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Sigal Achituv

Dr. Sigal Achituv  

E-mail: sigal_a@oranim.ac.il


Dr. Sigal Achituv is the director of the Early Childhood Education Graduate Program in Oranim Academic College. She is a graduate of the first post-doctoral program at the MOFET Institute and teaches in Oranim Academic College in the early childhood education (ECE) first degree and master's degree departments. Her courses deal with a variety of topics related to Israeli ECE, for example: Israel's Educational Policy in ECE. Her studies deal with Israeli ECE educators' identity concerning changes that are taking place in ECE in Israel and around the world.

Between 1995-2013 Sigal served as a Supervisor of State Kindergarten teachers in the Ministry of Education of Israel. She was in charge of 150 kindergarten teachers in nine different authorities in the Northern Region of Israel, including towns, small towns, local councils and regional councils.

The job comprised the following major responsibilities:


Since 2018 Sigal is editing a book together with a colleague named: The Case of Early Childhood Jewish Education: American and Israeli Perspectives on Multiculturalism, Constructivism and Gender. The book seeks to explore the fundamental questions of what is the meaning of early childhood Jewish education in the context of some of today’s burning societal and moral issues. This book represents the on-going fruits of collaboration of a group of American and Israeli researchers who have worked together since 2010 under the name of the International Research Group on Jewish Education in the Early Years. The group was originally organized as a partnership between The Center for Jewish Education at the University of Haifa and the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute from 2010-2013 and has continued since under the auspices of the University of Haifa. Some of the group’s collaborative projects have included a publish article on teacher attitudes towards inclusion in the early childhood Jewish classroom, a research workshop, and multiple presentations at international conferences.

Selected publications on Jewish Education