Ben Zion (benzi) Slakmon’s fields of the research are CSCL and pedagogical design, with emphasis on basic philosophical education- ethics, politics and aesthetics. Trained in history, philosophy and the learning sciences, his research deals with the relationships between pedagogical designs and students’ modes of talk and thinking. Worked as a history, civic and philosophy for children teacher, Slakmon is now leading several pre-service and PD programs on dialogic teaching in Kindergartens, elementary schools and secondary education. Also involved in developing digital learning environments for collaborative deliberation around multimodal texts, Slakmon teaches courses on educational theory, classroom learning discussions and pedagogy for discussions of controversial issues in various venues, including the Hebrew University and Ben Gurion University of the Negev.
