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Science education and health/environment education – Teaching practices, digital technologies and AI – University pedagogy and professionalization of the teacher-researcher – Curriculum analysis and educational policies
Born in Ersal, 1965
Scientific Qualifications
- PhD in Didactics from Paris 7 University in 1995;
- Master in Didactics from Paris 7 University in 1991;
- Bachelor in Biology of Organisms and Population from Paris 6 University in 1990.
Professional Career
- Lecturer at the Faculty of Pedagogy of the Lebanese University in 1996.
- Director of the Center for Pedagogical Studies and Research (CERP) at the Faculty of Pedagogy of the Lebanese University since 2018.
- Head of the Department of Science & Math Education at the Faculty of Pedagogy (Branch 1) of the Lebanese University between 2009 and 2011.
- Coordinator of the Master’s program “Biology Teaching” at the Faculty of Pedagogy of the Lebanese University between 2008 and 2011.
- General coordinator of research laboratories at the Doctoral School of Literature, Humanities & Social Sciences of the Lebanese University between 2011 and 2013.
- Coordinator of the research team of the Faculty of Pedagogy at the Doctoral School of Literature, Humanities & Social Sciences of the Lebanese University between 2013 and 2018.
- Member of the Scientific Council of the Doctoral School of Literature, Humanities & Social Sciences of the Lebanese University since 2018.
- Head of the Scientific Committee of the Journal of Educational Research at the Faculty of Pedagogy of the Lebanese University between 2015 and 2018.
- Member of specialized technical committees for the evaluation of new university programs at the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEHE);
- Representative of the Lebanese University within the Higher Education Policy Committee of the Association of Universities of Lebanon (UAOLB).
- Member of the Research and Development Office at the Lebanese University.
- Coordinator of the National Educational Research and Innovation Think Tank at the Center for Educational Research and Development.
- Representative of the Faculty of Pedagogy within the Planning Committee for the Development of General Education Programs in Lebanon at the Center for Educational Research and Development (CERD).
- Representative of the Faculty of Pedagogy (Lebanese University) within the UNITWIN/UNESCO network – Teacher training for sustainable science.
- Representative of the Faculty of Pedagogy (Lebanese University) for the World Bank project “Research for Results” (R4R).
- Coordinator of the Lebanese team in the European project (FP6 CT - CIT2 - BIOHEAD Citizen FP6).
- Project leader for AUF PCSI research consortia (projects on citizenship in science education and innovation in university methodology training).
- Project leader for Franco-Lebanese research projects PHC-CEDRE (projects on science teachers’ practices, university pedagogy and educational technologies).
- Representative of the Directorate General of Higher Education (MEHE) for EU capacity-building projects Tempus & Erasmus+ (ADIP, E-TALEB, RESUME).
- Supervisor of a number of research projects for doctoral dissertations and master's theses.
- member of approximately 40 doctoral and master's defense committees.
- Peer reviewer for the journal Recherches en Didactique des Sciences et des Technologies (RDST) and for conferences of the European Science Education Research Association (ESERA).
- Coordinator and organizer of the annual conferences of the Center for Pedagogical Studies and Research.
- Certification in External Quality Assurance in Higher Education, International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP-UNESCO), in collaboration with the MEHE.
- Author of +30 papers published in scientific conferences and journals on life sciences education, university professor professional development and its research field “Higher Education”.