HAKLA: Hybrid clinical experience model – research, development, assimilation, and evaluation
Leading team:
- Prof. Ron Blonder
Project team:
- Itsik Aroch
- Dr. Dvora Katchevich
- Dr. Ruth Waldman
Secretariat and Administration:
Shani MotsaBrief
This study was designed to develop an evidence-based model for integrated (hybrid) practical experience, combining qualitative and quantitative methodology (mixed-methods). The model will be developed in 2 phases:
- A phase based on qualitative research tools distributed among the focus groups of different interests, in order to examine the bodies of knowledge that were identified in the pilot study;
- A validation and evaluation phase of the model based on quantitative research tools (questionnaires), which will enable the model to be applied beyond the study’s research group.
The research partcipants includes pre-service teachers from different institutions (universities and colleges), different sectors (Arabs and Jews), different regions in Israel (urban and rural), as well as a variety of disciplines (sciences, social sciences, linguistics, and humanities). This will allow examination of the model among various populations and disciplines and in different geographical areas.
This collaborative research team includes four researchers from three different academic institutions in Israel, each having its own teacher training programs (Haifa University, Weizmann Institute of Science, and Lewinsky College).
The project is carried out in collaboration with:
- Prof. Lili Orland Barak and Dr. Alexandra Daniel-Saad, Haifa University
- Dr. Alona Forkush-Baruch, Lewinsky College
The project received a research grant from the Chief Scientist’s Office of the Ministry of Education, as part of Call for Research 37 (12.2020) on practical experience in integrated (hybrid) spaces.