Department of Education in Technology and Science

Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

 

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ORIT HAZZAN – ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

ACADEMIC DEGREES

1989   

B.Sc. Mathematics and Computer-Science with a high-school teaching certificate (with distinction)

Department of Education in Technology and Science

Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

1991   

M.Sc. Department of Education in Technology and Science

Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

Thesis: Application of Computer-Science Ideas to the Representation of Mathematical Proofs. (1991). (Supervisor: Prof. Uri Leron). 

1995   

Ph.D. Department of Education in Technology and Science

Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

Thesis:Undergraduate Students' Understanding of Concepts in Abstract Algebra. (1995). (Supervisor: Prof. Uri Leron).   

2000   

MBA - Master in Business Administration

(with special emphasis on the management of hi-tech companies)

The Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management

Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

 

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

2005 – to date

Associate Professor

Department of Education in Technology and Science

Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel 

2000 – 2005

Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor)

Department of Education in Technology and Science

Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel 

1996 – 1999

Adjunct Research Associate

R&D coordinator, Project IT3 (Information Technologies for Technion Teaching), Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

1995 – 1996

Research Associate, Post doctorate fellowship

Education Development Center, Newton (Greater Boston), MA, USA

1989 – 1995

Teaching Assistant (during graduate studies)

Department of Education in Technology and Science

Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

HONORS (AWARDS AND EXCELLENCE)

1989

B.Sc. with distinction

1993

Gutwirth Scholarship for excellence

1994

Gutwirth Scholarship for special excellence

1995 

Distinguished teaching assistant, Department of Science Education,

Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

2000

Distinguished Lecturer, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

2000 – 2002   

Harry Goldman Academic Lectureship, Canada fund