Notes on Contributors
Ina Baratashvili
is English language teacher in courses on general and academic level at Tiblisi State University, Georgia. She participated in Erasmus+ projects (DOIT, CURE, ASSET). Her fields of interest are teaching/assessment methodologies. She is the author of textbooks for young learners.
Marco Brighenti
has been departmental administrator in the Academic Center for Education for New Arrivals and Travellers’ Children (CASNAV) for the past ten years. He taught French in Laos and history, geography, and citizenship education in a suburb of Paris.
Frédérique Brossard Børhaug
is Professor of Education at VID Specialized University and NLA University College, Norway. Her research deals with intercultural and anti-racist education for promoting more inclusive educational practices for all in respect with the nature/biodiversity.
Panagiota Christodoulou
is a PhD candidate at the Department of Primary Education at the University of Western Macedonia, Greece, and Vice-Secretary of the AVaKE-Association. Her interest is on initiating conceptual change through exploitation of innovative approaches, e.g., VaKE.
Rebecca Cooper
is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education, Monash University, Australia. Her research interests include considering how science teachers and science teacher educators develop pedagogical knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge throughout their career.
Veronica Crosbie
is Assistant Professor in Migration, and Intercultural Studies in Dublin City University. She is the Director of the DCU University of Sanctuary Mellie programme and is currently Chairperson of the Universities of Sanctuary Ireland Committee.
Julie Daniel
is a PhD candidate and scholarship holder in Dublin City University. Her research focuses on storytelling to promote social inclusion for forced migrants. She is also the coordinator of the DCU University of Sanctuary Mellie programme.
Natascha Diekmann
is a PhD candidate at the Department of Educational Research at Paris-Lodron University Salzburg, Austria. Her scientific focus is on education for sustainable development (master thesis at the University of Bielefeld, Germany) and adding values to sustainability education (dissertation).
Jimena Andino Dorato
is Certified Coach (ICF), Certified Mediator and Master in Business Law, France. In four countries and four languages she has combined her coaching approach with her passion for sharing knowledge, accompanying leaders, students, and migrants in their intercultural journey.
Rachel Eichler
is Senior Lecturer, and Director of vision therapy clinics at Hadassah Academic College, Israel. Her research interests are on Optometric education, specifically active learning, and reflective practices. She has gained diverse experience teaching with VaKE.
Liat Eyal
is Senior Lecturer at Levinsky College of Education, Israel. Her focus is on educational innovation, hybrid pedagogy and learning technologies in higher education. She directs a program for academic digital leadership and learning design.
Grazia Ghellini
is free-lance Intercultural Communication Trainer and instructor in France. She is currently teaching Business Ethics at the Montpellier Business School, and Interactive Pedagogies and English as a Medium of Instruction at the University of Montpellier, France.
Helga Bjørke Harnes
is Assistant Professor in the social sciences, and PhD-student in teacher education at NLA University College, Norway. Research interests are intercultural education, Values and Knowledge Education (VaKE), and the concept of ‘historical empathy’ in educational practices.
Mariam Kilanava
is affiliate Associate professor at European University, Georgia. She was the Head of the Innovative Teaching Methods Training Center. She is a trainer on the innovative teaching/assessing methods in higher education and works at the International Students Admission Office.
Bénédicte Legué
has worked as a manager in the creative industries as well as a teacher and trainer in intercultural studies. She publishes scientific articles on intercultural professional and psychosocial practices.
Lydia Linortner
is a PhD candidate at Paris-Lodron University Salzburg, Austria, and member of the current AVaKE Executive Committee. She combined VaKE with the Tact approach and implemented VaKE in several fields (curriculum for the hearing impaired, training of optometrists and other health care professionals, Teacher Manual for Israeli universities).
Karen Marangio
is Lecturer in the Faculty of Education, Monash University, Australia. Her research relates to science education, including developing pre-service teacher pedagogical knowledge and teaching science in integrated ways to explore its value, complexity, and relevance in society.
Tamar Meirovitz
is Lecturer and teacher educator at Beit Berl College and Mofet R & D Institute, coordinator of Erasmus+ project CURE at David Yellin College, all in Israel. Her research interests are mentorship, dilemmas in teacher education, educational leadership, and digital instruction.
Tamar Mosiashvili
is researcher and Invited Lecturer at the Innovative Education Research Center of Ilia State University, Georgia. As a former high school teacher, she is interested in researching, writing and teaching about connections between settings in teacher policies and practices in schools.
Martina Nussbaumer
is a PhD candidate and former scientific assistant in a research project on VaKE at Paris-Lodron University Salzburg, Austria. Her research interest is on constructivist teaching and learning, moral development, and moral action.
Jean-Luc Patry
is University Emeritus Professor at Paris-Lodron University Salzburg, Austria. He is a founding member of the Association for Values and Knowledge Education (AVaKE). His research fields include moral education; social interaction in education, particularly situation specificity; theory of science; theory-practice relationship; research methods, etc.
Izabella Petriashvili
is Associate Professor, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia. She was Fulbright Visiting Scholar at North Eastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL, USA. Her research interests are on English language teaching methodology, online teaching, and Values and Knowledge Education.
Dimitris Pnevmatikos
is Professor of Developmental Psychology at the University of Western Macedonia, Greece. He is a founding member and currently the President of the Association for Values and Knowledge Education (AVaKE). His research interests include among others moral development and education, conceptual change, and values education.
Evanna Ratner
is Professor at Gordon Academic College, Haifa University, Israel. She is head of the Film and Media Studies at the Arts Department in the Ministry of Education in Israel; involved in teacher preparation and media literacy; and an expert in “Dialogue through Media” and Peace Education.
Alexandra Reichenwallner
studied at Paris-Lodron University Salzburg and University College of Education of the Diocese of Linz, Austria. She is specialist in social science research methods; teacher for children with special needs; currently working at a primary school and teaching children in the German support class.
Roxana G. Reichman
is Senior Lecturer at Gordon Academic College, Israel, head of the MEd Department of Educational Administration and Organization, and head of the program for retraining academics to teaching. She is an expert in educational administration and comparative education.
Ekaterine Shaverdashvili
is Professor of Education at Ilia State University, Georgia, and head of the Innovative Educational Research Center. She worked as the director of the Research Centre for Language Didactics and as an expert in the department of the National Curriculum in the Ministry of Education, Georgia.
Mirjam Tonheim Augestad
is Assistant Professor of Nursing at VID Specialized University, Norway. Her research focus is on the impact of chatbots and artificial intelligence to provide information for patients within cancer care.
Alfred Weinberger
is Professor in Education at Linz, Austria. He studied educational research at Paris-Lodron University Salzburg, Austria, and habilitated at the University of Leipzig, Germany. His research focus is on moral education, constructivist learning and teaching, and teacher education.
Sieglinde Weyringer
is founder and current general secretary of the AVaKE Association, retired Senior Lecturer at the Department of Educational Research at Paris-Lodron University Salzburg, Austria. Her interests are in research and practice of values and citizenship education, high ability studies, and organizational development.