Dr. Noam Topelberg
Affiliation
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Noam Topelberg is the head of the certificate program in Art Teaching at Bar-Ilan's Education faculty, as well as the academic coordinator for clinical training, and a lecturer in the Jewish Art Department. A graduate of the Mendel Leadership Institute's academic leadership program for teacher training and a national instructor in the design arts major of the Ministry of Education. His doctoral dissertation examined the visual language and iconography of Israeli female artists dealing with the subject of war victims. The curriculum for matriculation and five textbooks he has written deal with the development of visual literacy and the impact of technology on culture and visual codes from the 19th century to the present. This 5 units curriculum is being taught in more than 250 high schools throughout the country. His current research focuses on visual literacy development among students, teachers, teaching certificate students, and high school students. In addition, he studies the effect of a clinical training model on teaching certificate graduates' self-efficacy.
EDUCATION
- 2021 Mandel leadership institute Program for Academic Leadership in Education: From Theory to Practice Excellence Program
- 2017 Ph.D., Department of Jewish Art, Bar Ilan university Thesis: The Iconography of Sacrifice in War from the 1970s in the Work of Three Israeli Women Artists – Mina Siselman, Bianca Eshel Gershuni and Tamar Geter Supervisor: Prof. Yaniv Bracha
- 2005 M.A., History of Art, Tel-Aviv university
- 2004 Teaching of gifted and outstanding students (Certificate studies), Tel-Aviv university
- 1999 Curating (Certificate studies), University Art Gallery, Tel-Aviv university
- 1995 B.A. Dual degree program in Film and Musicology, Tel-Aviv university
ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS/ APPOINTMENTS
- Since 2022 Academic Coordinator of Teaching Clinical training, the Teacher Education school, Faculty of Education, Lecturer in the department of Jewish Art, Faculty of Jewish Studies, Bar-Ilan University
- Since 2012 Head of Art teaching certificate program, the Teacher Education school, Faculty of Education, Bar-Ilan University
OTHER PROFESSIONAL FUNCTIONS
- 2023-2024 Coordination of academic teaching activities by students and lecturers from Bar Ilan's faculty of education in Kfar Maccabiah for evacuated pupils
- 2020–2021 Coordination and facilitation of departmental seminar, department of Jewish Art, Bar-Ilan University
- 2017-2020 Writer of High school Curriculum and Textbooks for the Design Arts department, ICT and Information Systems Administration, Israel Ministry of Education
- 2012-2018 Chief curator of Ness Ziona Municipal Gallery, Yad LaBanim House
- 2010- present National Instructor of Design Arts department, ICT and Information Systems Administration, Israel Ministry of Education
- 2006-2014 Chief Content Writer and editor of textbook and websites of the Design Arts department, ICT and Information Systems Administration, Israel Ministry of education
- 2014-2020 Art history teacher, Bistritzki Ort for Sciences and Arts, Ramla
- 1998-2018 Teacher and Head of art department, Gymnasia Realit Highschool, Rishon Le Zion
Awards
- 2024 Rector’s Award for innovative Lecturers
- 2024 Rector’s Award for Outstanding Lecturers
- 2024 Council for Higher Education of Israel, "experience-integrated academy"
- 2013 BIU Excellence Scholarship
- 2012 BIU Encouragement Scholarship
Publications
Refereed Publications
- Topelberg, N., Ventura, J. (2024), "The visual code": pedagogy of critical thinking and essential discourse in the age of visual culture, Halaa 5, Jerusalem: The Israel consortium of Faculty Development Center, (Hebrew) ISSN: 2709-7455 (print); 2709-7463 (online) (forthcoming)
- Topelberg, N. (2024), “Nurturing future educators: exploring new frontiers of collaborative teacher training model” In M. Carmo (Ed.), Education and New Developments, Vol 1. InScience. https://end-educationconference.org/proceedings/ (forthcoming)
- Topelberg, N., & Ventura, J. (2023). 'The Visual Code”: Educating in an age of visual culture" . In M. Carmo (Ed.), Education and New Developments 2023, Vol 1 (pp. 115-119). InScience. https://end-educationconference.org/proceedings/
- Topelberg, N., & Ventura, J. (2023). 'The Visual Code”: Educating in an age of visual culture". In M. Carmo (Ed.), Education and New Developments 2023, Vol 1 (pp. 115-119). InScience. https://end-educationconference.org/proceedings/
- Topelberg, N. (2022), "Amira Ziyan, Hiding in the Light: A Synergy of Contrasts as a Visual Code of “Otherness”" Arts 11, no. 5: 102
- Topelberg, N. (2022), What Does a Bird Care?! Indifference and Yearning in the Art and Teaching of Mariana Korol. Issues in Cultural Studies, 40, 79-90. https://doi.org/10.31866/2410-1311.40.2022.269359
- Topelberg, N. (2019), “Synergy circles, a conversation with Amira Ziyan”, Art and research, Bulletin of Gershon and Judith Leiber Center for Jewish Art Exhibitions, Issue 6, pp, 19-23. (Hebrew)
- Topelberg, N. (2018), “What? Does the Bird Care?! … Between equanimity and longing in the work and teaching of Mariana Corol”, Art and research, Bulletin of Gershon and Judith Leiber Center for Jewish Art Exhibitions, Issue 4, pp. 3-11. (Hebrew)
Scientific Colloquia
- “Nurturing future educators: exploring new frontiers of collaborative teacher training model”, END 2024, International Conference on Education and New Developments 2024, Porto, Portugal, 15-17 June 2024
- “Bridges: a multidisciplinary teacher training model" 2nd conference of leading pedagogical academies, Mofet Institute and Ministry of Education, Tel Aviv, 1.5.2024
- “Nurturing future educators: exploring new frontiers of collaborative teacher training model”, ICEDS 2024, The University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, 24-26 April 2024
- Chair of session TEACHERS AND STUDENTS Curriculum and Pedagogy // Vocational education and Counseling, Oral Presentations, END 2023, International Conference on Education and New Developments, Lisbon, Portugal, June 24-26th, 2023
- “The Visual Code”: Educating in an age of visual culture’, END 2023, International Conference on Education and New Developments, Lisbon, Portugal, June 25th, 2023
- ‘Mina Sisselman - An androgynous diary’, Women and Gender in arts, The fourth conference of the Association for the Study of Women's Art and Gender in Israel in collaboration with the Department of Art History at Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel, July 3rd, 2023
- ‘Amira Ziyan, Hiding in the Light: A Synergy of Contrasts as a Visual Code of “Otherness”, 18th World Congress of Jewish Studies, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, August 8th, 2022
- ‘Cracking the Visual Code: Literacy and Teaching in the Age of Visual Culture’, Inter- university symposium "Amanut veḥinuch: toldot vetoladot" [Art and Education: History and Consequences], Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel, July 7th, 2021
Non-Refereed Publications
- Topelberg, N., High school Textbooks (Part 1: Fundamentals of visual language, Part 2 – “Encounters of the visual type in the technological age": Preface, Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4), ICT and Information Systems Administration, Israel Ministry of Education, 2018
- Topelberg, N., High school Curriculum: Part 2 – “visual close Encounters in the technological age”, ICT and Information Systems Administration, Israel Ministry of Education, 2018
- Topelberg, N., High school Curriculum: Part 1 – “Fundamentals of visual language”, ICT and Information Systems Administration, Israel Ministry of Education, 2018
- Topelberg, N., Art movements of the 19th century, Textbook for second study unit, ICT and Information Systems Administration, Israel Ministry of Education, 2010
Research
"DECODING VISUAL CULTURE"
(ongoing) A proposed model for bolstering visual literacy equips individuals to both comprehend and critique intricate visual narratives. Through meticulous analysis rooted in keen observation, this research delves into the multifaceted role of visual codes across diverse campaigns. This includes art history, through visual communication to designed products. As part of an ongoing series of evaluation and implementation processes aimed at better understanding the impact of the model on teacher training, a qualitative questionnaire was administered to a target group of active teachers who participated in a special training program provided by the researchers between 2021 and 2022.
“NURTURING FUTURE EDUCATORS: EXPLORING NEW FRONTIERS OF COLLABORATIVE TEACHER TRAINING MODEL”
(2024) Two groups of teaching certificate students, who graduated between 2020 and 2023, were examined in this study. The students were divided into two groups: an experimental group participated in a clinical training program, while the control group participated in different programs. A mixed methods approach was used to incorporate both qualitative and quantitative analyses. In-depth interviews were conducted to gather qualitative information regarding graduates' experiences, satisfaction, and commitment to their professions, while the quantitative component assessed participants' self-efficacy.
Courses
- Methodology of Teaching
- Instructional Training Workshop
- Clinical Training Practicum
- Digital learning and teaching
- Avant-garde - theory and practice
- Female Artists - from the margins to the center
- The Visual Code: Art in the Age of Digital Culture
Fields of Expertise
- Visual Culture
- Visual Codes
- Visual Literacy
- Philosophy of Art History of Art
- Art and Education
- Art and Technology
Last Updated Date : 09/04/2024
