רון בלונדר

רון בלונדר (נולדה ב-26 באוגוסט 1969) היא פרופסור, חוקרת ישראלית בתחום הוראת הכימיה, ראש קבוצת הכימיה במחלקה להוראת המדעים במכון ויצמן למדע, ואחראית אקדמית של המרכז הארצי למורי הכימיה.

בלונדר מכהנת כראש יחידת הכניסה להוראה, וראש תוכנית רוטשילד-ויצמן למצוינות בהוראת המדעים.

בלונדר בעלת דוקטורט בכימיה מהאוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים.

ביוגרפיה 
נולדה בירושלים. אמה, תחיה, הייתה יועצת חינוכית, ואביה, דוד דרום, דוקטור לביולוגיה ימית. בלונדר היא צאצאית, מצד אמה, של משפחת בר-ציון, ממגורשי ספרד שהגיעו לירושלים מיד לאחר הגירוש. בעודה תינוקת עברה עם משפחתה לאילת, שם גדלה עד גיל שלוש אז חזרה לירושלים. בלונדר היא השנייה מבין ארבעה אחים. סיימה את בית חינוך- תיכון עירוני ג' בירושלים. בצבא שרתה בחיל הנדסה קרבית.

בלונדר סיימה תואר ראשון בכימיה בהצטיינות יתרה מהאוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים (1993) סיימה דוקטורט (מסלול ישיר) בכימיה וננוטכנולוגיה מהאוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים (1999).

עם סיום הדוקטורט בכימיה עברה לתחום החינוך במכון ברנקו-וייס שם ריכזה תוכנית לקידום החשיבה, לימדה ילדים בבית הספר היסודי והנחתה את המדריכים האחרים בתוכנית.

בהמשך הייתה רכזת הכימיה וניהלה את מרכז מעבדות בלומנטה באוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים.

ב-2006 החלה לעבוד במכון ויצמן למדע. בימינו היא מובילה את קבוצת הוראת הכימיה, במחלקה להוראת המדעים, שבראשה היא עומדת. קבוצת המחקר העוסקת במחקר ופיתוח מקצועי של מורי הכימיה בארץ ובעולם. המחקר שלה מתמקד בנושא של השפעות מחקר עכשווי על ההתפתחות המקצועית של המורים והיא חקרה לעומק את תחום הננוטכנולוגיה בהקשר החינוכי.

ב-2016 מונתה לפרופסור במכון ויצמן.

לבלונדר מעל ל-100 פרסומים בכתבי עת מדעיים שפיטים ושלושה פטנטים.

בלונדר היא העורכת הראשית של כתב העת International Journal of Science Education.

חיים אישיים 
בלונדר נשואה ליוסי בלונדר מנכ"ל מיסד של חברת יובל בינוי והנדסה בע"מ, אם לארבעה ילדים וסבתא לנכד.

מתגוררת בשכונת קטמונים, ירושלים.

תחביביה הם פיסול וציור, הליכה בשבילי ישראל וטיולי טבע מאתגרים בעולם.

פרסים 
 2023 - פרס עמיתי NARST

פרסומים נבחרים

מאמרים בהוראת הכימיה 
 Blonder, R., Mamlok-Naaman, R., & Hofstein, A. (2008). Analyzing inquiry questions of high-school students in a gas chromatography open-ended laboratory experiment. Chemistry Education: Research and Practice, 9, 250-258.
 Blonder, R., Kipnis, M., Mamlok-Naaman, R., & Hofstein, A. (2008). Increasing science teachers' ownership through the adaptation of the PARSEL modules: A "bottom-up" approach. Science Education International, 19, 285-301.
 Mamlok-Naaman, R., Blonder, R., & Hofstein, A. (2010). Providing chemistry teachers with opportunities to enhance their knowledge in contemporary scientific areas: A three-stage model. Chemistry Education: Research and Practice, 11, 241-252.
 Blonder, R., Joselevich, E., & Cohen, S. R. (2010). Atomic force microscopy: Opening the teaching lab to the nanoworld. Journal of Chemical Education, 87, 1290-1293.
 Blonder, R. (2011). The story of nanomaterials in modern technology: An advanced course for chemistry teachers. Journal of Chemical Education, 88, 49-52. doi:10.1021/ed100614f
 Blonder, R., & Sakhnini, S. (2012). Teaching two basic nanotechnology concepts in secondary school by using a variety of teaching methods. Chemistry Education: Research and Practice, 13, 500-516. doi:10.1039/C2RP20026K
 Jones, M. G., Blonder, R., Gardner, G. E., Albe, V., Falvo, M., & Chevrier, J. (2013). Nanotechnology and nanoscale science: Educational challenges. International Journal of Science Education, 35, 1490-1512. doi:10.1080/09500693.2013.771828
 Blonder, R., Jonatan, M., Bar-Dov, Z., Benny, N., Rap, S., & Sakhnini, S. (2013). Can You Tube it? Providing chemistry teachers with technological tools and enhancing their efficacy beliefs. Chemistry Education: Research and Practice, 14, 269-285. doi:10.1039/c3rp00001j
 Mandler, D., Blonder, R., Yayon, M., Mamlok-Naaman, R., & Hofstein, A. (2014). Developing and implementing inquiry-based, water quality laboratory experiments for high school students to explore real environmental issues using analytical chemistry. Journal of Chemical Education. 91, 492–496. doi: 10.1021/ed200586r
 Blonder, R., & Sakhnini, S. (2015). The making of nanotechnology: exposing high-school students to behind-the-scenes of nanotechnology by inviting them to a nanotechnology conference. Nanotechnology Reviews, 4(1), 103-116. doi: 10.1515/ntrev-2014-0016
 Sakhnini, S., & Blonder, R. (2015). Essential concepts of nanoscale science and technology for high school students, based on a Delphi study by the expert community. International Journal of Science Education. 37(11), 1699–1738. doi: 10.1080/09500693.2015.1035687
 Rap, S., & Blonder, R. (2016). Let's face(book) it: Analyzing interactions in social network groups for chemistry learning. Journal of Science Education and Technology. 25(1), 62-76. doi: 10.1007/s10956-015-9577-1
 Sakhnini, S., & Blonder, R. (2016). Nanotechnology applications as a context for teaching the essential concepts of NST. International Journal of Science Education, 38(3), 521-538. doi:10.1080/09500693.2016.1152518
 Blonder, R., & Mamlok-Naaman, R. (2016). Learning about teaching the extracurricular topic of nanotechnology as a vehicle for achieving a sustainable change in science education. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 14, 345-372. doi: 10.1007/s10763-014-9579-0
 Blonder, R. & Rap, S. (2017). I like Facebook: Exploring Israeli high school chemistry teachers' TPACK and self-efficacy beliefs, Education and Information Technologies, 22(2), 697–724. doi:10.1007/s10639-015-9384-6
 Blonder, R., & Sakhnini, S. (2017). Finding the connections between a high-school chemistry curriculum and nano science and technology. Chemistry Education: Research and Practice. 18, 903-922. doi:10.1039/C7RP00059F
 Benny, N., & Blonder, R. (2018). Teacher - gifted student interactions in the regular high-school chemistry classroom. Chemistry Education: Research and Practice. 19, 122-134. doi:10.1039/C7RP00127D
 Lederman, J., Lederman, N. G., Bartels, S., Jimenez, J., Akubo, M., Aly, S., Bao, C., Blanquet, E., Blonder, R., . . . Zhou, Q. (2019). An international collaborative investigation of beginning seventh grade students' understandings of scientific inquiry: Establishing a baseline. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 56, 486–515. doi:10.1002/tea.21512
 Tuvi-Arad, I., & Blonder, R. (2019). Technology in the Service of Pedagogy: Teaching with Chemistry Databases. Israel Journal of Chemistry. 59, 572 –582 doi:10.1002/ijch.201800076
 Dorfman, B.-S., Terrill, B., Patterson, K., Yarden, A., & Blonder, R. (2019). Teachers personalize videos and animations of biochemical processes: Results from a professional development workshop. Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 20I(4), 772-786. doi:10.1039/C9RP00057G
 Yayon, M., Rap, S., Adler, V., Haimovich, I., Levy, H., & Blonder, R. (2020). Do-It-Yourself: Creating and implementing a periodic table of the elements chemical escape room. Journal of Chemical Education. 97(1), 132-136.
            doi: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.9b00660
 Rap, S., Feldman-Maggor, Y., Aviran, E., Shvarts-Serebro, I., Easa, E., Yonai, E., Waldman, R., & Blonder, R. (2020). An applied research-based approach to support chemistry teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Chemical Education, 79(9), 3278-3284. doi:10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c00687
 Lederman, J. S., Lederman, N. G., Bartels, S., Jimenez, J., Acosta, K., Akubo, M., . . . Blonder, R., . . . Wishart, J. (2021). International collaborative follow-up investigation of graduating high school students’ understandings of the nature of scientific inquiry: is progress Being made? International Journal of Science Education, 1-26. doi:10.1080/09500693.2021.1894500
 Easa, E., & Blonder, R. (2022). Development and validation of customized pedagogical kits for high-school chemistry teaching and learning: the redox reaction example. Chemistry Teacher International. doi:10.1515/cti-2021-0022
 Yonai, E., Shimoni, E., Kahil, K., & Blonder, R. (2022). Authentic science learning during COVID-19: The adaptive design of a SEM outreach activity. The Biophysicist. https://doi.org/10.35459/tbp.2021.000206
 Rap, S., Blonder, R. Sindiani-Bsoul, A., & Rosenfeld, S. (2022). Curriculum development for student agency on sustainability issues: An exploratory study. Frontiers in Education, section STEM Education. 7:871102. doi: 10.3389/feduc.2022.871102
 Feldman-Maggor, Y., Tuvi-Arad, I., & Blonder, R. (2022). Development and evaluation of an online course on nanotechnology for the professional development of chemistry teachers. International Journal of Science Education, 44(16), 2465-2484. doi: 10.1080/09500693.2022.2128930
 Yonai, E., & Blonder, R. (2022). Uncovering the Emotional Aspect of Inquiry Practices in a Remote SEM Environment and the Development of a Designated Questionnaire. Journal of Chemical Education, 99(12), 3932-3945. doi: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c00359
 Aviran, E., & Blonder, R. (2023). The influence of a learning with a novel, online personalized environment on students’ attitudes and outcomes. Journal of Science Education and Technology. 32, 722–742. doi: 10.1007/s10956-023-10060-1

פרקים בספרים 
 Blonder, R. (2021). Introducing contemporary research topics into school science programs: The example of nanotechnology. In A. Hofstein, A. Arcavi, B.-S. Eylon, & A. Yarden (Eds.), Long-term research and development in science education: What have we learned? (Chapter 2). Brill. doi: doi.org/10.1163/9789004503625
 Blonder, R., & Yonai, E. (2020). Exposing school students to nanoscience: A review of published programs. In K. D. Sattler (Ed.), 21st Century Nanoscience – A Handbook: Public Policy, Education, and Global Trends (Vol. 10). Boca Raton: Taylor & Francis (CRC Press). ttps://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429351631
 Jones, M. G., Blonder, R., & Kähkönen, A.-L. (2020). Challenges in nanoscience education. In K. D. Sattler (Ed.), 21st Century Nanoscience – A Handbook: Public Policy, Education, and Global Trends (Vol. 10). Boca Raton: Taylor & Francis (CRC Press). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429351631
 Blonder, R., & Vescio, V. (2022). Professional Learning Communities across science teachers’ careers: The importance of differentiating learning. In J. A. Luft, & M. G. Jones, (Eds.) Handbook of Research on Science Teacher Education. (pp. 300-312). Taylor & Francis Books. doi: 10.4324/9781003098478-26

מאמרים בעברית לציבור מורי הכימיה בישראל 
 Blonder, R. (2002). Open and guided inquiry: A lab manual for open and guided inquiry experiments in chemistry using advanced laboratory instruments. (in Hebrew)
 Blonder, R. (2005). The Belmonte Science Laboratories Center: How to mediate between young people & advanced scientific equipment. Alchemy, 7, 35-40. (in Hebrew)
 Blonder, R. (2006). Relocation of a memorial stone in Jerusalem: The chemistry behind a special engineering project. Alchemy, 10, 16-22. (in Hebrew) 
 Blonder, R. (2010). Nanochemistry from research to the classroom. Alchemy, 16. (in Hebrew)
 Blonder, R. Oded Hod (2011). The wonders of graphene. Kriat Beynayim, 17. (in Hebrew)
 Blonder, R. Oded Hod (2011). The wonders of graphene. Alchemy, 18. (in Hebrew)
 Blonder, R. (2011). Self-assembly monolayer and the development of amperomentric nanosensors. Alchemy, 19. (in Hebrew)
 Blonder, R. (2012). Chemistry of home-made beer. Alchemy, 21. (in Hebrew)
 Blonder, R. (2013). Plastics engineering in Shenkar. Alchemy, 23. (in Hebrew)
 Yayon, M., & Blonder, R. (2014). Coffee chemistry. Alchemy, 24. (in Hebrew)
 Blonder, R., Shaham, A. & Zemler, E. (2015). Would you agree to have perovskite-based photovoltaic cells. Alchemy, 26. (in Hebrew)
 Blonder, R., & Sohair Sakhnini (2015). Essential concepts of nanoscale science and technology for teaching in middle school science. Kriat Beynaeem, 24-25. (in Hebrew)
 Blonder, R., & Sohair Sakhnini (2018). Basic concepts and applications of nanoscale science and technology for teaching high school chemistry. Alchemy, 31. 12-19. (in Hebrew)
 Blonder, R. (2018). The future of chemistry and chemistry education, Alchemy, Special issue for 70 Independence Day of Israel, 1-4. (in Hebrew)
 Easa, E., & Blonder, R. (2020). Customized pedagogical kits for high-school chemistry teaching and learning. Alchemy, 36. 10-17. (in Hebrew)
 Blonder, R. (2021). Teacher PLCs: Can this form of PD address all teachers’ needs? In L. Josefsberg Ben-Yehoshua (Ed.). Science and Mathematics Teacher PLC. (pp. 111-120). Mofet: TLV. (in Hebrew).
 Yayon, M., Waldman, R., Katchevich, D., Akons, S., Mamlok Naaman, R., Rap, S., & Blonder, R., (2021). The leading team of the Israeli chemistry PLC respond to a paper about the effect of PLCs on science teachers knowledge and practice. In L. Josefsberg Ben-Yehoshua (Ed.). Science and Mathematics Teacher PLC. (pp. 213-220). Mofet: TLV. (in Hebrew)
 Feldman-Maggor, Y., Tuvi-Arad, I & Blonder, R. )2022). Challenges and potential contribution of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for teachers' professional development in A. Cohen; G., M. Shonfeld, Ravid; & E. Shmueli (Eds.). Learning Technologies in Higher Education in Israel (Part A), (189-207). MITAL. (in Hebrew).
 Waldman, R. & Blonder, R. (2022). Identification and characterization of a unique mechanism for development of teacher knowledge: via the chemistry teachers PLC. in R. Blonder, H. Meishar-Tal, A. Forkosh-Baruch, & E. Shoshani (Eds.). Learning Technologies in Higher Education in Israel (Part B), (pp 71-96) MITAL. (in Hebrew).
 Rap, S., & Blonder, R. (2022). Professional development of teachers: using social networks for chemistry teaching. in A. Cohen; G. Ravid; R. Blonder; A. Forkosh-Baruch; H. Meishar-Tal (Eds). Learning Technologies in Higher Education in Israel (Part B), (pp. 145-175), MITAL. (in Hebrew).
 Blonder, R., & Meishar-Tal, H. (2022). Technology integration for teaching different disciplines. in A. Cohen; G. Ravid; R. Blonder; A. Forkosh-Baruch; H. Meishar-Tal (Eds). Learning Technologies in Higher Education in Israel (Part B), (pp. 176-180), MITAL. (in Hebrew).
 Aviran. E., Livne, S., & Blonder, R. (2022). Integrating technology and pedagogy: The PeTeL system for personalization for chemistry teaching. Alchemy, 37. 10-14. (in Hebrew)
 Blonder, R., Feldman-Maggor, Y., & Rap, S. (2023). Online Teaching of science Lecturers during Covid-19 pandemic: The development of knowledge and self-efficacy beliefs. In A., Cohen & A., Bronshtein (Eds.). From a crisis to opportunity: learning and teaching in the corona crisis in higher education in Israel. (in Hebrew)
 Feldman-Maggor, Y., Tuvi-Arad, I., & Blonder R. (2023). An overview on self-regulated-learning: At the university, high school and elementary school. Eureka, 45. (in Hebrew).

רשימת פרסומים בכימיה 
 Willner, I., Blonder, R., & Dagan, A. (1994). Reversible optical-recording by a dinitropenol antibody-catalyzed ring-opening of 6,8-dintro spiropyran. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 116, 3121-3122.
 Willner, I., Blonder, R., & Dagan, A. (1994). Application of photoisomerizable antigen monolayer electrodes as reversible amperometric immunosensor. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 116, 9365-9366.
 Willner, I., & Blonder, R. (1995). Patterning of surfaces by photoisomerizable antibody-antigen monolayers. Thin Solid Films, 266, 254-257.
 Willner, I., Blonder, R., Katz, E., Stocker, A., & Buckmann, A. F. (1996). Reconstitution of apo-glucose oxidase with a nitrospiropyran-modified FAD cofactor yields a photoswitchable biocatalyst for amperometric transduction of recorded optical signals. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 118, 5310-5311.
 Blonder, R., Katz, E., Cohen, Y., Itzhak, N., Riklin, A., & Willner, I. (1996). Application of redox enzymes for probing the antigen-antibody association at monolayer interfaces: Development of amperometric immunosensor electrodes. Analytical Chemistry, 68, 3151-3157.
 Willner, I., Heleg-Shabtai, V., Blonder, R., Katz, E., Tao, G., Bückmann, A. F., & Heller, A. (1996). Electrical wiring of glucose oxidase by reconstitution of FAD-modified monolayers assembled onto Au-electrodes. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 118, 10321-10322.
 Willner, I., Katz, E., Willner, B., Blonder, R., Heleg-Shabtai, V., & Buckmann, A. F. (1997). Assembly of functionalized monolayers of redox proteins on electrode surfaces: Novel bioelectronic and optobioelectronic systems. Biosensors & Bioelectronics, 12, 337-356.
 Blonder, R., Ben-Dov, I., Dagan, A., Willner, I., & Zisman, E. (1997). Photochemically-activated electrodes: Application in design of reversible immunosensors and antibody patterned interfaces. Biosensors & Bioelectronics, 12, 627-644.
 Blonder, R., Levi, S., Tao, G. L., Ben-Dov, I., & Willner, I. (1997). Development of amperometric and microgravimetric immunosensors and reversible immunosensors using antigen and photoisomerizable antigen monolayer electrodes. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 119, 10467-10478.
 Blonder, R., Katz, E., & Willner, I. (1997). Application of a nitrospiropyran-FAD-reconstituted glucose oxidase and charged electron mediators as optobioelectronic assemblies for the amperometric transduction of recorded optical signals: Control of the ''on''-''off'' direction of the photoswitch. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 119, 11747-11757.
 Bengtsson, L., Elg, U., Lind, J., Blonder, R., Ben-Dov, I., Dagan, A., Willner, I. Zisman, E. Wilkins, J. van Wegen B., & de Hoogde Hoog, R. (1997). Understanding and valuing knowledge assets: Overview and method. Expert Systems with Applications, 13(1), 55-72. doi: 10.1016/S0957-4174(97)00022-5
 Blonder, R., Sheeney, L., Willner, I., Wray, V., & Buckmann, A. F. (1998). Three-dimensional redox-active layered composites of Au-Au, Ag-Ag and Au-Ag colloids. Chemical Communications, 1998, 1393-1394. doi:10.1039/A802727G
 Blonder, R., Willner, I., & Buckmann, A. F. (1998). Reconstitution of apo-glucose oxidase on nitrospiropyran and FAD mixed monolayers on gold electrodes: Photostimulation of bioelectrocatalytic features of the biocatalyst. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 120, 9335-9341.
 Shipway, A. N., Lahav, M., Blonder, R., & Willner, I. (1999). Bis-bipyridinium cyclophane receptor – Au nanoparticle superstructures for electrochemical sensing applications. Chemistry of Materials, 11, 13-15.

קישורים חיצוניים 

 
 רון בלונדר בגוגל סקולר
 הרצאה של רון בלונדר בערוץ המועצה להשכלה גבוהה
 רון בלונדר ב ORCID

הערות שוליים 

ישראליות שנולדו ב-1969
חוקרות ישראליות
סגל מכון ויצמן למדע
ירושלים: אישים
בוגרות האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים