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Aviram, Roni (Aharon)

Telephone: 972 546316916

Address: Ben Gurion University P.O.B 653 Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel

Organisation/Company:
The Center for Futurism in Education. Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

Position:
Head of the Center

Biography

Roni Aviram is a philosopher of education whose interests focus on the impact of ICT on education and society, and on formulating macro and micro level strategies for the optimization of the impact of ICT on education in light of Humanistic values. Aviram has published articles on these subjects and several books on the desired future of education and ICT-based education. He is the chair of the Center for Futurism in Education at Ben-Gurion University, whose long term goal is to contribute to the design of desired educational futures by way of critically structuring theoretical as well as practical change processes in education, and in particular those that are driven by incorporation of ICT. Aviram has led pioneering Israeli and European projects focused on the “merger” of ICT and education, the radical change of the school, educational systems and higher education, and the formation of virtual lifelong learning environments enhancing human development and flourishing. Aviram’s latest book, Navigating through the Storm: Education in Postmodern Democratic Society, is forthcoming from Sense Publishes.

Publications

Books and Proccedings

Aviram, A & Richardson J. (eds.) (2004) On what does the Turtle Stand: Rethinking Education for the Digital Era, Kluwer Academic Publishers, London

Aviram, A. & Richardson, J. (eds.) (1999), Pedagogical Technology: Guiding Visions for the Twenty First Century, Proceedings of the First Israeli Seminar, Jerusalem, 26-27 July, 1999, The Center For Futurism in Education, Ben-Gurion University, Beer Sheva

Aviram, A. (1999), Navigating Through the Storm – Education in Postmodern Democratic Society, "Futurism in Education" series, Massada, Tel-Aviv (Hebrew)

Academic Papers:

Aviram, A. (1992), "Non-Lococentric Education", Educational Review, 44, 1, pp. 3-17

Aviram, A. (1996), "The Decline of the Modern Paradigm in Education", International Review of Education, 42, 5, pp. 421-443

Aviram, A. (2000), " Beyond Constructivism " Studies in Philosophy and Education , 19, 5/6 pp. 465-489

Aviram, A. (2001), "ICT and Education: From ‘ Computers in the Classroom’ to Critical Adaptation of Educational Systems to the Emerging Cyber Culture," Journal of Educational Change 1,4,pp. 331-352

Aviram, A. (2004) “Introduction: The Widening Void”, in: Aviram, A & Richardson J. (eds.) (2004) On what does the Turtle Stand: Rethinking Education for the Digital Age, Kluwer Academic Publishers, London (Forthcoming).

Aviram, A. (2004)“Why Should Children Go to School?”, in: Aviram, A & Richardson J. (eds.) (2004) On what does the Turtle Stand: an Inquiry into the Aims of tthe Introduction of ICT to Education, Kluwer Academic Publishers, London)

Aviram, A. (2004), "ICT in Education: Should It Necessarily be a Case of the Recurrent Reinvention of the Wheel?" in Hernandez, F., Sancho, J.M., Hargraeves, A., & Goodon, I., (eds.), The Geographics of Educational Change. London: Kluwer