Dina Feitelson ( he, דינה פייטלסון), also known as Dina Feitelson-Schur ( he, דינה פייטלסון-שור) (born 1926; died 1992), was an Israeli educator and scholar in the field of reading acquisition.

Biography

Dina Schur was born in 1926 in

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, and emigrated to Mandate Palestine in 1934. She studied in the Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium in the 32nd class, which graduated in 1944. After graduating she studied philosophy in the

Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...

. Her studies were interrupted by

1948 Arab–Israeli War The 1948 (or First) Arab–Israeli War was the second and final stage of the 1948 Palestine war. It formally began following the end of the British Mandate for Palestine at midnight on 14 May 1948; the Israeli Declaration of Independence had ...

. During the war she suffered a severe head injury. After graduating she worked as an elementary school teacher and later as an inspector for the Ministry of Education. In parallel she also embarked upon an academic career, initially in the

. Then, in 1973, she accepted a post at the

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 Is ...

, where she became a professor of

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. She continued to work there till her death in 1992.

Awards and recognition

In 1953, Feitelson was awarded the

Israel Prize The Israel Prize ( he, פרס ישראל; ''pras israél'') is an award bestowed by the State of Israel, and regarded as the state's highest cultural honor. History The Israel Prize is awarded annually, on Israeli Independence Day, in a state cer ...

, in its inaugural year, in the field of

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for her work on causes of failure in first grade children. She was the first woman to receive this prize, and also the youngest recipient ever (she was aged 27). Shortly before her death, Feitelson was inducted to the International Reading Association's Reading Hall of Fame. In 1997, the International Reading Association established the

Dina Feitelson Research Award The Dina Feitelson Research Award is an award established in 1997 by the International Reading Association to honor the memory of Dina Feitelson, the Israeli educator, who died in 1992. Criteria for award The award recognizes an outstanding empiri ...

, to honour the memory of Dina Feitelson by recognizing an outstanding empirical study published in English in a referred journal. The work should report on one or more aspects of literacy acquisition, such as phonemic awareness, the alphabetic principle, bilingualism, or cross-cultural studies of beginning reading.

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Research Prize by the International Literacy Association (previously the International Reading Association) in honour of Dina FeitelsonJudges Rationale for Award of Israel Prize (in Hebrew)
on University of Haifa Faculty website {{DEFAULTSORT:Feitelson, Dina Austrian emigrants to Mandatory Palestine Austrian Jews Austrian educators Austrian women educators Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni Israel Prize in education recipients Israel Prize women recipients 20th-century Israeli Jews Israeli people wounded in the 1947–1949 Palestine war Israeli educators Israeli women educators Jewish educators Jews in Mandatory Palestine University of Haifa faculty 1926 births 1992 deaths Israeli female military personnel

Biography

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