Chagit Tishler – Deputy director of education and development of the Bloomfield Science Museum Jerusalem, Israel. Today Chagit directs the education and development department in the Bloomfield Science Museum of Jerusalem. She joined the museum staff after a long period of teaching and instructing preservice science teacher in a teacher's college, while finishing a PhD in informal science education on family learning in zoos. In the museum, Chagit directs the education department and participates in content development. In addition, she leads the assessment programs of different projects.
Speakers:
Meirav Bass – Head of Pedagogical Resources at the Davidson Institute of Science Education, the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot (Israel). Meirav Bass earned her master’s degree in geophysics from Tel Aviv University. Over the last ten years at the Davidson Institute of Science Education, she guided and assisted educators for "Shavit", a unique program for high-achieving middle school students. Meirav also led “Tzevet Lomed”, a program for professional development of science teachers within schools, and established iScientist, a program that allows educators to invite experts in science, math, and technology (STEM) for an active and unmediated video conversation led by students and their questions.
Ya’ara Hammel – a 12th grade student from Jerusalem. Following a meeting with Sivan Vardi, a senior public engagement officer in the government ministries, she realized that students do not have a direct and accessible way to influence the Ministry of Education. To solve this problem Ya’ara is developing a start-up with two students who are also part of the Start Alpha program - the national youth incubator for technological entrepreneurship in education. Their project uses a two-interface application that will allow every student to influence the decisions of the Ministry of Education. Like the public engagement processes in the government ministries, they hope that the students' trust in the Ministry of Education will increase as a result of the engagement process.
Tair Plotnik – Ph.D. student at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, researching atmosphere dynamics and climate change. Tair is Involved in projects related to providing access to and collecting data regarding climate change and sustainability for and with citizens. She is also assisting in projects aimed to improve citizens’ lives and well-being by creating change in behaviour and city regulation.
TeachMeet: Teachers present their Learning Scenarios
Date: Thursday, 2 February, 17:00-18:00 CET.
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In this course, we give you the opportunity to present a good practice related to the course topic or to any of the topics of the different modules via a TeachMeet. A TeachMeet is an informal way of sharing ideas, good practices, lesson plans, etc. It is also a great way to network with other teachers and educators!
