Biology Education Research Group
Dina Tsybulsky, PhD. Faculty of Education in Science and Technology, Technion
We were delighted to host the annual meeting of biology education researchers! The event provided a wonderful opportunity for researchers, graduate students, and scholars to engage with fascinating research, exchange ideas, and stay updated on the latest advancements in the field.
We are pleased to share that our research was presented at the BERA 2024 conference in Manchester. Conducted in collaboration with Dr. Wilton Lodge from UCL, the presentation, titled ‘Science Can’t Happen Without Representation’: The Interplay Between Social Justice and the Nature of Science in Natural History Museum Exhibits, explored the intersection of social justice and the nature of science within the context of museum exhibits.
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Pshenichny-Mamo, A., Lodge, W. & Tsybulsky, D. ‘Science can’t happen without representation’: The interplay between social justice and the nature of science in natural history museum exhibit. BERA2024 conference. Manchester, United Kingdom, September 2024. Oral presentation. PPT.
We wrapped up the academic year with a delightful visit to The Clore Garden of Science at the Weizmann Institute. The outdoor museum provided a fun and educational experience, combining hands-on science activities with a wonderful atmosphere. It was a great opportunity to enjoy some time together and explore science in a unique way!
Congratulations to Efrat Dayan (PhD), Odelia Schrire (PhD), and Yuval Peretz Halachmi (M.Sc.) on their graduation!!
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
Dayan, E. & Tsybulsky, D. Designing socio-scientific issues’ teaching: Models for implementing digital curation in science education. Israeli Annual Conference for Biology Teachers, Rehovot, June 2024.
Congratulations to Anna Pshenichny-Mamo for winning the Hagit Rafael Mishkin Late Award of Excellence!!
The closing event for the Citizen Science project “Sleep” was held at Carmel Zvulun School on Monday, June 17th, from 9:00 to 11:00 AM.
The project was conducted on a large scale this year, in collaboration with the school’s principal, Mrs. Dorit Talmor-Sarig, the teacher, Mrs. Noy Abutbul, the project scientists, Prof. Tamar Shochat and Prof. Eran Tauber, the project leader, Mrs. Noam Malkinson, the research team led by Prof. Dina Tsybulsky from the Technion, and the links team led by Prof. Dani Ben-Zvi from the University of Haifa.
The collaboration aimed to:
The students involved in the project visited the project scientists’ laboratories at the University of Haifa and the Future Learning Space Lab. They learned about the phenomenon of sleep, collected data using sleep diaries, and investigated the sleep patterns of teenagers using Excel and TinkerPlots, an interactive data exploration software. They practiced various data science methods, including data exploration, cleaning, preparation of data files, including big data, and modeling relationships using training, evaluation, and testing of different potential models.
During this process, the students discovered a surprising phenomenon regarding teenagers’ sleep habits, contributing valuable insights to scientific research in this area.
At the closing event, the students presented follow-up research they conducted independently on the sleep patterns of teenagers. These projects were based on the complete data set of the Sleep Project, collected over the years as part of the TCSS Center at the school.
The students’ presentations at the event were outstanding! The event itself was emotional and significant. Thanks to all the staff and students!
Dagan, K. & Tsybulsky, D. Experiences of remote teaching practice by female students in elementary science education from the perspective of pedagogical beliefs. The 19th Chais Conference on the Study of Innovation and Learning Technologies: Learning in the Digital Era. Ra’anana, Israel, June 2024. Oral presentation [In Hebrew]. PPT.
