Roni Zohar
Dr. Roni Zohar is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Neurobiology at the Weizmann Institute under the supervision of Prof. Ehud Ahishar and Prof. Eitan Gross.
They try to understand the links between embodiment, eye movement and conceptualization of scientific concepts.
Her current research expands upon her doctoral studies in which she has developed and researched an approach to combining physics studies and movement. The doctoral studies were on behalf of the Department of Science Teaching at the Weizmann Institute under the supervision of Prof. Bat-sheva Eylon, in collaboration with the Department of Education at the University of Berkeley, USA under the supervision of Prof. Dor Abrahamson. Roni holds a master's degree in neuroscience from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in the field of motor control and a bachelor's degree in physics from the Hebrew University, in collaboration with studies at the Movement Department at the Rubin Academy of Dance in Jerusalem.
Roni works to promote the integration of movement in teaching in Israel and the link between science and dance, facilitates academic courses in movement, science and learning at the Weizmann Institute, instructor teacher training and she is an improvisation and movement instructor for women at the Dance and Movement School in Ness Ziona.
On September 30, Dr Roni ZOHAR will present a conference entitled :
THE LINK BETWEEN SCIENCE, DANCE AND LEARNING - (En)
“In my lecture I will talk about my life as a researcher and a dance and improvisation teacher. I will explain what embodied cognition is and I will talk about my PhD research in the field of learning science in which we developed and researched embodied pedagogy for learning complex concepts in physics. I believe that movement can promote learning and creativity and, therefore, it is worthwhile to integrate it into all learning frameworks from childhood to PhD students, researchers and others. We will watch my video clip from the” Dance your PhD” competition that won in the social science category (2018) and we will talk about my choice to participate in such a competition.
I will also present preliminary findings from my postdoctoral research done in the field of neuroscience and try to understand the links between embodiment, eye movement, and conceptualization.
We will try to experiment during the lecture with some movement exercises…
I look forward to meet all of you and good luck!!!”
