies. Symposium on Chemical Education. University of Koln, Germany.

One week workshop on Inquiry-based laboratory at the National Institute of Education in Singapore.

Providing chemistry teachers with contemporary scientific activities: A three-stage model. 20th Symposium on Chemistry and Science Education: Contemporary Science Education - Implications from Science Education Research for Orientation, Strategies and Assessment. University of Bremen, Germany.

Evaluation of the PARSEL project. World conference STE 2010.  Tartu, Estonia.

What do chemistry teachers learn from the research on the inquiry chemistry laboratory? World conference STE 2010. Tartu, Estonia.

Plenary lecture: Teaching Inquiry-based Issues with a Historical Approach: Enhancing Scientific Literacy. 10^th European conference on research in chemical education  (ECRICE). Krakow, Poland.

The Bonding concept: Twenty years of misconceptions of chemistry high school students. International Science Educaion Symposium on Particulate and Structural Concepts of Matter. Athens, Greece.

Enhancing the scientific knowledge of high school chemistry teachers. International Chemical Congress, Pacifichem 2010 Congress. Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.

A workshop aimed at preparing teachers to the implementation of a new chemistry curriculum. Arusha and Kisimiri, Tamzania.

http://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/the-chemistry-teachers-of-kilimanjaro#.VQp_KI6Ud8E

Two days' workshop on models of professional development at the University of Vienna, Austria.

The relationship between the degree of complexity of  inquiry-type experiments and the development of argumentation,  Frontiers of Science: Research and Education in the Middle East, MALTA VI, Malta.

Models of professional development (Plenary lecture). Current trends in science and technology education, Fethiye, Turkey, 24.4-27.4.

A reform in Science Education in Tanzania, Science Education Research and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) 22^nd Symposium on Chemical and Science Education, University of Bremen, Germany.

An inquiry approach to teaching chemistry as reflected in TEMI (Key note lecture), European Conference on Research in Chemistry Education - ECRICE 2014 (New Trends in Research-based Chemistry Education), University of Jyväskylä, Finland.

Teachers' reflective practice as a tool for following the development of their sense of ownership during a CPD workshop, in the framework of PROFILES final symposium, IOSTE 2015, Istanbul, Turkey.

Discussion leader of the first session (Physical and Conceptual Threats to Our Students' Chemistry Learning) at Gordon conference (Chemistry Education Research and Practice), at Bates College, Lewiston, Maine.

Teachers' reflective practice as a tool for following the development of their sense of ownership during a CPD workshop, 6^th Eurovariety in Chemistry Education 2015, Tartu, Estonia.

Learning about Sustainable Development in Socio-scientific Issues-based Chemistry Lessons on Bio-plastics.  Frontiers of Science: Research and Education in the Middle East (Malta VII). Rabat, Morocco.

Science Education Research and Practical Work, 23^rd Symposium on Chemical and Science Education, Technical University of Dortmund, Germany.

Models of Professional Development, ICCE, Malaysia (Plenary talk).

Learning science through contemporary research versus using a  historical approach, ECRICE, Barcelona, Spain (Plenary talk).

Issues in Science Education, Mediterranean Sea Connects us: Multiple Dimensions in Science Education.

2017: Evidence-based professional development, IUPAC 2017 Brazil.

2018: Action Research in Teachers’ Professional Learning Communities (PLCs), Bremen symposium on transformative teaching and learning, Bremen, Germany

2019: Professional learning communities (PLCs) of Chemistry Teachers, IUPAC 2019, Paris

2019: Education for sustainable development in high school through inquiry-type socio-scientific issues, Network of Inclusive Science Education, Munster, Germany

Action Research – A model for professional development of chemistry teachers, Project-Based Education, Prague, Czech Republic (keynote)

Inquiry-based approach to teaching and learning science, 2^nd International Conference on Science, Mathematics, Entrepreneurship and Technology Education, Turkey (on-line plenary talk)

Outcomes of an Inquiry - type Chemistry Project as Reflected in the Progress of Students (a symposium). 11^th Biennial EARLI Conference (European Association for Learning and Instruction). Nicosia, Cyprus.

Enhancing the Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Teachers by Using an Inquiry Approach in the Chemistry Laboratory (a symposium). 5th ESERA Conference (European Science Education Research Association), Barcelona, Spain.

School-based Professional Development using Action Research  Strategies (a symposium). 5th ESERA Conference (European Science Education Research Association), Barcelona, Spain.

Different types of Action Research to promote Chemistry teachers' professional development - a joined theoretical reflection on two cases from Israel and Germany. ESERA 2015. Helsinki, Finland.

Organizer of a symposium on science education at the 12^th Eurasia, Conference on Chemical Sciences, Corfu.

Organizer of two symposia at ICCE 2012 at Rome: (1) In-service professional development of teachers, and (2) Chemical bonding.