Research and Application Centers

 Israeli Center of Research Excellence

i-core-dAcademic Head: Prof. Yael Kelly
Unit Manager: Debbi Hock-Taglicht
Partnering Universities: Haifa University, Ben-Gurion University, the Technion and IDC Herzlia

The Israeli council for Higher Education chose Haifa University to lead the I-Core in the field of "education and the new information society". The new center LINKS- Learning in a NetworkKed Society- units experts from the fields of education, knowledge management, communication, law, anthropology and human interface device, with the goal of creating a mass of research, initiating a pragmatic change in educational research and preparing the next generations for the demands of the new information society.
The LINKS center focuses on learning in technology-enhanced communities: from spontaneously formed communities that use technological tools which are available for everyone to communities that use technological tools geared to teaching and education. The research in LINKS focuses on three principal areas and the congruence among them: a) thinking and understanding in learning communities. B) Norms and practice in communities. C) Variety within and among communities.
Contact information: links@edtech.haifa.ac.il

Link: http://links.org.il/en
 
National Center for Elementary Mathematics Teachers
Academic Head: Dr. Nurit Levin
The center aims at contributing to the professional development of those who practice Mathematics education in elementary schools and nurturing a professional community and leadership of the teachers in the field. The center serves all sectors- state schools, state religious schools, orthodox, Arabic, and special education, from all areas of the country. The center is rich with teaching and learning resources of various kinds- books, journals, articles, games, illustrative measures etc. The activities of the center include: continuing education programs, counseling and mentoring, national conferences, operating an internet site, publishing the biyearly manuscript "a strong number 2000".

Rooms: 209, Education and Sciences Building
mathcntr@edu.haifa.ac.il

Link: http://ymath.haifa.ac.il
 
National Center for Teachers of Mathematics in High School
Academic Head: Dr. Varda Talmon
National Center for math teachers of secondary education is designed to train, develop and foster professional leadership in Mathematics education in junior high and high schools. The center runs courses, workshops, seminars and regional and national conferences, develops learning materials in Hebrew and Arabic, publishes a magazine for teachers of Mathematics (CPM) and operates a website and network for junior high and high school teachers.

Rooms: 243, Education and Sciences Building
hmathcntr@edu.haifa.ac.il

Link: http://highmath.haifa.ac.il
 
Mish"al Center
Academic Head: Professor Shunit Reiter
Mish"al is the Israeli University Center for Disabilities – education, empowerment and research

Room 524, Education and Sciences Building
shunitr@edu.haifa.ac.il
 
The Mathematics Education Research and Innovation Center
Academic Head: Prof. Michal Yerushalmi

Institute for Research and Development of Alternatives in Education a research institute aimed at understanding the changes in learning and teaching that are made possible and are obligatory in light of the reality of a technological society. Our perception is that learning, school-based or otherwise, should be examined while understanding norms and changing societal processes. Innovative learning tools are designed and developed in the institute, ones which can be suitable for commonly found technologies such as mobile phones, personal or school computers, and network technologies.

Rooms: 244, Education and Sciences Building
Phone: 04-8249287
michalyr@edu.haifa.ac.il

Link: http://meri.edu.haifa.ac.il