Aliza is a political psychologist, an educator, and an artist. She is the founder and director of Imanuel Education, which specialises in the advanced academic development of university students, career professionals, and students in their early and final years of school.
Aliza has spent her career working in international education, as an academic counsellor, as well as a university lecturer of undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Aliza completed with distinction both undergraduate (Psychology and Political Science) and postgraduate studies (Political Science) at the University of Haifa, before undertaking a doctoral study in Politics at the University of Oxford, and further postgraduate and research study of International Journalism at City University London.
Since then, she has dedicated her efforts to education, accumulating an extensive experience tutoring students for A-level and GCSE across all examination boards (AQA, OCR, Edexcel, IB, and Cambridge International). Currently, she tutors and mentors students in tutorial colleges, and delivers revision and summer courses in Oxford.
She is a resident in Oxford, and teaches students in Oxford, the UK, and worldwide, both in person and via video link.
The SAFE Method (Structural Analytical Framework for Excellence) is a language of thinking that can be taught and practised.
The method delivers a theoretical-cognitive satnav. This serves as a universal framework to structure and analyse any subject question, encountered at any academic level, both in written responses, interviews, and conversations. The method allows students to rapidly identify the key issues in any question they face, and structure a cognitive roadmap – based on generic elements and principles rooted in logical reasoning.
The principles incorporated into the method were originally developed for systematic study in the natural sciences, and later adapted to suit the unique needs of the social sciences, particularly psychology.
Using the template provided by this method, students become independent learners. They are aware of the ‘big’ picture when scrutinising details, and are able to contextualise the general picture from the perspective of its more detailed elements. In other words, students master The Language of Analysis.
By practising the SAFE Method, students learn there is no such thing as ‘I don’t know what to say or write’, because there is no such thing as ‘I cannot think'. Therefore, it nurtures confidence and peace of mind in addressing any question, because students are empowered to think independently and ground themselves by identifying the logical basis of each enquiry.
The method equips students with a template into which they can implant the data from any given topic, and analyse it using the same general techniques. This is how it delivers academic excellence in all subject areas but, equally as important, this is how it promotes the development of inter-personal skills: through facilitating communication with oneself and with others.
The need to understand and be understood is the bedrock of human existence and experience. In the current global interdependent world, how we communicate successfully with one another becomes a key issue – communication in both the personal and wider socio-political spheres.
Information can be taught and memorised, but is often not fully understood. Students recognise a true learning experience when they encounter it. Unfortunately, this often does not occur at the lower levels of study, because students lack a framework for their approach to the material. We enjoy seeing students become excited and empowered by the education process: when their natural need to understand is supported by a logical foundation which facilitates their learning. The understanding which results from this logical foundation will transcend any particular topic under study.
No matter what life throws at you, there is an essence no one can take away. That is the ability, freedom, and duty to think.
While feelings come and go, our deepest most valuable perceptions are anchored in our thoughts. It is the essence of education that feelings become enabled when they exist within a cognitive structure which includes ethical commitments and considerations. This is the ultimate aim of all academic endeavour, and students enjoy the empowerment that comes from being able to link academic concepts with their own feelings and opinions.
These skills of true understanding can be developed and acquired, and here in Imanuel Education there are channels for students to learn and practise this method, regardless of their subject and level of study.
We call it the language of analysis.