Prof. Nir Madjar
The Educational Counseling Program
School of Education
Bar-Ilan University
Ramat-Gan 5290002
Israel
Office: +972 3531 7105
Psychologist
Education
Ph.D. in Education
Department of Education, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. Dissertations Title: Personal epistemology and achievement goal orientations among students. Advisors: Prof. Avi Kaplan and Dr. Michael Weinstock. Issued: 2011
M.A. in Educational Psychology [with excellence]
Department of Educations & Department of Psychology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. Issued: 2009
Registered Psychologist. Israeli license number: 27-99078
B.A. in Behavioral Sciences and Education
Department of Educations & Department of Psychology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. Issued: 2006
Teaching Exprience
Best paper presentation award, ICTEL 2015
MA and Graduate courses
Student Motivation within Achievement Oriented Settings
Group Counseling
Abnormal Psychology
Advanced statistical models: Hierarchical Linear Modeling
Qualitative & Quantitative Research Methods
BA courses
Introduction to Psychology
Theories of Personality
Advanced Quantitative Research Methods
Qualitative Research Methods
Students’ Motivation and Personal Epistemology
Work Exprience
2020-current Associate Professor. The Program of Educational Counseling. School of Education, Bar-Ilan University.
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2015-2020 Senior Lecturer. Head of the Program of Educational Counseling, School of Education, Bar-Ilan University, Israel.
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2012-2015 Lecturer (tenure track position). Program of Educational Counseling, School Education, Bar-Ilan University, Israel.
2011-2012 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow. Faculty of Education, Monash University, Australia.
2007-2011 Research Advisor. Research design and statistical analysis advisor for graduate students and faculty at the
Department of Sociology of Health, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.
2007-2011 Mentor. "Window to the Academy"--a program that promotes accessibility to higher education for under-
achieving communities.
2004-2005 Research Assistant. Epistemological understanding of elementary school students. Advisor: Dr. Michael Weinstock.
2003-2004 Instructor. ‘TAFNIT’, a special project dedicated to the enhancement of low-achieving youth. Teaching
mathematics and English in high-school.
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2003 Senior Youth Delegate, Jewish Agency. Member of delegation to summer camps in North America. Was a junior
member of the delegation in 2001.
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2000-2002 Director and Instruction Coordinator, ‘Tzofim’ (Israeli Scouts). Supervisory responsibility for the operation of a
Scouts' branch in Herzelia, Israel (450 10-18 year olds).