CURRICULUM VITAE
Ms. Yael Sharan
2 Hashomer St.
Ramat Hasharon
47209 Israel
Google site: https://sites.google.com/site/yaelsharancooperativelearning
Education
1997-1998 M.O.F.E.T. Institute, Levinsky Teachers’ College, Tel Aviv, non-
matriculated graduate course in interdisciplinary curriculum
design.
1984, 1993 Business school, Tel Aviv University, non-matriculated graduate courses in the design of planned change.
1982 School of Management, Yale University, non-matriculated graduate courses in the design of planned change.
1965 M.A. Remedial Reading, City College, New York, NY.
1961 B.A. Child Psychology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
1954 Elementary school teaching license, Israel
Experience
1985 to date In-service and pre-service training workshops for teachers and
teacher trainers in Cooperative Learning, in various countries
(see below)
2003- 2006 Consultant, Educational Improvement Project,
Ministry of Education, Lithuania
1996 - 2000 Lecturer, Talpiot Teachers College, Tel Aviv, Israel
Cooperative learning
1996 - 1998 Inservice trainer and facilitator, cooperative interdisciplinary investigation project, Amal
Vocational High School, Tiberius, Israel
1992 - 1993 Curriculum developer, NASDC project, Roots and Wings, Center for Research on
Effective Schooling, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
1990 - 2002 National coordinator of teacher training and implementation, Hebrew teaching
project in Israel Arab schools, Israel Educational Television Center
1988 -1990 Trainer of facilitators for site-based management, Ministry of Education, Israel
1982 – 1999 National coordinator of inservice training and coach
of facilitators for Bli Sodot, beginning reading
program, Israel Educational Television
1980 - 1981 Teacher trainer and facilitator, cooperative learning project in junior high
schools, Department of Education, Tel Aviv University
1979 Tutor, Everyman’s University, developmental and remedial reading, Tel Aviv University
1977 – 1979 Coordinator and co-instructor, courses for training cooperative learning
facilitators, Israel Educational Television
1975 – 1979 National coordinator, preservice and inservice teacher training in cooperative learning, Israel Educational Television
1973 - 1988 Lecturer, Kibbutzim Teachers College, Tel Aviv
Subjects: Developmental and remedial reading; cooperative learning
1972 Title 1 remedial reading teacher, Mtn. View High School
Reading Laboratory, Mtn. View, CA
1967 – 1971 Consultant and supervisor, remedial reading, Kibbutzim Child Guidance Clinic, Tel Aviv
1966 – 1971 National consultant, corrective reading project, Ministry of Education, Israel
1962 – 1965 Elementary school teacher, Ramaz Lower School, New York, NY
1954 – 1956 Elementary school teacher, Israel
Study Residence
1998 Rockefeller Foundation Study Center, Bellagio, Italy
Publications
Sharan, Y. (forthcoming). What cooperative learning contributes to the intercultural
classroom, Intercultural Education and Competences for the Global World, NY: Routledge.
Sharan, Y. (forthcoming). Meaningful learning in the co-operative classroom, In Education 3-
13: International Journal of Primary, Elementary and Early Years Education.
Sharan, Y. (2014). Editorial. Intercultural Education.25,3: 175-178.
Sharan, Y. (2014). Learning to cooperate for cooperative learning. Anales de Psicología,
Murcia, Spain: University of Murcia, 802-807.
Sharan, S. , Sharan, Y. & Tan, I. G. (2013). The Group Investigation approach to
cooperative learning, In C. E. Hmelo-Silver, A. M. O’Donnell, C. Chan, &
C. Chinn, (Eds.), The International Handbook of Collaborative Learning, NY: Taylor & Francis, 351-369.
Sharan, Y. 2012 a. From the journals, to the field and back. IASCE Newsletter, 31, 1,
15-16
Sharan, Y. 2012b. What we can learn from the history of cooperative learning. In:
Annette Hildebrand Jensen, ed., Perspektiver pa Cooperative Learning.
Dafolo, Denmark, 43-46. (Danish).
Sharan, Y. (2010) Cooperative learning: A diversified pedagogy for the
diverse classroom, Intercultural Education, 21, 3, 195-203.
Sharan, Y. (2010) Cooperative learning: un approccio pedagogico
diversitificato per classi etterogenee, (Cooperative learning: a diversified pedagogy for the diverse classroom), in Francesca Gobbo (Ed), Cooperative Learning nelle Società Multiculturali: Riflessioni Critiche, pp. 23-38.
Milano, Unicopli.
Sharan, Y. 2010. Cooperative learning for academic and social gains:
valued pedagogy, problematic practice, European Journal of
Education, 45, 300–313.
Sharan, Y. 2006. Why do teachers begin at the top? IASCE Newsletter,
25, 3.
Sharan, Y. 2006. Strengthening ties between IASCE and new members:
What I learned from the Forum series. IASCE Newsletter, 25, 1.
Sharan, Y. 2002. Essential features of a teacher education programme for
cooperative learning. Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 22, 1, 68-74.
Sharan, Y. 2001. Have cooperative learning – will travel. IASCE Newsletter,
20, 2.
Sharan, Y. 1998. Enriching the group and the investigation in the intercultural
classroom. European Journal of Intercultural Education.
9, 2, 133-140.
Sharan, Y. 1996.. Around the Mediterranean: Teachers’ guide. Tel Aviv: Center for Educational
Technology.
Sharan, Y. et al 1995. Alternative teaching methods in preservice teacher training: Handbook
for teacher trainers. Tel Aviv: M.O.F.E.T.
Sharan, Y. 1995. Music of many voices: Group investigation in a cooperative
high school classroom. In J. Pederson and A. Digby, (Eds.), Cooperative learning in the secondary school: Theory and practice , 313-339. NY: Garland.
Sharan, Y. and Sharan, S. 1994. Group investigation in the cooperative classroom. In S. Sharan,
(Ed.), Handbook of cooperative learning methods (pp. 97-114). NY: Greenwood.
Sharan, Y. and Sharan, S.1994. What do we want to study? How should we go about it? Group
investigation in the cooperative social studies classroom. In R. Stahl, (Ed.), Cooperative learning in the social studies: A handbook (pp.257-276). Menlo Park, CA: Addison Wesley.
Sharan, Y. and Sharan, S. 1992. Expanding cooperative learning through group investigation. NY: Teachers College Press.
Italian edition, 1998, Erickson Edizioni.
Japanese edition, 2001, Kitaohji Shobo.
Sharan, S. and Sharan, Y. 1991. Cooperative learning: Changing teachers’ instructional
methods. In N. Wyner, (Ed.), Current perspectives on the culture of schools. (pp. 143-
164). Brookline, MA: Brookline Books.
Sharan, Y. 1990. Group investigation: expanding cooperative learning. In M. Brubacher, R.
Payne, and K. Rickett (Eds.), Perspectives on small group
learning: Theory and practice (pp. 165-184). Oakville, Ontario:Rubicon.
Sharan, Y. and Sharan, S. 1989. Group investigation expands cooperative learning. Educational
Leadership, 47, 4, 17-21.
Sharan, Y. and Sharan, S. 1987. Training teachers for cooperative learning. Educational
Leadership, 45, 3, 18-26.
Reprinted in D. Beach (Ed.), Programs and procedures in supervision. Needham Heights,
MA: Ginn.
Sharan, S., Kussell, P., Hertz-Lazarowitz, R., Bejerano, Y., Sharan, Y. 1985. Cooperative
learning effects on ethnic relations and achievement in Israeli
junior high school classrooms. In R. Slavin, S. Sharan, S. Kagan,
C. Webb, R. Hertz-Lazarowitz, and R. Schmuck (Eds.), Learning to
cooperate, cooperating to learn (pp. 313-344). NY: Plenum.
Sharan, S., Kussell, P., Hertz-Lazarowitz, R., Bejerano, Y., Raviv, S., Sharan, Y. 1984.
Cooperative learning in the classroom: Research in desegregated schools . Hillsdale, NJ:
Erlbaum.
Sharan, Y. 1981. Training and implementation of cooperative learning project. In S. Sharan
& R. Hertz-Lazarowitz, Eds. Changing schools: The small group teaching project in Israel (pp. 81-111). Tel Aviv: Ramot-Tel Aviv University Press.
Sharan, S. and Sharan, Y. 1974. Small group teaching. Tel Aviv: Schocken. Second
Hebrew edition, revised, 1975. Third printing, 1978.
English edition, 1976, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Educational Technology
German edition, 1976, Stuttgart: Ernst Klett Verlag.
Sharan, S. and Sharan, Y. 1968. The psychology and remediation of learning disabilities Tel
Aviv: Sifriat Hapoalim. Second revised edition, 1971. Third printing, 1975. Fourth printing, 1978. (Hebrew).
Sharan, Y. 1973. Screening test for perceptual problems in reading. Tel Aviv:
Sifriat Hapoalim. (Hebrew).
Sharan, Y. 1971. Multisensory methods of remediation: Fernald and Lehtinen.
Child Development. 1, pp. 57-62 (Hebrew).
Sharan, Y. 1970. Gillingham’s phonic method of remedial reading. Child
Development. 1, pp. 42-46 (Hebrew).
Affiliations
International Association for the Study of Cooperation in Education (currently Board Secretary)
International Association for Intercultural Education
Cooperative Learning Workshops for Teachers and Teacher Trainers
1985 Int’l. Federation of English Teachers conference, Ottawa, Canada
1986-87 Kyrene School District, Kyrene, Arizona
1991, 96 Bangkok, Thailand, under the auspices of Princess Dusdi Paribatra
1994 National Dep’t. of Education, Helsinki, Finland
1996 University of Miami, Columbus, Ohio
1997 National Dep’t of Education, Helsinki, Finland
1997, 98 University of Trento, Italy, Dep’t. of Sociology; CL and GI
1998, 99 Dep’t. of Education, Udine, Italy
1999 Union of Catholic Teachers, Vicenza, Italy
1999 Dep’t. of Education, Genoa, Italy
1999 Dep’t. of Education, Macerata, Italy
1999 Finnish Institute, Jerusalem, Israel
2000 Dep’t. of Education, Monselice, Italy
2000 National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological
University, Singapore
2001 Dep’t. of Education, Finale Ligure, Italy
2002- 06 Teacher trainers in the Educational Improvement Project, Ministry of Education,
Lithuania
2002 Center for School Development, University of Helsinki, Finland
2007 University of Venice, Italy – workshop for teachers of EFL
2007 TESOL- Rome, Italy
2008 Center for Teacher Training, Vilnius, Lithuania
2008 CESEDI (teacher training institute), Torino, Italy
2008 Hong Kong Institute of Education
2008 Santander, Spain – summer course on CL
2010 University College Lillebaelt (Teachers’ Center), Vejle,
Denmark, teacher trainers for CL
2011 Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Campus
Tijuana, Ensenada, Mexicali, Mexico
2011 University of Geneva, Switzerland – Workshop on Designing a CL task
2012 University of Padua, Italy; CL and Group Investigation for teachers
2013 SNDT College, Pune, India; Modern College, Pune, India; Ashoka College,
Nashik, India – CL workshops for teacher trainers for CL
2014 University of Hidalgo, Pachuca, Mexico, Internationalization Program – lecture
and 2-day workshop on CL
2014 University of Hidalgo, Pachuca, Mexico, English Teaching Dep't. – lecture
and 3-day workshop on CL and ELL
Conferences
1979 International Association for the Study of Cooperation in Education (IASCE)
conference, Tel Aviv
1982 IASCE conference, Brigham Young University, Utah; workshop on group investigation
- IASCE conference, Pasadena, California; workshop on group investigation
1988 IASCE conference, Tel Aviv, Israel - workshop on group investigation
1990 IASCE conference, Baltimore, Maryland; workshop on group investigation
1992 ASCD conference, Orlando, Florida; workshop on group investigation
1992 Frontiers of Cooperative Learning Conference, Dep’t. of Education, New
Brunswick, New Jersey; workshop on group investigation
1992 IASCE conference, Utrecht, Holland; workshop on group investigation
1993 IASCE conference, Toronto, Canada; workshop on group investigation
1994 IASCE conference, Portland, Oregon; workshop on group investigation
1996 IASCE conference, Columbus, Ohio; workshop on group investigation
1997 IASCE and IAIE (Int’l. Assoc. for Intercultural Education) conference, Sodertalje, Sweden
1999 Special Ed. Conference, Torino, Italy: paper on CL and Special Education
2002 IASCE conference, Manchester, England; workshops on CL and on teacher
training for CL
2003 University of Nicosia, Cyprus, CL conference - paper on teacher training for CL
2005, 2006 Center for Intercultural Studies, University of Verona, Italy; workshop on CL
2004 IASCE conference, National Institute of Education, Nanyang
Technological University, Singapore; week long workshop on group investigation
2007 LEND conference, Language Teachers' Association, Bologna, Italy –
paper on CL and language learning
2008 IASCE conference, Torino, Italy; Keynote address: CL and the
Intercultural Classroom
2008 Teach First conference, London, England - workshop on CL
2008 IASCE conference, Nagoya, Japan - Keynote address: CL and the Intercultural
Classroom
2009 LAPSA (Latvian CL association) conference, University of Riga, Latvia - Keynote
address: Teacher Training for CL
2009 IAIE-IASCE conference, Athens, Greece; paper on teacher
training for CL
2009 ETF conference, Torino, Italy – paper on promises and problems of CL
2010 IASCE conference, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia;
workshops on CL and teacher training for CL
2010 University of Nicosia, Cyprus – 2-day workshop on CL
2011 University College Lillebaelt, Nyborg, Denmark, conference for teacher
trainers for CL - 2-day workshop on CL and teacher training for CL
2011 IAIE-IASCE conference, Xalapa, Mexico – CL Strand coordinator and workshop
facilitator
2012 University of Trento, Italy, Conference on CL project; paper on problems and promise
of CL and paper on CL in the Intercultural classroom
2013 IAIE & Centre for Intercultural Studies, Verona, Italy – CL and the Intercultural
Classroom
2013 IASCE conference, University of Hull, Scarborough, England – workshop on CL
and the Intercultural Classroom; workshop on CL and Group Investigation
2015 IASCE conference, University College Lillebaelt, Odense, Denmark -