פרופ' עמרם וולנסקי

Email:

amivolan@012.net.il;

amivolan@tauex.tau.ac.il
 

Date and place of birth: March 6, 1947, Israel

 

EDUCATION

1971 – 1974

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS

April 2000           “Globalization of Higher Education” Conference on Higher Education, Capetown

May 2000            Paper presented: “The Opening of the Gates in Israel: Democratization of Higher Education Learning"  an International Conference on Peace Education, Tromso, Norway

April 2001           Chairperson: “From Experiment to Educational Policy: The Transition to School-Based Management and teaching autonomy in Israeli” – Paper presented at an international conference, Israel

April 2001           Chairperson, “School-Based Management”, an International Conference, Israel

October 2004      "Education Leadership in Pluralistic Societies: The Case of Israel" – Paper presented at the CCEAM Conference, Hong Kong

 

June 2005            “Education Strategy for Inclusion Policy of Disadvantaged Youth -
A New Perspectives of the Israeli Case” – Paper presented at the Conference on Quality Education for Children from Socially Disadvantaged Settings, Bratislava

 

January 2007         "School autonomy for school improvement – The case of Israel" Annual World ICSEI Congress, Portoroz, Slovenia.

 

January 2008         "School Improvement and School Partnership:
Who Controls the Pedagogic Agenda? The Case of Israel" Annual World ICSEI Congress, Auckland, New Zealand.

 

May 2008                  "Is there a Need for  a New Paradigm of  Tertiary Education in Israel?", A joint conference of School of Education, Tel Aviv University, Council of Higher Education, Neaman Institute and Sapir Forum.

 

October 2008           "Higher Education Teaching Challenges",  Annual meeting of Scientific Research Forum, Van-leer, Jerusalem

 

February 2010    "International Conference on 1-to-1 in education – Current Practices, International Comparative Research Evidence and Policy Implications. Paper presented: The Case of Israel, Vienna.

 

June 2010            Metal Conference. Paper presented "The contradiction between  academic instruction which encouraging use of ICT and open resources and the lack of a valid system to assess student knowledge thus acquired". Open University, Raanana

 

January 2012      Paper presented: "Towards a learning reform in Israel"  ICSEI conference in Malmo, Sweden

 

July 2012             International Conference on Knowledge and Education Technology, Paris (ICKET 2012)

 

October 2012      2^nd International Conference on Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI 2012) Phnom Penh.

 

January 2013      ICSEI conference in Santiago, Chile

                                   

June 2013            EDEN Annual Conference, The Joy of Learning – Enhancing Learning Experience and Quality. Oslo

 

September 2013 Transforming Challenges into Opportunities, Zug. Swiss

 

January 2019      ICSEI annual conference. Paper presented: "Three waves of education reform 1918-2018", Stavanger, Norway 

 

January 2020      ICSEI annual conference. Paper presented: "Students of Tomorrow, towards a new learning methods in the 21^st Century", Marrakesh

 

 

CHAIRPERSON OF COMMITTEES AND WORKING GROUPS

1993                      Steering Committee on the Transition to School-Based Management

1994-1996            Working group on Master Plan for the Establishment of New Academic Colleges

1999                      Joint MOE and IDF Committee on Improving the Literacy of Youngsters in Israel

2001                      National Committee on “Local Education District” – A Model for Greater Effectiveness and Equality in Education

2001                      Ministry of Education and Universities Joint Committee on Psychometric Testing

2003                      Steering Committee on Unemployment; the Structural Change of the Employment Market and Relevant Education to Face the Transition

2006-2011            Head of the Strategic Planning Committee for Implementation of  "Time to Know"  - A philanthropic initiative for ICT teaching and learning at schools. 

July 2010                  OECD Reviews of Higher Education in Regional and City Development,

Peer Review member – The Galilee in Israel. Submitted to the Council For Higher Education. 

 

June 2012            Chairperson: The contradiction between two pedagogic approaches – What is the desired direction of the Israeli education system? A conference at Tel Aviv University, June 2012

 

May 2017:          Chairperson: Speech, silence and the limits of discourse in the classroom in the Israeli Education System, A discussion day, Tel Aviv University

 

September 2022:  Chairperson: The controversy over the proposals of the Kohelet Forum in the field of education, Van Leer, Jerusalem

 

 

SELECTED LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS

1. Volansky, A. (2003).  The Pendulum Syndrome – Centralisation  and Decentralisation of Education in England and Wales. Ramot, Tel Aviv University, p. 376 (English).

 

2. Volansky, A. (2005).  Academia in a Changing Environment – Higher Edcuation Policy of Israel 1952-2004, Hakibbuts Hameuchad and Neeman Institute, Bney-Brak. p. 422 (Hebrew).

 

3. Volansky, A. (2020): Students of Yesterday, Students of Tomorrow  - Three Waves of educational  Reform, 1918- 2018, Shoken, Tel-Aviv (Hebrew), volume 1, p.289; volume 2 p.273

 

4. Volansky, A. (forthcoming, revised and translated): Three Waves of Educational Reform 1918-2018, Students of Yesterday Students of Tomorrow, Springer. (English)

 

5. Volansky. A. (forthcoming): Israel's Higher Education Policy 2000-2022: Politicization, Science and society, Magnespress, Jerusalem

 

Edited book

1. Volansky, A. & Friedman, A. I. (Eds.) (2003).  School-Based Management – An International Perspective, Ministry of Education, Jerusalem (English and Hebrew), p.376 (English & Hebrew)

 

MONOGRAPHS

1. Volansky, A. (1986).  The Recruitment of Disadvantaged Population to the IDF. The Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies, Jerusalem, p. 29 (Hebrew)
         
2. Volansky, A. (1995). Trends and Reforms  in the U.S. Education System, 1983-1995. MOE, Jerusalem, p. 60 (Hebrew)
              
3. Volansky, A. (1997).   Between Center and Periphery in the Education System of  Canada – Historical background, theoretical paradigms and new dimensions  in the 1990’s. Tel Aviv University, p. 56 (Hebrew)
    
4. Volansky, A. (2000).  Trends Towards the Globalization of Higher Education. MOE, Jerusalem, p.10 (Hebrew)
    
5. Volansky, A. (2001).  Japan – The Characteristics of an Education System That Strives to Academic Excellency and  High Standards. MOE, Jerusalem, p.44 (Hebrew)
    
6. Volansky, A. (2002).  Singapore – To be the First in the World – The Characteristics and the Prices of Becoming a Leading Education System. MOE, Jerusalem, p. 50 (Hebrew)
    
7. Volansky, A.  (2005): Closing the Gap of Educational Disparities in Local Authorities.  A policy paper submitted to the 2^nd Conference on Local Government, Tel Aviv University, p.28 (Hebrew)
    
8. Volansky, A. (2012): After the "lost decade" - where is the higher education in Israel? Taub Center, Jerusalem, p. 56 (Hebrew)
    
9. Limor, N. and Volansky, A. (2013): Processes and Reforms in Higher Education, Civic Responsibility Institute, Or Yehuda p. 58 (Hebrew)

 

REFEREED ARTICLES

 

1. Volansky, A. & Chaut, A. (1976).  Criterion for juvenile delinquents’ recruitment to IDF.  Crime and Social Deviance, Vol. 4 (3), pp. 39-63 (Hebrew),

 

2. Volansky, A.  & Teichman, M. (1983).  Treatment of street gangs: Needs and resources.  Society and Welfare, 5, pp. 63-72 . (Hebrew)

 

3. Volansky, A. (1994).  Individualism, collectivism and market forces in education: Is the social cost necessary?  Megamot, 36 (2-3),  pp. 238-252 (Hebrew).

 

4. Volansky, A.  & Bar-Elli, D. (1995/6).  Towards school based management in Israel.  Educational Leadership, 53(4), pp. 60-63. (English)

 

5. Volansky, A.  (2006). Education leadership in pluralistic societies – The case of Israel International Studies in Educational Administration, Volume 34, Number 1.(English)

 

6. Volansky, A. (2014): The linkage and reciprocal influence between secondary school reform and higher education reform in Israel, Studies in Education, July 9-10 pp.44-87 (Hebrew).

 

7. Volansky, A. (2014): The changing structure of the Israeli education system, New Directions, June, 2014, pp.131-143 (Hebrew).

 

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

 

1. Volansky, A. (1992).  Contradictory and discrepant aspects of competition and choice in relation to ethnic integration in Israel: Policy making to bridge the gap.  In Hans de Frankrijker (Ed.), Education in a Multicultural Society; Research and Practice.  Academic Book Center. (English)

 

2. Volansky, A. (1996). Opening Gates - Democratization of Higher Education, Brands, p. (Ed.), The Third Leap, Ministry of Education, Jerusalem, p. 70. (Hebrew)

 

3. Volansky, A. (1996).  Opening the Gates – Democratization of  Higher Education.  In O. Brandes (Ed.), The Third Phase, Ministry of Education & Culture, Jerusalem, pp. 70-82. (Hebrew)

 

4. Volansky, A. & Habinsky, A. (1998).  The emerging role of school leadership in Israel:  From external to internal locus of control.  In V. Williams , V. (Ed.), New Directions for School Leadership - Conceptual & Practical Issues in School Leadership,  No. 9   Jossey-Bass, USA, pp.87-106.  (English)

 

5. Volansky, A. (1999).  'The dialectic between center and periphery'.  In E.  Peled (Ed.), The Jubilee Book on the Israeli Education System, Defense Ministry, Tel Aviv, pp. 283-300. (Hebrew)

 

6. Horowitz, T. & Volansky, A. (1999).  From university to multiversity - Processes of change in Israeli higher education.  In E. Peled (Ed.), The Jubilee Book on the Israeli Education System, Defense Ministry, Tel Aviv, pp. 911-938. (Hebrew)

 

7. Volansky, A. (2003).  From experiment to educational policy: The transition to school-based management in Israeli schools.  In A. Volansky,  & A. I. Friedman (Eds.)  School-Based Management – An International Perspective, MOE, Jerusalem, pp.217-232. (English & Hebrew)

 

8. Volansky, A. (2004).  School based management – Opportunities and cost.  In R. Erhard, &  A. Klingman (Eds.), School Consultancy in a Society in Transition, Ramot, Tel Aviv University, pp. 85-102. (Hebrew)

 

9. Volansky, A. (2005) 'Breaking the Glass Ceilings: Selected Issues in Education Policy', in Rosental, R. (ed.) The Root of the Matter-  Reconsidering Questions of Nation and Society  Keter, pp. 328-348

 

10. Volansky, A. (2007).  School autonomy for school effectiveness and improvement: The case of Israel.  In T. Townsend (Ed.) International Handbook on School Effectiveness and Improvement, Springer, pp. 351-362. (English)
11. Volansky, A (2009).: Reciprocal relations between higher education and the periphery. In Z. Zameret,  A. Halamish & E. Meir (Eds.), Developing Towns in Israel, Yad Ben-Tsvi, , Jerusalem. (Hebrew)

 

12. Volansky, A. (2011): 'Lack of demand for the teaching profession in Israel - from crisis to challenge: international trends and implications for Israel' from Schatz-Oppenheimer, A. Maskit, d,. And Zilberschartum, S.. (Eds.), To be a teacher, on the path to teaching, exemplary, Tel Aviv. pp. 23-54 (Hebrew)

 

 

 

 

תחומי מחקר: השכלה גבוהה, מדיניות חינוך בישראל, מגמות בין לאומיות של רפורמות בתי ספר בניהול עצמי ובתי"ס אפקטיביים.

 

תחומי הוראה: השכלה גבוהה, מניהול עצמי של בתי ספר ללימוד עצמי

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