This strand of research examines how students' learning ecologies, including their cultural background and identities, play an active role in their learning, including teachers of displaced students as a consequence of the Israel-Hamas war (this research project is supported by the Institute for Environmental Sustainability (IES) at the Weizmann Institute of Science at a level of 34,000 USD); Palestinian/Arab Israeli women within the context of undergraduate math / math education; and adult ultra-Orthodox studying math for the first time. Please use the "read more" button for more information and examples of publications.