Aviv J. Sharon, Ph.D., is a research fellow at the Faculty of Education in Science and Technology at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, co-advised by Dr. Einat Heyd-Metzuyanim and Prof. Ayelet Baram-Tsabari.
His current research focuses on (1) assessing dialogical engagement in the mathematics classroom and beyond; (2) understanding the relationship between the public understanding of math and school mathematics education; and (3) comparing the quality of scientific information available to internet users in English, Hebrew and Arabic.
His Ph.D. work characterized how laypeople and experts communicate with each other on online Q&A platforms, and drew novel connections between science communication, science education, and epistemic education.
Aviv holds a B.Sc. (cum laude) in Biology (2011) and a B.Sc.Ed in Science Education from the Technion (2012), as well as an M.Sc. in Life Sciences from the Weizmann Institute of Science (2015). He has also taught biology at a public high school in Haifa, Israel, and has co-designed and co-taught university-level classes about research methods and socio-scientific issues.
Aviv’s personal website is available at avivsharon.com, and an abridged publication list can be found on his ORCID profile.