Ms. Esther Magen
Bio sketch: Esther Magen is a project coordinator and member of the Physics Group at the Weizmann Institute of Science’s Department of Science Teaching. She guides learning communities of physics teachers, and also teaches the subject at Ostrovsky High School in Ra’anana and, until recently, at the Bleich High School in Ramat Gan. At both schools, she prepared students for matriculation exams in physics. From 2006-2015, Magen was head of physics at the Ministry of Education’s Examinations Division, and was responsible for the national array of matriculation exams grading on this subject. From 2006-2012, she was engaged in a European Union research project on installing computerized laboratories in schools. For her excellence in teaching physics, Magen was awarded the Amos de-Shalit Prize (2011) and the Rothschild Education Prize (2015).Ms. Magen received a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Physics from Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1980, and a master’s degree in Adult Education from Derby University (England) in 2000.
Updated until: 2016
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