Lecturers Page Dr. Arik Segev

Dr. Arik Segev

Dr. Arik Segev is a Philosopher of Education and Senior Lecturer at Kaye and Sapir Academic Colleges. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of the peer-reviewed journal Lexi-Kaye and Head of the Education Division at Sapir College. His work explores the metaphysical and theological foundations of moral education, and the cultivation of wisdom and spirituality (particularly within a secular context), both at the individual level and in the public sphere. Additionally, Dr. Segev writes on the purpose of education and its connection to educational institutions, the classical curriculum, and philosophy as tradition and practice. His writing also covers educational leadership, the existential dimensions of resilience, and education for the development of subjectivity. Arik lives with his family in Beit Kama, in the Negev.


Areas of interest and Teaching

Areas of interest

  • Philosophy of education
  • Moral and spiritual education
  • Liberalism as a culture and tradition
  • The purpose of school and of teaching the classical curriculum

Teaching

In current lective year:
  • The Educator as a Philosopher – Plato's Socrates
  • Introduction to Educational Thinking
  • Educational issues

Research

  • The metaphysical and theological foundations of moral education
  • The cultivation of wisdom and spirituality (particularly within a secular context), both at the individual level and in the public sphere
  • The purpose of education and its connection to educational institutions, the classical curriculum, and philosophy as tradition and practice.
  • Educational leadership
  • The existential dimensions of resilience
  • education for the development of subjectivity

Awards

Publications

Articles in Refereed Journals

Segev, A. (2026 Accepted). The Ten Sefirot as a framework for spiritual-educational development. Spirituality Studies Spring 2026. SJR 2024 Religious Studies = Q1

Segev, A. (2024). Subjectivity as the purpose of education and teaching. Studies in Philosophy and Education 43(3), 269-287. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11217-024-09936-5. SJR 2022 Philosophy = Q1. Citations: 2

Segev, A. (2024). Education for days or education for generations: Two approaches to educational discourse and action. Studies in Education 24, 102-115, [Hebrew].

Segev, A. (2023). Secularism and the right to spirituality: Work, leisure, and contemplation. The International Journal for Religion and Spirituality in Society, 13(1), 99-115. https://doi.org/10.18848/2154-8633/CGP/v13i01/99-115 SJR 2022 Religious Studies = Q2. Citations: 6

Segev, A. (2020). Inspiration in education, curriculum, and the philosophical tradition. Ha’Chinuch Ve’Svivo, 42, 153-179 [Hebrew].

Segev, A. (2019). Rationale for moral education: A reading in Plato’s Republic. Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 50(1), 39-56. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10780-019-09347-3. SJR 2019 Arts and Humanities = Q2. Citations: 7

Segev, A. (2018). Worthy leisure education: Teaching here and now. Research in Education,  100(1), 97-113. https://doi.org/10.1177/0034523718762142.

SJR 2018 Education = Q2. Citations: 6

Segev, A. (2017). Does classic school curriculum contribute to morality? Integrating school curriculum with moral and intellectual education. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 49(1), 89-98. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2016.1194736. SJR 2017 History and Philosophy of Science = Q1. Citations: 18


Articles or Chapters in Scientific Books, Conferences, and other publications

Segev, A. (2016). The last leaf: On knowledge and moral knowledge. In Irwin, R. Ed., Knowledge Ecologies. The Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia 193-208. IBSN: 978-1-5262-0662-6.

Segev, A. & Aviram, R. (2016). The purpose of education and its components: After Shlomo Back’s ‘The Third,’ In Shlomo Back (ed.) Information, Knowledge and Cognizance: The DNA of Education, 341-353, Tel-Aviv: Mofet [Hebrew].

2.             Aviram, R. & Segev, A. (2007). Lifelong learning, empowerment and the internet, In P. Koulouris & S. Sotiriou (Eds.) Rural Learn: Lifelong Learning for Rural Europe, 185-193, Athens: Ellinogermaniki Agogi. https://www.academia.edu/download/30709791/rrProc2007.pdf#page=188

Other publications

Segev, A. (2025). Editorial: One Language and a Multiplicity of Languages: Revelation and Concealment of Meaning. Lexi-Kaye, 24, pp. 3-4. http://doi.org/10.54301/LBCX5724

Segev, A. (2024). Not surprisingly. Studies in Education 24, 626, [Hebrew]. 

Glasner, A. and Segev, A. (2021). On the possibility of independent learning – A dialog. Kolot 22, 7-12 [Hebrew]. In alphabetical order: Both authors have an equal contribution to the article.

Segev, A. (2020). Bad and Good Leadership. Kolot 19, 2-5, [Hebrew].

Segev, A. (2018). Transcendent holiness. Kolot 16, 24-28, [Hebrew].

Segev, A. (2016). Wise to be good: On an unconditioned joy of life, Hed Hachinuch 91 (01), 60-63 [Hebrew].

Segev, A. (2014). Educational teaching. Hed HaChinuch 88(4), 114-116 [Hebrew].

Presentations

Links to

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=4s8mHrQAAAAJ&hl=en

Orcid: https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0003-4574-1446