Orit Ben‐Zvi Assaraf
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 6553176 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Orit Ben‐Zvi Assaraf |
| NOMBRES | Orit Ben‐Zvi |
| APELLIDO | Assaraf |
| FIRMA | ASSARAF O B Z |
| AFILIACIONES | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4194-9998 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 13 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 8 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 13 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2005 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Exploring Correlations Between Pre-service Biology Teachers’ Systems Thinking Skills and Environmental Awareness
An understanding of ecosystems is important to enable biology teachers to teach ecological topics in their lessons. This exploratory study examines the systems thinking of pre-service biology teachers in the context of the forest ecosystem. In addition, the extent of their environmental awareness was determined (cognitive, conative, and affective components), as well as the correlations between these two constructs calculated. The 51 participants…
Investigating Arabic diglossia in Bedouin society
The specialised language of biology presents substantial challenges for Arab Bedouin students navigating the gap between spoken Arabic and formal literary Arabic. This diglossic divide can hinder reading comprehension, delay scientific understanding, and weaken student confidence when engaging with scientific texts. This qualitative study investigates the linguistic barriers faced by 12th-grade Bedouin high school students while reading an Adapte…
Climate change education implementation
Climate change (CC) is the most significant global issue facing humanity, yet research addressing the perspectives of the key players influential in developing and implementing school-based climate change curricula at a cross-country national level is scarce. This study examined the perceptions of educators and educational leaders active in climate change education (CCE) in relation to: CC knowledge, representation in the curriculum, content and …
Using concept maps to evaluate preservice biology teachers’ conceptualization of Covid-19 as a complex phenomenon
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic showed the critical importance of supporting teachers’ and students’ systems thinking when making sense of complex phenomena. This study sets to explore preservice biology teachers’ (PBTs) mental models of COVID-19 as complex phenomenon using concept maps. Methods 27 PBTs concept maps of COVID-19 outbreak were collected and taken for analysis. Structural and complexity attributes were identified in participants’…
System-thinking progress in engineering programs
Introduction Complex systems are prevalent in many scientific and engineering disciplines, which makes system thinking important for students of these fields. Duchifat 3 is a unique engineering educational extracurricular program, where high school students designed, assembled, and tested a nano-satellite. Methods This study applied qualitative methods to explore how the participants’ systems-thinking developed during the program. Participants we…
A cross-country comparison of climate change in middle school science and geography curricula
The challenge of climate change means that school education is more important than ever in preparing young people for an uncertain future. The focus of this research is climate change education and its status in the compulsory middle school years (approximately years 7–10) across six countries (Australia, Israel, Finland, Indonesia, Canada and England). The authors investigated formal published national curriculum documents, specifically science …
Making an impression
Informal learning environments such as Natural History Museums can introduce visitors to a variety of topics in evolution by providing accessible representations of concepts like geological time, evolutionary mechanisms, biological diversity, geological time, and fossil dating. Our study examined sixth‐grade students' conceptualization of evolutionary ideas following four extracurricular, evolution‐themed “Science Days” at Nature Campus—an inform…
Figuring out what works
The Value of Identifying a Gap in a Reflective Professional Development Program for Informal Science Educators in a Zoo
Zoos are important informal learning environments. We conducted an external reflective professional development program for a zoo’s informal science educators to understand the process and implications of this program. Six educators engaged in an 8-stage program that included self-observation of videos and discussions with colleagues. Educators' ability to change their educational processes was based on their ability to identify a gap between the…
Understanding Students’ Perceptions of the Nature of Science in the Context of Their Gender and Their Parents’ Occupation
Engagement in a Science Museum – The Role of Social Interactions
This qualitative research explores the interactions of elementary school students during free-choice activity with science museum exhibits. The study participants were 39 students, who visited a science museum on six occasions during a three-year-period (from 4th to 6th grades). Our study showed that most interactions around exhibits are social in nature. Within these social interactions, students mainly discuss the technicalities of operating th…
The repertory grid as a tool for evaluating the development of students’ ecological system thinking abilities
Development of system thinking skills in the context of earth system education
The current study deals with the development of system thinking skills at the junior high school level. The sample population included about 50 eighth‐grade students from two different classes of an urban Israeli junior high school who studied an earth systems‐based curriculum that focused on the hydro cycle. The study addressed the following research questions: (a) Could the students deal with complex systems?; (b) What has influenced the studen…
Climate change education implementation
Climate change (CC) is the most significant global issue facing humanity, yet research addressing the perspectives of the key players influential in developing and implementing school-based climate change curricula at a cross-country national level is scarce. This study examined the perceptions of educators and educational leaders active in climate change education (CCE) in relation to: CC knowledge, representation in the curriculum, content and …
Development of system thinking skills in the context of earth system education
The current study deals with the development of system thinking skills at the junior high school level. The sample population included about 50 eighth‐grade students from two different classes of an urban Israeli junior high school who studied an earth systems‐based curriculum that focused on the hydro cycle. The study addressed the following research questions: (a) Could the students deal with complex systems?; (b) What has influenced the studen…
The repertory grid as a tool for evaluating the development of students’ ecological system thinking abilities
Engagement in a Science Museum – The Role of Social Interactions
This qualitative research explores the interactions of elementary school students during free-choice activity with science museum exhibits. The study participants were 39 students, who visited a science museum on six occasions during a three-year-period (from 4th to 6th grades). Our study showed that most interactions around exhibits are social in nature. Within these social interactions, students mainly discuss the technicalities of operating th…
Understanding Students’ Perceptions of the Nature of Science in the Context of Their Gender and Their Parents’ Occupation
The Value of Identifying a Gap in a Reflective Professional Development Program for Informal Science Educators in a Zoo
Zoos are important informal learning environments. We conducted an external reflective professional development program for a zoo’s informal science educators to understand the process and implications of this program. Six educators engaged in an 8-stage program that included self-observation of videos and discussions with colleagues. Educators' ability to change their educational processes was based on their ability to identify a gap between the…
A cross-country comparison of climate change in middle school science and geography curricula
The challenge of climate change means that school education is more important than ever in preparing young people for an uncertain future. The focus of this research is climate change education and its status in the compulsory middle school years (approximately years 7–10) across six countries (Australia, Israel, Finland, Indonesia, Canada and England). The authors investigated formal published national curriculum documents, specifically science …
Making an impression
Informal learning environments such as Natural History Museums can introduce visitors to a variety of topics in evolution by providing accessible representations of concepts like geological time, evolutionary mechanisms, biological diversity, geological time, and fossil dating. Our study examined sixth‐grade students' conceptualization of evolutionary ideas following four extracurricular, evolution‐themed “Science Days” at Nature Campus—an inform…
Figuring out what works
Using concept maps to evaluate preservice biology teachers’ conceptualization of Covid-19 as a complex phenomenon
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic showed the critical importance of supporting teachers’ and students’ systems thinking when making sense of complex phenomena. This study sets to explore preservice biology teachers’ (PBTs) mental models of COVID-19 as complex phenomenon using concept maps. Methods 27 PBTs concept maps of COVID-19 outbreak were collected and taken for analysis. Structural and complexity attributes were identified in participants’…
System-thinking progress in engineering programs
Introduction Complex systems are prevalent in many scientific and engineering disciplines, which makes system thinking important for students of these fields. Duchifat 3 is a unique engineering educational extracurricular program, where high school students designed, assembled, and tested a nano-satellite. Methods This study applied qualitative methods to explore how the participants’ systems-thinking developed during the program. Participants we…
Climate change education implementation
Climate change (CC) is the most significant global issue facing humanity, yet research addressing the perspectives of the key players influential in developing and implementing school-based climate change curricula at a cross-country national level is scarce. This study examined the perceptions of educators and educational leaders active in climate change education (CCE) in relation to: CC knowledge, representation in the curriculum, content and …
Exploring Correlations Between Pre-service Biology Teachers’ Systems Thinking Skills and Environmental Awareness
An understanding of ecosystems is important to enable biology teachers to teach ecological topics in their lessons. This exploratory study examines the systems thinking of pre-service biology teachers in the context of the forest ecosystem. In addition, the extent of their environmental awareness was determined (cognitive, conative, and affective components), as well as the correlations between these two constructs calculated. The 51 participants…
Investigating Arabic diglossia in Bedouin society
The specialised language of biology presents substantial challenges for Arab Bedouin students navigating the gap between spoken Arabic and formal literary Arabic. This diglossic divide can hinder reading comprehension, delay scientific understanding, and weaken student confidence when engaging with scientific texts. This qualitative study investigates the linguistic barriers faced by 12th-grade Bedouin high school students while reading an Adapte…
Psychology (11 obras) · Mathematics education (9 obras) · Computer Science (8 obras) · Science education (8 obras) · Sociology (8 obras) · Pedagogy (7 obras) · Animal and Plant Science Education (5 obras) · Science Education and Pedagogy (5 obras) · Artificial Intelligence (4 obras) · Environmental Education and Sustainability (4 obras)