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Yaron Lehavi is an Associate Professor at the David Yellin Academic College of Education, in which he has been involved for many years in various aspects of teacher education. He also serves as the head of the National Center for Physics Teachers in Israel at the Weizmann Institute of Science. From the late 90s, he participated in the national reform in science education, which focused primarily on integrating the different scientific disciplines into an interdisciplinary curriculum. His involvement included curriculum development, textbook writing, and teacher training. Dr. Lehavi served and is still serving, on national science curriculum committees. His research focuses mainly on science teachers’ conceptual knowledge and teachers’ professional growth. He also participates with colleagues from Israel and Germany in research on the interplay between physics and mathematics.

Dr. Lehavi is a co-leader of an ongoing design of a research-based approach aimed at fostering teachers’ professional growth as their peers’ mentors, conducted in collaboration with colleagues from Israel, the Netherlands, and the USA. Recently he was a member of a special committee in Israel on Values Education: Guidelines for Measurement and Evaluation.

He was awarded the GIREP 2021 medal for significant and durable contributions to the physics education community at all levels.

Dr. Lehavi holds a B.Sc. in physics and mathematics, an M.Sc. in physics, and a Ph.D. in physics education from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.​