Yael Bar-Lev holds an M.Ed. and is currently a doctoral student at the Tel Aviv University School of Education. In recent years, Bar-Lev has focused on the relationship between education and culture, and especially on the challenges posed by the multicultural reality in Israel. Her dissertation deals with Jewish education in secular families in Israel. Over the years, Bar-Lev has worked in various other fields including cognition and learning; teaching methods; and education and television. In all of these she dealt with learning and theoretical development as well as with the development and direction of in-service courses and mentoring teachers, preschool teachers, and media professionals in their educational work. Yael is a graduate of the Mandel School for Educational Leadership.