Graduate Students Advising as Primary Research Dissertation Chair
PhD | 2015 | Shaked, Haim** | The characteristics, sources, and development of systems thinking among prospective and novice school principals ** Winner, University’s Ph.D. Award ** Highly Commended Award winner of the 2015 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards in the Education and Leadership Strategy category. |
PhD | 2016 | Feldam, Niv** | Exploring the professional learning community in special education schools ** Winner, University’s President Scholarship Award |
PhD | 2017 | Qadech, Mowafaq** | An integrative model for predicting faculty’s attributes in elementary schools: Exploring the role of principals’ characteristics and organizational learning mechanisms ** Ph.D Scholarship |
PhD | 2017 | Cohen Rinat** | The transition of women teaching to vice-principalship: A journey of personal, social and professional transformation ** Ph.D Scholarship |
PhD | 2017 | Russo, Lily | A six-years exploration of the characteristics and development of superintendents’ professional learning community within a national reform context |
PhD | 2018 | Ganon- Shilon, Sherry** | Principals’ sense-making of their leadership role during large-scale reform ** Winner, University’s Graduate School Scholarship Award ** Winner, 2016 Foster-Polite Scholarship – Division A Graduate Students – American Educational Research Association. ** Award winner of the 2018 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards in the Education and Leadership Strategy category. |
PhD | 2019 | Firuz, Florit | The principal mentor and the novice principal: The determinants and development of a productive mentor-mentee relationship |
PhD | Current | Suria, Ofra | Principals’ micro-political processes in the context of implementing a national reform |
PhD | Current | Simon Leibovitz | Exploring systems thinking in schools’ leadership teams ** Ph.D Rector Prize for Excellence |
MA | Current | Miran Barzilay | Initiating a learning-from-success professional learning forum in a middle-school |
MA | 2019 | Tova Kasnett | Collaborative learning from success as perceived by special education teachers |
MA | 2018 | Nechama Nadav | Developing and validating a systems-thinking scale for elementary school principals |
MA | 2017 | Hagay Gefen | School-middle leaders’ perceptions of the 21st-century learning reform in Israel |
MA | 2015 | Damari, Avishag | Middle leaders’ metaphors for teaching, teamwork and school management in an era of a large-scale national reform |
MA | 2015 | Kneler, Jonathan | Exploring principal mentors and leadership trainees’ perceptions regarding the mentoring relationship in a leadership education program |
MA | 2015 | Shmesayev, Odia Chen | Secondary school principals perceptions of the implementation of the national education reform |
MA | 2014 | Samara, Hipha | Arab-Israeli principals’ perceptions regarding collective learning from success |
MA | 2012 | Firuz, Florit | Principal mentors’ metaphors regarding the mentoring process in principal preparation programs |
MA | 2012 | Perelman, Yifat | Collective learning in schools: The perceptions of prospective principals in leadership programs |
MA | 2012 | Zur, Iris | Teacher mentors and student teachers’ perceptions regarding collective learning from success |
MA | 2011 | Atarchi, Lilach | The development and measure of organizational learning mechanisms in secondary schools |
MA | 2011 | Cohen, Liat | The relationship between organizational learning mechanisms and principals’ commitment |
MA | 2011 | Ganon, Sherry | The sustainability of a collaborative learning initiative |
MA | 2011 | Shapira, Anat | Teachers’ perceptions regarding collective learning from success |
MA | 2010 | Kadech, Mowafaq | Exploring organizational learning mechanisms in elementary schools |
MA | 2010 | Kazayof, Shlomo | The relationship between organizational learning mechanisms and school structure/facilities |
MA | 2010 | Vanunu, Carmit | The relationship between organizational learning mechanisms and principals’ sense of efficacy |
MA | 2009 | Asher, Naomi | The relationship between organizational learning mechanisms and principals’ sense of uncertainty |
MA | 2009 | Feldman, Niv | Exploring organizational learning mechanisms in special education |
MA | 2009 | Sadan, Shelly | Teachers’, principals’, and superintendents’ perceptions of the professional learning community |
MA | 2009 | Tchelet, Natali | Exploring superintendents’ perceptions of learning from success |
Post-Doctoral Student Advising:
Post-Doc | 2017-2018 | Da’as Rima, Ph.D. | Haifa University. Post-doc area of research: Principals’ cognitive complexity |
Post-Doc | Current | Dafna Gan, Ph.D. | Northeastern University. Post-doc area of research: Environmental education leadership |