Dr. Ilana Paul-Binyamin (Hebrew: ד"ר אילנה פאול-בנימין) is an Israeli academic and current Dean of the Faculty of Education at

Beit Berl College Beit Berl College is a multi-disciplinary academic college for higher education located in Beit Berl in the Sharon region of Israel. It is one of the oldest colleges in Israel. The college grants undergraduate degrees (B.Ed and B.Ed.F.A.) and g ...

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

. Paul-Binyamin is an expert on

Multiculturalism The term multiculturalism has a range of meanings within the contexts of sociology, political philosophy, and colloquial use. In sociology and in everyday usage, it is a synonym for " ethnic pluralism", with the two terms often used interchang ...

in education.

Education

Paul-Binyamin graduated from

with a Bachelors of Education in 1989. She received her Masters from

Bar-Ilan University Bar-Ilan University (BIU, he, אוניברסיטת בר-אילן, ''Universitat Bar-Ilan'') is a public research university in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel. Established in 1955, Bar Ilan is Israel's second-largest academi ...

Department of Informal Education in 1997, and received her PhD in 2006 from

University of Haifa The University of Haifa ( he, אוניברסיטת חיפה Arabic: جامعة حيفا) is a university located on Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel. Founded in 1963, the University of Haifa received full academic accreditation in 1972, becoming ...

’s Department of Sociology and Anthropology. Paul-Binyamin's research focuses on

Education in Israel The education system in Israel consists of three tiers: primary education (grades 1–6, approximately ages 6–12), middle school (grades 7–9, approximately ages 12–15) and high school (grades 10–12, approximately ages 15–19). Compulsory ...

. Her areas of expertise includes shared society in Israel, multicultural education,

education policy Education policy consists of the principles and policy decisions that influence the field of education, as well as the collection of laws and rules that govern the operation of education systems. Education governance may be shared between the local ...

, and qualitative research methods. She has published numerous papers on these topics, ranging from religious students in public-sector colleges, to bilingual schools in divided societies.

Beit Berl College

In 2019, Paul-Binyamin was appointed the Dean of the Faculty of Education at Beit Berl College, where she was a senior lecturer since 2017. She has also served as a lecturer at

Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv University (TAU) ( he, אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת תֵּל אָבִיב, ''Universitat Tel Aviv'') is a public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel. With over 30,000 students, it is the largest university in the country. Locate ...

. Paul-Binyamin co-directed the Center for Education for Shared Society at Beit Berl College along with Mary Copti until she became Dean of the College in 2019. The goal of the Center is to change the way Israeli teachers see the society and teach their students. Students learn about the socio-economic makeup of Jews and Arabs in Israel and the dynamics of minority-majority relations, and how to talk about and teach these topics.

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