Personal Details
Michele Kohn Horowitz
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Foreign Literatures and Linguistics, Ben-Gurion University
Advisor: Dr. Chanita Goodblatt
Thesis: Envisioning the World in Poetry for Children: Chaim Nachman Bialik, Kadya Molodowksy and Shel Silverstein

Education
B.Mus.      1977 University of Colorado
                 1975-1977 tuition grant
M.A.         1981 University of Oregon
                 1979-1981 tuition grant
                 Advisor: Dr. Robert Hurwitz
                 Thesis: The Theories of Origins of the Kol Nidre Chant

Professional Activities
1981-1985       Yadlin School, Rishon Le Zion, Israel   English language teacher
1987-1992       Minneapolis Jewish Day School, Music and Hebrew language teacher
1992-1994       Talmud Torah of Minneapolis, Hebrew language teacher
1995-1999       Master Teacher, Ministry of Education
1995-2003       Idanim School, Modi'in, Israel   English teacher and coordinator
1997-2000       English Counselor for the Central Region, Ministry of Education
1998-2005       National Counselor for Young Learners of English, Ministry of Education
2000-2005       Member: Advisory Committee Chief Inspector of English Language Educatio
2000-2002       Trainer Liaison Counselor for the Teacher Training Colleges and the Implementation of the                                           New Curriculum, Ministry of Education
2001-               Levinsky College Pedagogical advisor and lecturer
2002-               Member: Steering Committee of the National Task Bank for Elementary English Language Education

Publications
Horowitz, Michele. 2000. Story Time! A Curriculum Guide for Teaching
                English through Poetry and Stories to Young Learners, Ministry of Education.
Horowitz, Michele and Mor, Aura.  2004 (in press). Teaching English to Young Learners through
                Authentic Literature, Ministry of Education.

Lectures
2000                Workshop: The Early Learner and Authentic Literature: A Nation-wide Pilot Project
                               ETAI Conference, Jerusalem.
2001                “Poetry in the Classroom” ETAI Conference, Tel Aviv.
2002                “Literature, Language and Literacy” ETAI Conference, Be’er Sheva.
2002                “Literature and the Young Learner of English—Who, What and Why” Mofet Institute, Tel Aviv.
2003                 Workshop: Teaching and Learning with Stories ETAI Conference, Tel Aviv.
2005                 "Possible World Theory and "Ha-betsa She-hithapsah" Fourteenth World Congress of Jewish                                                  Studies, Jerusalem   

Scholarships and Grants
2004                 Ministry of Education Grant: English for the Young Learner