Name: Sigal Achituv Date:12 October 2022
CURRICULUMVITAE
1.Personal Details
Name: Sigal Achituv
Permanent Home Address: 4Hashikma St. Mitzpe Netofa 15295 Israel
Home Telephone Number: 972- 4-6783090
Office Telephone Number: 972-4-9539635
Cellular phone: 972-506283502
Electronic Address: sigal_a@oranim.ac.il
2.Higher Education
a.Undergraduateand Graduate Studies
| Date of Degree | Area of specialization | Degree | Name of Institution and Department | Period of Study |
| 1987 | Early childhood education | ECE teacher | Oranim College | 1985-1987 |
| 1990 | Education and Jewish philosophy | B.A | Hebrew Univ. & Haifa Univ. | 1988-1990 |
| 2003 | Administration, curricula, teaching methods and teacher training | M.A | Haifa Univ. | 1997-2003 |
| 2012 | Learning, teaching and teacher training | P.H.D | Haifa Univ. | 2007-2012 |
b.Post-DoctoralStudies
| Degree | Area of specialization | Name of Institution and Department | Period of Study |
| Post Doctorate | Early childhood education | MOFET Institute, Israel | 2015-2017 |
3.Academic Ranks and Tenure inInstitutes of Higher Education
| Rank/Position | Name of Institution and Department | Dates |
| Senior lecturer with tenure | Oranim Academic College, ECE Department and Graduate Program | 2019-current |
| Lecturer with tenure | Oranim Academic College, ECE Department and Graduate Program | 2016-2019 |
| Lecturer | Oranim Academic College, ECE Department | 2010-2015 |
| Lecturer | Gordon Academic College, ECE Department and Graduate Program | 2013-2020 |
| Director of ECE Graduate Program | Oranim Academic College, ECE Graduate Program | 2018-current |
4.Scholarly Positions and Activities in theUniversity
| Years | Activities |
| 2022 | Lectures at the University of Malta as part of the Erasmus program on behalf of the college. |
| 2021 - current | M Member of the teaching committee |
| 2021-2022 | M Member of the early childhood team of the "Seventy year for the pines" project. |
| 2019-2020 | M Member of the student travel team. |
| 2018 - current | M Member of the establishment team of the Israeli Preschool Institute. |
| 2018 - current | H Head of the master's degree program in early childhood education. |
| 2015 2020- | C Head of working committee towards the evaluation of quality in the early childhood department in the field of "Cultural Identity and Religious Studies". |
| 2013-2015 | M Member of the research group on "Solidarity". |
5. ScholarlyPositions and Activities outside the University
| Years | Activities |
| 1995-2013 | Supervisor of State Kindergarten teachers in the Ministry of Education of Israel |
| 2007-2010 | Participating in Van Leer research Group on Citizenship Education. |
| Since 2010 | Participating in Van Leer International Research Group on Jewish early childhood education. |
| 2015-2017 | Research colleague in the post doctorate program of MOFET institute. |
| 2015-2020 | guides 14 students for final thesis in Gordon Academic College. |
| 2015-2020 | Academic advisor of an experimental kindergarten: Stairs to Math. |
| Since 2017 | A member of the judging committee of Recanati Entrepreneur Teacher Award. |
| 2018 | Reviewing for Refereed Journal: Child & Youth Care Forum |
| 2020 | Reviewing for Refereed Journal: Bemaagaley Chinuch |
| 2020 | Reviewing five proposals for Early Childhood Education: Growing Up in Dynamic and Changing Times SIG 05 Conference 2020 | EARLI |
| 2022 | Reviewing an MA thesis: The place of music in kindergarten following the COVID 19crisis, according to the kindergarten teachers' perception |
| 2022 | Recommendation for an academic rank for a lecturer in Hemdat Hadarom College |
6.Other activities in the field ofeducation
| Years | Activities |
| 2022 | Member in Religious early childhood education birth to three team |
| 2015-2020 | Lecturer in courses for TALI kindergarten teachers |
| 2013-2018 | Lecturer in kindergarten courses in PISGA centers |
| 1996-2013 | A Supervisor of kindergarten teachers in the state-religious northern district on behalf of the Ministry of Education. The supervision included responsibility for 150 kindergarteners in nine local authorities, including the guidance of the kindergarteners and leading their training. |
| 1999 | Participation in the first Israeli delegation visiting the ECE system in the city of Reggio Emilia in Italy |
| 1997-1999 | Curriculum writer in the Curriculum Division at the Ministry of Education |
| 1990 – 1996 | Kindergarten teacher at Kibbutz Beit Rimon. |
7. Participationin Scholarly Conferences
| Subject of Lecture/Discussion/Comments | Place of Conference | Name of Conference | Date |
| The place of state religious kindergartens in a changing period. | Jerusalem | 100 Years of the Hebrew kindergarten. | 8/2000 |
| The Multifacial quality of the kindergarten. | Haifa | National kindergarten teachers conference | 3/2002 |
| Kindergarten teachers exposed to a Pedagogy of Listening. | Haifa Univ. | Women's day conference | 4/2003 |
| Listening to the change – The story of two kindergarten teachers. | Tel - Aviv | National kindergarten teachers conference | 10/2005 |
| An obligating curriculum – An organized trip or Campaign navigation? | Oranim Academic College | A conference in memorial of Gideon Levine | 18/1/2009 |
| An obligating curriculum – An organized trip or Campaign navigation? | "Mofet" Institute, Tel Aviv | Forum for Heads of ECE departments in Israeli Colleges. | 6/4/2011 |
| What did the teacher say today? State-religious kindergarten teachers deal with complex Torah stories. | Haifa Univ. | International Research Group Jewish Education in the Early Years | 21/6/2011 |
| | Bible stories as reflecting gender Identity. | Jerusalem | Kolech, Religious women's forum | 4/7/2011 |
| | What did the teacher say today? State-religious kindergarten teachers deal with complex Torah stories | Hebrew College Newton Centre, MA | The Network for Research in Jewish Education 26th Annual Conference | 11/6/2012 |
| | What did the teacher say today? State-religious kindergarten teachers deal with complex Torah stories | Oranim Academic College | 'Research, study and creativity' conference | 10/2/14 |
| | What did the teacher say today? State-religious kindergarten teachers deal with complex Torah stories | Gordon Academic College | 'Gordon' research conference | 22/10/14 |
| | American and Israeli Educators' Attitudes Towards Inclusion in the Jewish Early Childhood Classroom | Oranim Academic College | 'NIMBY' – Not in my back yard conference | 8/1/15 |
| | What did the teacher say today? State-religious kindergarten teachers deal with complex Torah stories | MOFET institute | Things you don't talk about in the kindergarten, The third ece conference in memory of Gidon Levin | 8/2/15 |
| | American and Israeli Educators' Attitudes Towards Inclusion in the Jewish Early Childhood Classroom | Levinski Academic College | National conference in early childhood education | 10/12/15 |
| | Which Biblical story do you choose to recall? The contribution of early childhood education students' choice of Biblical story to their teachers training | Oranim Academic College | 'Research, study and creativity' conference | 1/2/16 |
| | How to Bridge the Gap? Teacher Educators' Approaches to the Teaching of the Biblical 'Other' in Kindergarten | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev | The seventh Israeli conference for Qualitative Research | 9/2/16 |
| | Children's literature and Children's Bible – What's obvious and what's hidden? | Oranim Academic College | Reflecting reality, research and interpretation, The Annual Conference of Postgraduate studies | 16/3/16 |
| | How to Bridge the Gap? Teacher Educators' Approaches to the Teaching of the Biblical 'Other' in Kindergarten | The Hebrew University Jerusalem | Qualitative research in teacher education | 28/12/16 |
| | How to Bridge the Gap? Teacher Educators' Approaches to the Teaching of the Biblical 'Other' in Kindergarten | Oranim Academic College | 'Research, study and creativity' conference | 13/2/17 |
| | Ambivalence perspectives of Israeli Daycare Managers | Saint Paul University, Ottawa, Canada. | ICEBAD 2017 International Conference on Education, Business and Architecture Design 2017 | 10/5/17 |
| | "Before you invite guests, you have to clean up your home" Conflicting attitudes of Israeli Daycare Managers at the Beginning of a Change Process | Ohalo College in Katzrin - Academic Institute for Education, Sciences and Sports | The Second International Conference on Innovative Education | 25/5/17 |
| | "Sowing the Seeds of Community" Identity of Israeli Daycare Managers Participating in a Community Approach Project | The MOFET Institute, Research, Curriculum and Program development for Teacher Educators | Research Conference at the Post-Doctorate program in MOFET Institute | 18/6/17 |
| | "Sowing the Seeds of Community" Identity of Israeli Daycare Managers Participating in a Community Approach Project | Gordon Academic College | 'Gordon' research conference | 22/10/17 |
| | "Sowing the Seeds of Community" Identity of Israeli Daycare Managers Participating in a Community Approach Project | Oranim Academic College | 'Research, study and creativity' conference | 29/1/18 |
| | "Sowing the Seeds of Community" Identity of Israeli Daycare Managers Participating in a Community Approach Project | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev | The eighth Israeli conference for Qualitative Research | 7/2/18 |
| | "Sowing the seeds of community" Identities of Daycare Managers Participating in a Community Approach Project | Budapest University of Technology | EECERA conference | 30/8/18 |
| | "I gave them binoculars and suddenly they can see in 3-D", Teacher educators' attitudes towards the change processes expected from students in Early Childhood Departments | MOFET Institute, Israel | The pedagogy of teaching the Bible | 4/12/18 |
| | Kindergarten teachers and parents' perceptions about the "junkyard" as a unique pedagogical communal approach | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki | EECERA | 21/8/19 |
| | "Sowing the seeds of community" Identities of Daycare Managers Participating in a Community Approach Project | The Open University Raanana | Educational and Social Change in Complex Israeli Reality: A Sobering View of Reform, Activism and Entrepreneurship in Education | 14/7/19 |
| | The role of the "Junkyard Approach" in Kindergarten teachers' training towards the "Future Kindergarten" | MOFET Institute | The 7th International Conference on Teacher Education, The story of Innovation in Teacher Education | 26/6/19 |
| | Organizing the conference and opening | Oranim Academic College | Digital natives, preschoolers and digital media | 27/2/19 |
| | Organizing the conference and opening | Oranim Academic College | Early childhood during the Corona virus period | 6/5/20 |
| | Kindergarten children, educators and parents' perceptions about the "junkyard" as a unique pedagogical communal approach | Digital conference | Early Childhood Education: Growing Up in Dynamic and Changing Times SIG 05 Conference 2020 | EARLI | 9/7/20 |
| | School of Early Childhood Professions | Digital conference | Early Childhood Education: Growing Up in Dynamic and Changing Times SIG 05 Conference 2020 | EARLI | 9/7/20 |
| | Organizing the conference and opening | Digital conference | The challenges of parenting and daycare/kindergarten communication - parents in the days of Corona | 17/3/21 |
| | The Israeli Institute of Early Childhood Education: Early childhood edu-carers program-longitudinal research | Digital conference | Eecera online festival 2021 | 9/9/21 |
| | Parents' reactions on WhatsApp to the information that the kindergarteners sent them from the Hanukkah party in the kindergarten that was held during the Corona period (A poster) | Levinski College of Education | Relations between education teams and parents in times of crisis | 30/9/21 |
| | Expressions of connection and ways of teaching in WhatsApp videos that kindergarten teachers sent to children during the quarantine periods in the Corona epidemic | Haifa University | Israeli Childhood | 6/10/21 |
| | Organizing the conference and opening | Oranim Academic College | "Malka –whole life" a conference in memory of Malka Haas | 9/3/22 |
| | Building a narrative of early childhood repair: from crisis to resilience during the Corona virus (Chairman of the session) | MOFET institute | From crisis to change in training for teaching: testimonies and life stories in art, creation and research | 5/4/22 |
| | Playing in the Junkyard in the Israeli kindergarden as a model for activity in routine and in times of crisis | Tel-Hai Academic College | Kindergarten children as active partners in the educational process | 23/5/22 |
| | Expressions of communication and teaching methods in WhatsApp videos that were sent by kindergarten teachers to children during the closure periods in COVID-19 pandemic | Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands | EARLI SIG5 2022 CONFERENCE Learning and Development in Early Childhood | 13/7/22 |
| | Children's perspectives on birthday ceremonies in times of routine and crisis | Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands | EARLI SIG5 2022 CONFERENCE Learning and Development in Early Childhood | 14/7/22 |
| | Attitudes of Israeli Early Childhood Educators towards their community | Glasgow, Scotland | 30th EECERA ANNUAL CONFERENCE | 24/8/22 |
| | Playing in the "Junkyard" in Israeli kindergartens as a model for agency in times of routine and crisis | Glasgow, Scotland | 30th EECERA ANNUAL CONFERENCE | 25/8/22 |
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8. Scholarships,Awards and Prizes
| comments | Sum of money | What for | Institution | Date |
| | 1500 IS | Doctorate research: Early Childhood Educators Tell Their Stories: On the Identity of Religious Pre-School Teachers in Israel, | Penina and Ze'ev Barnowsky Fund, Faculty of Education, University of Haifa. | 2011 |
| With Shulamit Hoshen | 1500 IS | Research as part of the solidarity research group in the subject: Teacher Educators' Approaches to the Teaching of the Biblical 'Other' in kindergarten | Oranim Academic College | 2013 |
| | 108,000 | Post doctorate research scholarship Daycare Managers Participation in a Community Approach Project | MOFET institute | 2015-2017 |
| | 15,000 | Grant for publishing the book: Early Childhood Jewish Education: Multicultural, Gender and Constructivist Perspectives. Bloomsbury. | Oranim Academic College | 2019-2020 |
| With David Brody and Orit Dror | 40,000 | Grant for research proposal: Attitudes of Early Childhood Educators who work in Kibbutz, communal settlements, and cities towards their community and the effect of community on their practice | MOFET institute | 2022-2023 |
7. Teaching
| Name of College | Degree B.A./M.A./M.Sc/Ph.D. | Type of Course | Name of Course | Year |
| Oranim Academic College | M.A | Workshop | Workshop for writing theses | 2021-2021 |
| Oranim Academic College | B.A | Lecture | Ceremonies in kindergarten | 2020-2022 |
| Oranim Academic College | B.A | Lecture and Workshop | Bible stories in kindergartens | 2010-2022 |
| Gordon Academic College | The conversion training for graduates | Lecture | Dealing with discipline problems | 2013-2015 |
| Gordon Academic College | The conversion training for graduates | Lecture | Parents and ECE teacher's relationship | 2013-2015 |
| Gordon Academic College | BA | Seminar | Israeli Kindergarten as a whole | 2013-2018 |
| Gordon Academic College | M.A | Lecture | The ecology of knowledge in ece. | 2013-2019 |
| Gordon Academic College | M.A | Lecture | Israeli Curriculum in ece | 2013-2018 |
| Oranim Academic College | B.A | Lecture | Jewish holydays in ece | 2013- ,2015 2020-2022 |
| Oranim Academic College | B.A | Seminar | Israeli Kindergarten as a whole | 2018 |
| Oranim Academic College | M.A | Lecture | Israel's Educational Policy in ece | 2014-2022 |
| Oranim Academic College | M.A | Lecture | work processes with kindergarten staff | 2014-2022 |
| Oranim Academic College | M.A | Lecture | Qualitative research in ECE | 2016-2022 |
| Oranim Academic College | B.A | Workshop | Internship workshop | 2019 |
8. Publications
A. Ph.D.Dissertation
Title: Early Childhood Educators Tell Their Stories: On the Identity ofReligious Pre-School Teachers in Israel.
Date of submission: 5/9/2012
Number of pages: 350
Name of supervisor: Prof. Hanan Alexander
University: Haifa Univ. Israel.
B.Books edited, acceptedand not yet published
S. Achituv, M.Muller, S. Alexander & H. Alexander (). Early Childhood Jewish Education: Multicultural, Gender andConstructivist Perspectives. Bloomsbury.
C.Articles in RefereedJournals
Published:
1. Achituv, S. & Hertzog, E. (2020).Partners or managers? Mothers or bosses? Conflicting Identities of IsraeliDaycare Managers, Early Child Development and Care, 190(12) 1931-1944.DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2018.1552 (14 pages A4) (Impact Factor: 0.824)
2. Achituv, S. & Hertzog, E. (2020)."Sowing the seeds of community" Daycare managers participating in acommunity approach project. Manuscript accepted for publication in EducationalManagement Administration & Leadership, 48(6) 1080–1099 (ImpactFactor: 1.804) (30 pages A4).
3. Achituv, S. & Manzura, S. (2020)."They are undergoing a makeover ... I gave them in-depth glasses andsuddenly they see three-dimensional", Teachers' attitudes to the Bible inrelation to the processes of change expected from students in early childhooddepartments. Dapim 261-288 (Hebrew).
4.Achituv, S. (2019). It bothers me, but I won't bring it into thekindergarten: Gender perception conflicts of religious kindergarten teachers asreflected in their work. Religious Education, DOI:10.1080/00344087.2019.1600108 (19 pages A4) (2018 Cite Score:0.26 - values from Scopus)
5. Achituv, S. &Manzura, S. (2016). How to bridge the gap? Teacher educators' approaches to theteaching of the biblical 'Other' in kindergarten. Journal of JewishEducation, 82(3) 231-257. (h5- index – 5) (2017 Cite Score: 0.19)
6.Alexander, S.T., Brody, D.L., Muller, M., Gor Ziv, H., Achituv, S.,Gorsetman, C., Harris, J., Tal, C., Goodman, R., Schein, D., Vogelstein, I.,& Miller, L. (2016). Voices of American and Israeli early childhoodeducators on inclusion. Journal of Early Childhood Special Education,8(1), 16-38. DOI: 10.20489/intjecse.239574.
7.Achituv, S. (2013). What did the teacher say today? State religiouskindergarten teachers deal with complex Torah stories. Journal of JewishEducation, 79(3), 256-296. (h5- index– 5) (2017 Cite Score: 0.19)
D.Articles orChapters in Scientific Books
1.Achituv, S. (2013). "It bothersme but I won't talk about it in my kindergarten" – Torah stories asreflecting gender identity of state religious kindergarten teachers. In T.Cohen (Ed.), To be a Jewish woman (pp.73-89). Jerusalem: Reuven Mas.
2. Achituv,S. (2022). Teaching Bible in Early Childhood Jewish Education (In press). In S. Achituv, M. Muller, S. Alexander& H. Alexander (Eds.) Early Childhood Jewish Education: Multicultural,Gender and Constructivist Perspectives (pp.115-128), Bloomsbury.
3. Achituv, S., Muller, M., & Alexander S.T. (In press)introduction: capturing a mosaic of the field In S. Achituv, M. Muller, S.Alexander & H. Alexander (Eds.) Early Childhood Jewish Education:Multicultural, Gender and Constructivist Perspectives (pp. 1-14), Bloomsbury.
4.Muller, M., Achituv, S., & Gorsetman, C. (Inpress). Constructivism and the Instilling of Jewish Values. In S. Achituv,M. Muller, S. Alexander & H. Alexander (Eds.) Early Childhood JewishEducation: Multicultural, Gender and Constructivist Perspectives (pp. 99-112), Bloomsbury.
5. Achituv, S., Muller, M., &Alexander S.T. (In press) Conclusion. In S. Achituv, M. Muller, S. Alexander& H. Alexander (Eds.) Early Childhood Jewish Education: Multicultural,Gender and Constructivist Perspectives (pp. 207-210), Bloomsbury.
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E.Other Works andPublications
1.Achituv, S. (1999). Reggio in JewishPhilosophy Perspective – Approaches to Children's Theories. Hed Hagan –Reggio Emilia and us, Nov. 1999, 94-97.
2.Achituv, S. (2002). The MultifacialQuality of the Kindergarten. A Panel from Kindergarten's Teachers Conference. HedHagan 66(4) June 2002, 27-29.
3.Achituv, S. (2005). Listening toChange: Narrative – Biographical Research.Hed Hagan, 70(2) Dec. 2005, 71-83
4.Achituv, S. (2014). Junkyard in thekindergarten. A kindergarten, an environment and inspiration, and everythingin between. The Ministry of Education, The Early Childhood Department,1-10.
5.Achituv, S. (2016). "What dressdid we sew and does it fit our size?" Hed Hagan ,80(4), 26-31.
9. Summary of my activities and future plans
Dr. Sigal Achituv is the director of the EarlyChildhood Education Graduate Program in Oranim Academic College. She is a graduate of the firstpost-doctoral program at the MOFET Institute and teachesin OranimAcademic College and in Gordon Academic College in the early childhoodeducation (ECE) first degree and master's degree departments. Her courses deal with a variety of topics related to Israeli ECE, forexample: Israel's Educational Policy in ECE. Herstudies deal with Israeli ECE educators' identity concerning changes that are taking place in ece in Israel and around the world.
Between 1995-2013 Sigal served as a Supervisor ofState Kindergarten teachers in the Ministry of Education of Israel. She was incharge of 150 kindergarten teachers in nine different authorities in theNorthern Region of Israel, including towns, small towns, local councils and regionalcouncils.
The job comprised the following majorresponsibilities:
1. The pedagogical development and advancement of thekindergarten teachers by the organization of a series of professional coursesand workshops, some of which she presented, and others by the provision ofongoing guidance of professional staff within the kindergarten.
2. The instruction, guidance and evaluation of studentkindergarten teachers during their first year of work.
3. The promotion of special educational initiatives,for example ‘green kindergartens’ run as self-sustaining units, andexperimental kindergartens.
4. The development of programs providing educationalcontinuity between the pre-kindergarten and the kindergarten frameworks, andbetween the kindergarten and the primary (or junior) school frameworks.