Draft:Tom Bielik

Tom Bielik (born November 18, 1978) is a senior lecturer at Beit Berl College,Israel. . His research focuses on science education and science teacher training.

Bielik received his PhD at the Department of Science Teaching in the Weizmann Institute of Science. He was a post-doctoral researcher at CREATE for STEM Institute in Michigan State University, Michigan, USA. Bielik was also a research assistant at the Biology Didactics Department in Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.

Bielik's studies focus on supporting students' modeling practices, and the development of teachers' and students' metamodeling knowledge , systems thinking , and critical thinking. He specialises in teaching and learning of inquiry and Project-Based Learning pedagogies. Bielik also engages in science communication and published several articles for the general public