The Center for Jewish and Democratic Education
Center Members
Tal Nir
E-mail: talnirr@gmail.com
I am a PhD student at the Department of Leadership and Policy in Education. In my PhD dissertation I explore cultural and religious aspects in the realization of children's right to participation in student and youth councils.
I also work as a Guidance and Projects Coordinator at the Upper Galilee Regional Council, Department of Non-Formal Education.
Publications:
Articles:
Nir, T. & Perry-Hazan, L. (2016). The Framed Right to Participate in Municipal Youth Councils and Its Educational Impact. 69 Children and Youth Services Review 174-183.
ניר, ט' ופרי-חזן, ל' (בדפוס). 'אנחנו לא יוצרים סיטואציה שתגרום לנו להתנגדות': מסגור הזכות להשתתפות במועצות נוער ברשויות מקומיות בישראל ,עיונים במנהל וארגון החינוך.
Presentations:
2016- "As Adults? The Right to Participate in Municipal Youth Councils in Israel", in the conference "Children advising in studies concerning children's rights: A methodological discussion" (Law & Education Forum, Faculty of Law and Faculty of Education, University of Haifa).
2016- Participation in a panel titled "Research with children on children's rights: Interdisciplinary perspectives and the usage of empiric tools," in a conference of the Israeli Law and Society Association titled "Law and Society: Interdisciplinary Aspects" (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel).
2016- "As Adults? The Right to Participate in Municipal Youth Councils in Israel", the Upper Galilee Regional Council Statutory Educational committee, Israel.
2016- “We know the clear limits: the confined right to participate in municipal youth councils and its educational impacts", in the annual conference of the European Educational Research Association (Dublin University College, Dublin, Ireland).
2016- “We know the clear limits: the confined right to participate in municipal youth councils and its educational impacts", in the annual conference of the Association of Moral Education (Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA, USA).
2017- “We know the clear limits: the confined right to participate in municipal youth councils and its educational impacts", in the annual conference of the Israeli Association of Comparative Education (University of Haifa, Israel).
Awards
2016: M.A., Dean’s honor student for advanced studies, University of Haifa.
2014-2015: Recipient of two advanced studies scholarships from University of Haifa awarded on basis of academic merit