Tom Bielik (born November 18, 1978) is a senior lecturer at Beit Berl College,Israel.[1]. His research focuses on science education and science teacher training.

Bielik received his PhD at the Department of Science Teaching in the Weizmann Institute of Science[2]. He was a post-doctoral researcher at CREATE for STEM Institute in Michigan State University, Michigan, USA. Bielik was also a research assistant at the Biology Didactics Department in Freie Universität Berlin, Germany[3].

Bielik's studies focus on supporting students' modeling practices[4], and the development of teachers' and students' metamodeling knowledge[5], systems thinking[6], and critical thinking[7]. He specialises in teaching and learning of inquiry[8] and Project-Based Learning[9]pedagogies. Bielik also engages in science communication and published several articles for the general public[10]

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  1. ^ "המכללה האקדמית בית ברל".
  2. ^ https://weizmann.esploro.exlibrisgroup.com/esploro/outputs/doctoral/Characterizing-the-teaching-and-learning-of-inquiry-in-the-Bio-Tech-program-for-high-school-biotechnology-majors/993228086703596
  3. ^ "Rising Star Fellows 2019". 24 September 2020.
  4. ^ Bielik, Tom; Opitz, Sebastian; Novak, Ann (2018). "Supporting Students in Building and Using Models: Development on the Quality and Complexity Dimensions". Education Sciences. 8 (3): 149. doi:10.3390/educsci8030149.
  5. ^ Bielik, Tom; Fonio, Ehud; Feinerman, Ofer; Duncan, Ravit Golan; Levy, Sharona T. (2021). "Working Together: Integrating Computational Modeling Approaches to Investigate Complex Phenomena". Journal of Science Education and Technology. 30 (1): 40–57. Bibcode:2021JSEdT..30...40B. doi:10.1007/s10956-020-09869-x. S2CID 254738930.
  6. ^ Bielik, Tom; Jagemann, Johannes; Krell, Moritz; Krüger, Dirk; Ben Zvi Assaraf, Orit (2023). "Using concept maps to evaluate preservice biology teachers' conceptualization of COVID-19 as a complex phenomenon". Frontiers in Education. 8. doi:10.3389/feduc.2023.1107000.
  7. ^ Bielik, Tom; Krüger, Dirk (2022). "Perceived relevance of critical thinking aspects for biology graduate students". Journal of Biological Education: 1–16. doi:10.1080/00219266.2022.2026806. S2CID 246892095.
  8. ^ Bielik, Tom; Yarden, Anat (2016). "Promoting the asking of research questions in a high-school biotechnology inquiry-oriented program" (PDF). International Journal of Stem Education. 3. doi:10.1186/s40594-016-0048-x.
  9. ^ Bielik, Tom; Finnie, Kellie; Peek-Brown, Deborah; Klager, Chris; Touitou, Israel; Schneider, Barbara; Krajcik, Joseph (2022). "High School Teachers' Perspectives on Shifting towards Teaching NGSS-Aligned Project Based Learning Curricular Units". Journal of Science Teacher Education. 33 (4): 413–434. Bibcode:2022JSTEd..33..413B. doi:10.1080/1046560X.2021.1961973. S2CID 239312884.
  10. ^ https://davidson.weizmann.ac.il/en/authors/%D7%93%D7%A8-%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%9D-%D7%91%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A7