Prof. Irit Sasson is the Head of the M.A. Programs at the Department of Education at Tel-Hai College and a Researcher at the Educational R & D Unit at Shamir Research Institute. She received her B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in Science Education from the Faculty of Education in Science and Technology at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. Prof. Sasson’s research interests include STEM education, educational effectiveness research, educational change, pedagogy, designing innovative learning environments, and teachers’ professional development. Over the past ten years, Sasson’s research has focused on the pedagogical assessment of innovative learning spaces with an emphasis on the characterization of pedagogical behaviors of teachers and students and the development of high-order thinking skills. Her academic publications in this context present innovative methodologies for pedagogical assessment.