Timna Hurwich

Timna Hurwich teaches AP English language and literature, Diplomacy and Model U.N. at the Evelina de Rothschild Secondary School in Jerusalem, Israel. She is also a founding partner and teacher at The IT Factor, an after school enrichment program for high-achieving and gifted teens. Ms. Hurwich is currently pursuing a master's degree in Jewish Education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She is engaged in four areas of research: 1. Secondary School education reform in Israel 2. Inquiry-based pedagogy 3. Educating for excellence - supplementing "need-to-know" schooling with "want-to-know" learning 4. Philosophy for Children (P4C) and Teens…