Efrat Dayan

Short Biography

Dr. Efrat Dayan completed her Ph.D. in 2024 at the Faculty of Education in Science and Technology at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. She earned her M.Sc. in Science Education in 2012 from the Rothschild-Weizmann Program at the Weizmann Institute of Science. Dr. Dayan currently serves as the Science Inspector of the Haredi District in the Israeli Ministry of Education. Previously, she mentored science teachers while also teaching high school biology for many years. Her research focuses on digital curation in science education.

Email: efrat7501@gmail.com

Publications

Theses

Dayan, E. (2024). Digital curation as promoting science teachers’ pedagogical reasoning and professional learning network. Ph.D. thesis in science education. Technion, Israel. Supervision: Tsybulsky, D.

Dayan, E. (2020). Perceptions of science teachers regarding digital curation as learning activity for promoting personalized science learning of students and teachers. Exploratory research in science education. Technion, Israel. Supervision: Tsybulsky, D.  [In Hebrew]. PDF. PPT.

Refereed papers in professional journals

  1. Dayan, E. & Tsybulsky, D. (2024). Designing and teaching socio-scientific issues online: digital curation in the science classroom. International Journal of Science Education, 1-20.  https://doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2024.2381133
  2. Dayan, E. & Tsybulsky, D. (2025).  Digital curation for teachers: Beyond collecting to achieving science teachers’ professional growth. Journal of Science Teacher Education. 1080/1046560X.2025.2561731

Chapters in books

  1. Dayan, E., Gadot, R., & Tsybulsky, D. (2023). The role of digital curation in science teacher professional development. In J. Trumble, S. Asim, J. Ellis, & D. Slykhuis (Eds.), Theoretical and Practical Teaching Strategies for K-12 Science Education in the Digital Age (pp. 172-193). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-5585-2.ch010
  2. Stern, G., Dayan, E. & Tsybulsky, D. (In press). Leveraging digital curation for personalized learning. In M. Bernacki, C. Walkington, A. Emery, L. Zhang (Eds.),  Handbook of Personalized Learning.  

Refereed papers in conference proceedings

  1. Haj, R., Dayan, E. & Tsybulsky, D. (2025). Digital curation in science education: A new learning pathway to enhance student engagement with socio-scientific issues. Chais2025 Annual Conference Proceeding, pp. 37E- 40E, Raanana, Israel.

Contributed talks and posters 

  1. Dayan, E. & Tsybulsky, D. Digital curation as a pedagogical approach. Virality 2020: Disruptive Innovation in Teacher Education . Tel Aviv, Israel, September 2020. Workshop [In Hebrew, via ZOOM]. Abstract.  PPT
  2. Dayan, E. & Tsybulsky, D. Practical implications of digital curation for biology teachers. Annual Biology Teachers Conference 2020 [In Hebrew, via ZOOM]. Haifa, Israel, December 2020. Oral presentation. PPT
  3. Dayan, E. & Tsybulsky, D. Science teachers’ perceptions regarding digital curation as a personalized learning activity that promotes professional learning. NARST2021 Annual Meeting. Orlando, Florida, USA, April 2021. Oral presentation [via ZOOM]. Abstract. PPT. Recorded presentation
  4. Dayan, E.& Tsybulsky, D. How to curate and create personalized learning? 6th Learning Science Conference. Challenges and opportunities in learning at a distant age [In Hebrew, via ZOOM]. Tel Aviv, Israel, May 2021. Oral presentation. Abstract. PPT.
  5. Dayan, E. & Tsybulsky, D.  Digital curation for science teachers’ professional learning. Intercultural Education in an Age of Information and Disinformation International Conference [IAIE2021]. Tel Aviv, Israel, June 2021. Poster presentation. Abstract. PDF.
  6. Dayan, E. & Tsybulsky, D. Digital curation as promoting science teachers’ pedagogical reasoning and professional learning network. Annual Conference for Israeli Science Education Doctoral Students. Ben Gurion University, Israel, October 2021. Oral presentation. Abstract. PPT.
  7. Dayan, E. & Tsybulsky, D.  Employing digital curation to promote biology teacher’s pedagogical reasoning and professional learning.  Student Poster Competition. Technion, Israel, December 2021. Poster presentation. PDF.
  8. Dayan, E., Stern, G. & Tsybulsky, D. New age – New practices: Digital curation in teaching and l 4th Global Forum of the OECD Education 2030. Jerusalem, Israel, June 2022. Digital workshop. Link 
  9. Dayan, E. & Tsybulsky, D.  Designing socio-scientific issues’ teaching:  Models for implementing digital curation in science education.  Student Poster Competition. Technion, Israel, December 2022. Poster presentation. PDF
  10. Dayan, E. & Tsybulsky, D. Science teachers’ professional development through digital curation teaching practice. The Eighth International Conference on Teacher Education Passion and Professionalism in Teacher Education. Tel Aviv, Israel, June 2023. Oral presentation. PPT. Abstract.
  11. Dayan, E., Haj, R. & Tsybulsky, D. Expanding horizons: Utilizing digital curation to foster student engagement with socio-scientific issues. ERIDOB2024. Lyon, France, July 2024. Oral presentation.

Other publications (In Hebrew)

  1. Dayan, E., Keynan, R., Klachco, S., & Mintz, R. (2010). Ecosystems for the eighth grade – Teaching-Learning-Evaluation kit for middle school science and technology. Center for Educational Technology and Ministry of Education.
  2. Dayan, E., Keynan, R., Mintz, R., & Reysfeld, S.  (2010). Reproduction and heredity for the eighth grade –  Teaching-Learning-Evaluation kit for middle school science and technology, Center for Educational Technology and Ministry of Education.
  3. Tzur, S. & Dayan, E. (2022) Dealing with UN goals through digital curation. The Environmental Education and Sustainability National Teacher’s Center Newsletter 19, 14-16. PDF.
  4. Dayan, E. & Tsybulsky, D. (2022). Integrating digital curation in biology teaching: Theory and practice. The National Center for Biology Teachers website.