Gavriel Salomon

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Gavriel Salomon is an educational psychologist noted for his work on cognition and instruction, in particular the cognitive effects of media's symbol systems, transfer of learning, organizational change, and the design of cognitive tools and technology-afforded learning environments. He is the author of Interaction of Media, Cognition and Learning (1979), Communication and Education (1981) and Technology and Education in the Information Age, Distributed cognition and Peace Education, as well as many articles in peer-reviewed research journals.

[edit] Education

Salomon earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and a Ph.D. in educational psychology and communication from Stanford University (1968). He has taught at several universities in Israel, Mexico, Japan, Norway, and the United States.

Prof. Salomon was the dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Haifa, Israel, (1993-8) and a professor of educational psychology there. Salomon is currently director of the Center for Research on Peace Education at that university. Prof. Salomon received his B.A. and M.A. (Summa cum Laude) from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel (1966), and his Ph.D. in educational psychology and communication from Stanford University (1968). Since then he has taught at the Hebrew University and Tel-Aviv University in Israel, Universidad Ibero Americana in Mexico, and at Harvard, Indiana University, Stanford, USC, University of Michigan and University of Arizona in the USA. Salomon has been elected as fellow of the International Academy of Education (2006), received the Clervinga Chair at the Leiden University, The Netherlands (1993-4), received the Sylvia Scribner AERA award, as well as the Israel National Award ("Pras Israel") for life long achievements in educational research (2001), is the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate from the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium (1999), a fellow at the Stanford Center for the Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (1998-9), editor of Educational Psychologist (1991-5), president of the Educational and Instructional Division of the International Association of Applied Psychology (1990-1994) and Fellow of the American Psychological Association (1983). Salomon has written three books: Interaction of Media, Cognition and Learning (1979/1994), announced as a "Citation Classic"; Communication and Education, (1981); Communication (Hebrew, 1981); and Technology and Education in the Information Age (Hebrew, 2001), and edited two books - Distributed Cognitions (1993), and Peace education: The concept, the principles and the research (2002). He has also published more than 120 empirical, theoretical, and methodological articles in a variety of international professional in the fields of technology, learning, cognition and learning; educational evaluation, and peace education.

[edit] Selected References

  • Salomon, G. (1979). Interaction of media, cognition and learning. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. (Published again by Lawrence Erlbaum, 1994).
  • Salomon, G. (1981) Communication. Tel-Aviv: Sifriyat Poalim (Hebrew)
  • Salomon, G. (1981). Communication and education: Social and psychological interactions. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publication.
  • Salomon, G. (2001). Technology and education in the age of information. Zmora-Bitan (Hebrew).
  • Salomon, G. & Snow, R. E. (1970). Commentaries on research in instructional media: An examination of conceptual schemes. Indiana University. (Editor and author of two chapters).
  • Murray, J., & Salomon, G. (1984). The future of children's television. Boys Town, Nebraska. (Editor and author of two chapters).
  • Salomon, G. (1993). Distributed cognitions. New York: Cambridge University Press.
  • Salomon, G., & Nevo, B. (2002). Peace education: The concept, principles, and practices around the world. Mahwah, NJ: LEA