Efrat Sara Efron
Title:
Professor, Educational Foundations and Inquiry
Director, Curriculum, Advocacy and Policy
Programs/Classes Taught:
Masters Level
- ESR 514 Research in Action: Becoming Practitioner Researchers
- ESR 505 Educational Inquiry and Assessment
- FND 510 Social Justice Perspectives on the History and Philosophy of American Education
- FND 511 Social and Cultural Politics of Education: Personal and Contextual Perspectives
Doctoral Level
- CDD 605 Scholarly Habits of Mind
- CAP 600 Curriculum Theory: Historical Perspectives
- CAP 690 Special Topic: The Moral Significance of Teaching in a Democratic School Community
- CSI 693 Curriculum Seminar
Areas of Expertise:
Professor Efron has been pursuing scholarly and research interests in the following areas:
- Action Research in Education
- Literature Review and Academic Writing
- Mentoring
- Educational Foundation
- Moral and Democratic Education
- Teacher’s Personal Voice
- Writings of Hannah Arendt
- Janusz Korczak’s Educational Legacy
- Hebrew as a Second Language
Biography:
Dr. Efron has been a Professor at National Louis University since 1996 and is currently the Director of the Curriculum, Advocacy, and Policy Doctoral Program. She teaches graduate courses in educational foundation and doctoral courses in the Teaching and Learning Doctoral Program.
Dr. Efron believes that school practitioners should research their own practice and explore new ideas to improve their work. The book Action Research in Education that she co-wrote with Dr. Ruth Ravid is centered on these goals. The book was ranked as the book most adopted by graduate classes at Guilford Press! A second edition is in process. Dr. Efron and Dr. Ravid have completed writing a book, soon to be published by Guilford, about constructing the literature review for a thesis or a dissertation.
Dr. Efron has deep interest in the works of Hannah Arendt and Janusz Korczak and published articles and has written and spoken about them extensively. She currently serves on the Korczak Association Board of Directors.
Prior to completing her doctorate, she taught middle school and high school students in Tel Aviv, Israel and in Jewish Day schools in Chicago. While working as a professor at National Louis, she has mentored teachers, worked as a consultant in day schools throughout the Chicago area and published nine text books in Hebrew language literature and grammar.
Education:
EdD National-Louis University, Instructional Leadership
MA Northeastern Illinois University, Special Education
BA Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Literature, History
TC Middle and High School Teach Certificate, Hebrew University Jerusalem
Research and Interests:
Publications:
Books
Efron, S.E., & Ravid, R. (2013). Action Research in Education: A practical Guide. New York: Guilford.
Efron, S. E. & Ravid, R. Writing the Literature Review: A Practical Guide (to be published by Guilford)
Chapters
Efron, S, Winter, J. & Bressman, S. (2017) Mentoring Across Cultures: Relationships That Inspire Professional Growth. In Kent, A.M., & Green, A.M. (Eds.). .) Across the Domains: Examining Best Practices in Mentoring Public School Educators throughout the professional journey.
Efron, E. S., Miskovic, M., Ravid, R. (2010) School-university collaboration as Mutual professional development. In J. Slater & R. Ravid (Eds.), Collaboration in education. New York: Routledge.
Efron, S., & Joseph, P. B. (2001). Reflections in a mirror: Metaphors of teachers and teaching. In P.B. Joseph & G. Farrell (Eds.). Images of School Teachers 2nd Ed, New York. St. Martin’s Press
Articles
Efron S. E. (2016). Janusz Korczak, Educator: Teaching humanity in the face of evil, Prism: An International Journal for Holocaust Educators, 8, 18-23.
Efron, S, Winter, J. & Bressman, S. (2013). Toward a More Effective Mentoring Model: An Innovative Program of Collaboration. Journal of Jewish Education, 78(4), 331-361.
Miskovic, M., Efron, S. E., Ravid, R. (2012). Action Research in Action: From University to School Classrooms. Education Research International, v. 2012, Article ID 389736, 11 pages, 2012. doi:10.1155/2012/389736
Efron, S. E. (2008). Moral Education between Hope and Hopelessness: The Legacy of Janusz Korczak Curriculum Inquiry, 38(1), 39-62.
Efron, S. Janusz (2005). Korczak: Legacy of Practitioner-Researcher. Journal of Teacher Education, 56(2), 145-156.
Efron, S. (2005). Light in the midst of darkness: Janusz Korczak’s spiritual yearning. Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, 54-59
Contact Information:
sefron@nl.edu
(224) 233-2767
National Louis University
North Shore
5202 Old Orchard Road
Skokie, IL 60077
