Curriculum Vitae - Department of Science Teaching

Curriculum Vitae - Department of Science Teaching

Esther Bagno
Curriculum Vitae
May 2013
A. Personal Details
Place of birth:
Hungary
Immigration year:
6591
Home Address:
Slav 34 Yad Benyamin
Work Address:
Science Teaching Department,
Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel 76100.
Contact details:
Tel. 08-9343981(work), 08-8536903(home),
054-4570227 (cell)
E-mail:
[email protected]
B. Education
6595-6551
Ph.D. in Science Education, Weizmann Institute of Science.
Advisors: Profs. Bat-Sheva Eylon and Uri Ganiel
Title of Ph.D. Thesis: MAOF- Inter-domain Organization of
Knowledge - Design, Implementation and Evaluation of
Instructional Units for High School.
6591-6591
M.Sc. in Science Education, Weizmann Institute of Science.
Advisor: Prof. Bat-Sheva Eylon
Title of M.Sc. Thesis: Organization of Concepts in
Electromagnetism- Design, Implementation and Evaluation of
an Instructional Unit for High School.
6511-6511
B.Sc. in Physics and Mathematics, Bar-Ilan University.
C. Employment History
2008 - present
Senior Staff Scientist, Department of Science Teaching,
Weizmann Institute of Science.
2001- 2008
Staff Scientist, Department of Science Teaching, Weizmann
Institute of Science.
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6591-6595
Coordinator of the course: Introduction to Science, The Open
University, Tel-Aviv.
6591- present
Curriculum development, research and in-service teacher
training at the Department of Science Teaching, Weizmann
Institute of Science.
6515-6591
High-school physics teacher and coordinator of physics
teaching, Municipal High- School, Bne-Brak.
D. Academic Administration
2008 - present
Coordinator of the Rothschild-Weizmann Physics Education
Program, Department of Science Teaching, Weizmann Institute
of Science.
2005 - present
Coordinator of Physics Group, Department of Science
Teaching, Weizmann Institute of Science.
1995 - present
Head of the National Center of Physics Teachers in Israel,
Department of Science Teaching, Weizmann Institute of
Science.
E. Other Appointments
Membership in Committees
6551-present:
The Professional National Committee of Physics Teaching in
Israel.
6551– present
The Syllabus Committee for High-School Physics.
1997 – present
The Syllabus Committee for High- School Science for All
Program (MUTAV).
2000 - present
Membership in several National Committees of K-12 Science
Education.
Teaching Experience – courses taught
5009 - present
Lectures for Ph.D. and M.Sc. students, in the Feinberg
Graduate School of the Weizmann Institute of Science,
focusing on professional development of teachers.
5009- present
Coordinator and lecturer of 4 consecutive courses: Selected
topics in the teaching of physics, an M.Sc. program for
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excellent physics teachers (The Rothschild-Weizmann
program).
6559 - present
More than 30 in-service professional development courses for
physics teachers.
Editorial boards
Journals:
1998 - present
Editorial Board of Tehuda journal for Physics teachers.
F. Scientific Productivity
Presentations at international meetings in the last ten years .
6.
Eylon, B. and Bagno E. (2004). Continuous Professional Development of
Physics Teachers in the Domain of Knowledge Integration, Symposium
presented in the AERA Conference, San Diego.
5.
Eylon B., Hofstein A., Bagno E., Mamlok-Naaman R., and Scherz Z. (2004).
What Characterizes Accomplished Practice? Tools for Science Teachers
Professional Development. Symposium, presented in the AERA conference,
San Diego.
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Eylon, B. and Bagno E. (2005). Bringing Evidence by Teachers to Enhance
Knowledge Integration Activites, AAPT Winter Meeting, New Mexico.
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Bagno, E. and Eylon, B. (2005). Knowledge Integration as a Routine Activity
in the Physics Classroom, AAPT Winter Meeting, New Mexico.
9.
Berger, H., Eylon, B. and Bagno, E. (2005). Physics Teachers Learn about
Implementation of Knowledge Integration Activities- the Contribution of a
Computerized Environment. ESERA Conference, Barcelona.
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Eylon, B., Mamlok-Naaman, R., Scherz, Z., Bagno, E. and Hofstein, A.
(2006). Science Teacher Professional Growth Through Evidence-Based CPD
programs. NARST Conference, San Francisco.
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Bagno, E., Carmeli, M., Scherz, Z., Mamlok- Naaman R. and Eylon, B.
(2006). The Use and Contribution of "Didactic Means" to Cope with the
Challenges of an Evidence-Based CPD Program for Science Teachers.
NARST Conference, San Francisco.
9.
Bagno, E., Berger, H. and Eylon, B. (2006). Fostering Knowledge Integration
in High School Physics: The KIP project ,NARST Conference, San
Francisco.
5.
Yerushalmi, E., Bagno, E. and Kapach, Z. (2007). Meaningful Learning
through Test Preparation Activities. AAPT conference, North Carolina
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Berger, H., Eylon, B. and Bagno, E. (2007). Evidence from Class as a Tool
for Enhancing Physics Teachers' Sensitivity towards their Students' Learning.
ESERA Conference, Sweden.
66.
Bagno, E., Eylon, B. and Berger, H. (2007). Enhancing Knowledge
Integration in High-school Physics, EARLI Conference, Hungary.
65.
Yerushalmi, E., Bagno, E., and Polingher, C. (2008), Students Performance
on Diagnostic Activities in DC Circuits, AAPT, Edmonton, AL, CA.
61.
Bagno, E., Eylon, B. and Cohen, E. (2009). How to Promote the Learning of
Physics from Formulas? GIREP-ICPE-MPTL Reims, France.
61.
Yerushalmi, E., Puterkovsky, M., Polingher, C., Cohen, E. and Bagno, E.
(2010). Conceptual Change along Online Diagnostic Activities Focused on
Common, Alternative Conceptions in Electromagnetism, GIREP-ICPE-MPTL
Reims, France.
69.
Eylon, B., Cohen. E. Cohen and Bagno E., (2010). The Interplay of Physics
and mathematics in a graduate quantum mechanics course for physics
teachers, GIREP, The Netherlands.
61.
Puterkovski, M., Cohen, E., Bagno, E. and Yerushalmi, E, (2011). Erroneous
Solutions as a Lever for Learning: Web-based Diagnostic Activities Focused
on Widespread Alternative Conceptions in Physics, Mofet conference, The
Third International Online Conference, "Opening Gates in Teacher Education:
Teacher Education in the Age of Globalization", The Mofet Institute, Tel
Aviv, Israel.
61.
Puterkovski, M., Bagno, E. and Yerushalmi, E. (2012). Knowledge
Integration While Interacting With an Online Troubleshooting Activity:
Methodology, AAPT, PERC, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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Competitive Grants
Year
Title
Agent
Amount
2007- 2012
National Center of
Physics Teachers
Israeli Ministry of
Education (with
Eylon) –
250,000$ per year
1995-2006
National Center of
Physics Teachers
Israeli Ministry of
Education (with
Eylon and Ganiel)
130,000$ per year
2011-2015
Effect of reflecting Israel Science
Foundation
on mistaken
)with Yerushalmi)
solutions to
physics problems
with the aid of
principle-based
prompts on future
learning by student
514,800 shekels / 4
years
International Collaborations – Current Project
"The Interplay of Physics and Mathematics". A three days Minerva seminar
held at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel (November 2012).
The seminar included workshops and a symposium .
B. Eylon, E. Bagno and Y. Lehavi, The Weizmann Institute of Science
G. Pospiech, R. Karam, Technische Universität Dresden
M. Pietrocola, Universidade de São Paulo
Graduate Students (Ph.D.)
1. Bruria Shayshon (with Eylon), finished 2001: currently in Teachers'
College, David Yellin, Jerusalem, Teachers' Educator.
2. Meira Sonnenschein, (with Havlin), finished 2003: currently Lecturer,
Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan .
3. Hana Berger (with Eylon), finished 2007: currently Staff member, Science
Teaching Department, The Weizmann Institute of Science.
4. Menashe Puterkovsky (with Yerushalmi), expected to finish September,
2013 .
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5. Zehorit Kapach (with Eylon), expected to finish January, 2014 .
6. Smadar Levy (with Eylon), expected to finish June, 2017 .
I. Language
Reading
Writing
Speaking
Hebrew
Fluent
Fluent
Fluent
English
Fluent
Fluent
Fluent
Hungarian
Good
Good
Good
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