Biographical Data
Zehavit Kohen, Ph.D. is a Prof. at the Faculty of Education in Science and Technology at the Technion and the head of the Mathematics Teachers Education & Development (MtED) lab. Prof. Kohen is the academic director of the i-MAT program. In her research, she focuses on the training and professional development of mathematics teachers, with a focus on researching the design and large-scale implementation of mathematical modelling tasks in a scientific-engineering context among professional communities of leading teachers, teachers, and students. Prof. Kohen has a B.Sc. in mathematics and computer science and a PhD in an integrated track in STEM education (summa cum laude) from Bar-Ilan University.
Research Areas
- Mathematics teachers’ education and development.
- Mathematical modelling in authentic STEM contexts
