Dr. Michael (Miki) Motola studied clinicalpsychology in Paris. He worked as a clinical psychologist for many years in the north of Israel. Later in his career he established a vocational guidancecenter in Nahariya and a parental guidance and preparation for childbirthcenter in Karmiel. His doctoral research was about future representation ofyoung people attending secondary schools in France and Finland. He studied inthe Mandel School for Educational Leadership for two years. Since 1999 he hastaught Psychology and Education studies at Oranim Academic College ofEducation. He was a faculty member at the Mandel School for EducationalLeadership since 1999 to 2004. He isinterested in promoting creative teaching methods, contemplative pedagogy andmulticultural skills. He tries to bring together his experience as a clinicalpsychologist and as an educator to develop a new type of teacher: 'therapeuticeducator'.
Nowadays his researches deal with empathy ineducation, contemplative pedagogy and racism in education.
Currently, he is the Dean of the students atOranim College.
Motola, M (2001), Social Habitus and the Impactof Socio-Cultural Factors on Vocational Behavior of Adolescents, Across-national comparison of French and Finnish students. University of Joensuu
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Motola, M., Sinisalo, P., Guichard, J. (1997).“Social Habitus and Future Plans – A comparison of Adolescent Future-projectsin Finland and France” in J.E. Nurmi (Ed.) Adolescence,Cultures and Conflicts: Growing up in Contemporary Europe. New York, Garland Publishing.
Motola, M (2015). Contemplative Pedagogy InPractice. In Tadmor, Y. Amir Freimann EDs) Education The Human Questions:Thought. Editors: Tel-Aviv, Mophet Publishing.
Miki_m@oranim.ac.il