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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.