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A professor of developmental psychology at the Faculty of Education at Haifa University. Served as dean of the faculty between 2006 and 2012, and as chairperson of the pedagogic secretariat at the Ministry of Education between 2012 and 2013. A certified clinical psychologist. Head of the Center for the Study of Human Spirit (currently under construction).
Her field of expertise is the study of parent-child relations, with a special emphasis on the Israeli context of passage from adolescence to adulthood. Simultaneously, she also studied the motivational system of caring treatments as it comes into play in different contexts, and published a book on this subject, The Caring Motivation. Over the last few years she has been focusing on contemplation and study of issues related to the spiritual aspect of human development, and along with her colleagues organized academic conferences on spirituality, such as: the conference for the study of contemporary spirituality, perceptive pedagogy, and gates to spirituality in psychotherapy and counseling.

A senior lecturer at Beit Berl College. His studies and publications are concerned with laying down the foundations for understanding mindfulness and other introspective practices in education and teacher training from philosophical and psychological standpoints. The courses that he teaches integrate practical mindfulness and yoga with theories from the fields of neuroscience, psychology, consciousness philosophy and education. A member of an international team of 25 scholars established by UNESCO’s research institute in 2019, in order to draft an education vision document that will provide recommendations for educational policies to the 195 member states.
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Has a PhD in education, an instructor for teachers in personal growth and development integrated with spiritual tools. Delivers lectures in colleges and schools, facilitates mindfulness and positive psychology workshops for personal and professional development. Dedicates her life to active introspection, both as her own personal practice and as an instructor for others.
Promotes the field of mindfulness in education as an expression of innovative pedagogies in education, including the development and integration of mindfulness in the formal array of continuing education programs, in which teachers, students and principals learn how to meditate, to listen to themselves and others and to open their heart. Co-director of the Center for Perceptive Pedagogy at Oranim College and a member of the Center for the Study and Nurture of the Human Spirit at Haifa University.

Holds a bachelor’s degree in education and a master’s degree in group facilitation. Facilitates self-compassion groups and continuing education programs for teachers on self-compassion and the acknowledgement of good. A member of the Center for the Study of Human Spirit at Haifa University.