Academic Biographies
English Department
David Yellin College of Education
Jerusalem
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Eleanor Adika is the current
head of the IT education unit at the David Yellin Academic College of
Education and a lecturer of Information Technology and The Use of the
computer in the Classroom. She is also responsible for the English
Department Website. |
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Shai Aran PhD
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Shai Aran is Ministry of Education Inspector for English in the District of Jerusalem. She has been a teacher and teacher trainer at the David Yellin College since 1992. Shai has written two text-books, published by Eric Cohen Books, and she has headed Contact , the association of teacher trainers for EFL in colleges and universities in Israel . Shai Aran has lectured in conferences on the teaching of English both in Israel and abroad, notably in Japan , France , Belgium and the UK . |
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Professor Bar Shalom has has done research
in the following topics: Arab Jewish relations, religious and secular
encounter is Israel, relations between ethnic groups in Israel, Changes in
Israeli society, culture and education, Israel Diaspora relations, Political
changes in Israel, multicultural education. |
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Professor Richard Curwin |
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Richard L. Curwin Ed.D., received his B.A. in English and his Doctorate of Education at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. He is known internationally for providing thousands of educators and parents with practical, proven ideas to effectively manage children’s behavior in a manner that respects the dignity of each individual. Dr. Curwin is one of the acclaimed authors of the original and newly revised book Discipline with Dignity, Discipline with Dignity for Challenging Youth, Strategies for Successful Classroom Management and author of Rediscovering Hope: Our Greatest Teaching Strategy, Making Good Choices, Motivating Students Left Behind. Dr. Curwin’s most recent book, Meeting Students Where They Live: Motivation in Urban Schools, offers multiple ideas and practical strategies for motivating children who have given up and are uninvolved in the learning process. His articles have appeared in Educational Leadership, Reclaiming Children and Youth, Instructor, Parenting, and Learning. Dr. Curwin has presented training, seminars and workshops throughout the United States and Canada as well as in Belgium, Germany, Japan, Singapore and Israel. He was a recipient of the coveted Crazy Horse Award for having made outstanding contributions to discouraged youth. He is currently the director of the master’s program in behavior disorder at David Yellin College. Dr. Curwin is the parent of 3 children and 7 wonderful grandchildren. |
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Dr. Yossi Gotlieb is the director of the English Editing program at David Yellin College. He holds Ph.D. and M.A. degrees in geography, a master's degree in liberal arts and a bachelor's degree in philosophy and sociology. His fields of expertise include society-environment relations, sustainability and international development. He has authored and edited books and articles and has written, prose, poetry and non-fiction for many years |
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Valerie Jakar PhD |
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Valerie S. Jakar is a teacher educator and counselor engaged in professional development projects for teachers of ESOL. She has worked and studied on three continents, participating in numerous conferences and meetings with ESOL professionals from many parts of the USA and beyond, Her current interests include Sociology of Language, Multicultural Education, Content-Based Language Instruction and Mentoring and Mentorship. Education
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Lisa Kainan PhD |
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Elizabeth Karvonen was an elementary school teacher in Israel for 19 years and a counselor for English in the Jerusalem District. She has been a lecturer and teacher-trainer at David Yellin since the year 2000. She also writes text books for Israel and abroad. Elizabeth holds a B.Ed degree from Sussex University in England, an Israeli teaching certificate from David Yellin and an MA in didactics and curriculum development from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She is currently working on a PhD in the field of teacher-training. |
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Professor Bella Kotik-Friedgut |
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Bella was trained as a Neuropsychologist and since coming to Israel in 1992 has developed and taught techniques of psychological support in new language learning. At David Yellin she teaches courses in Psychological Aspects of New Language Acquisition, and Introduction to Neuropsychology for future special education teachers at B.Ed. and M.Ed. levels and for the special program at the institute for Diagnostics at D. Yellin. Bella received her M.A. and Ph.D. from Moscow State University in 1975 and was Professor of Psychology at the University of Rostov-on-the-Don. She was a Research Associate at the Institute for Innovation in Education at the Hebrew University and has given workshops in Psychological Support for New Language Learners in the USA, Russia, Estonia and Portugal. She also teaches at the Hadassah College in the department of communication disorders. |
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Education:
Volunteer trainer and coordinator, Remedial English Program in development by JDC Israel, in conjunction with Yefe Nof Elementary school and David Yellin College of Education. |
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Julia Schlam Salman is a PhD candidate at the School of Education and the Melton Center for Jewish Education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her dissertation and research interests include English language education, English as a global language, second language acquisition and sociolinguistics. She currently teaches didactics, academic reading and writing and English for academic purposes at the David Yellin Academic College of Education. Previously, she taught at the Hand in Hand School for Arab Jewish Education in Jerusalem. |
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Michelle Waxman PhD
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Dr. Michelle Waxman, Ph.D (Teachers College, Columbia University). MA in Remedial Teaching of Reading Licensed school psychologist in private practice in Israel since 2000. Lecturer and Clinical Coordinator of the Center for Learning Abilities and the David Yellin College of Educations since 1998. Lecturer in the Department of Special Education at the Herzog College. Specializing in Learning Disabilities and assessment in bilingual populations (English\Hebrew). |
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Aliza Yahav PhD |
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Aliza Yahav PhD received her doctorate in Applied Linguistics from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem She received a B.A. from Tel Aviv University in Comparative and English Literature, and an M.A. in Education from Hebrew University and a Teaching Certificate from Hebrew University. |
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