Ms. Haya Ben Simon is a doctoral candidate [direct Ph.D. track] in the Faculty of Education in Science and Technology at the Technion. She graduated from the Technion with B.Sc. degree in Biology (2013) and B.Sc. degree in Biology education (2016). Haya has been a Biology, Science, Biotechnology and class educator teacher for the last 7 years, previously at Amit Haifa middle and high school and now at Zvia Afula high school. Hayas’ research focuses on the development and integration of Scientific Reasoning, Nature of Science Understanding and Informal Statistical Reasoning through students engaged in Citizen Science.
Email: shayak@campus.technion.ac.il
Publications
Ben Simon, H., Pshenichny-Mamo, A. & Tsybulsky, D. (2022). Fostering the NOS understanding in the teaching of biology – theoretical and practical aspects. Israeli Journal for Biology Teachers. PDF
Contributed talks and posters
Pshenichny-Mamo, A., Ben-Simon, H. & Tsybulsky, D. Teaching nature of Science to in-service teachers. International Conference on Teacher Education Passion and Professionalism in Teacher Education. Tel-Aviv, Israel, June 2023. Oral presentation. Abstract. PPT.
Ben-Simon, H., Pshenichny-Mamo, A. & Tsybulsky, D. Nature of science in teacher professional development: In-service teachers’ perceptions and strategies for integration. ESERA2023 conference. Cappadocia, Turkey, August-September 2023. Oral presentation. Abstract. PPT.