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e-ISSN: 2979-9678
PUBLISHER: AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY

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Publication Model: Periodical Publication (June - December)

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Grant Holder

HD
Prof. Dr. Hilmi Demirkaya
AKDENİZ ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Social Studies Education, Geography Education

Editor in Chief

MD
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Miray Dağyar
AKDENİZ ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Curriculum Development in Education, Curriculum Evaluation in Education

Layout Editor

Dr. Ipek Önal
Akdeniz Üniversitesi
Curriculum and Instration , Curriculum Evaluation in Education, Program Design
YK
Res. Assist. Dr. Yavuz Erhan Kanpolat
AKDENİZ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, EĞİTİM FAKÜLTESİ
Mental Disability Education, Autism and Spectrum Disorder Education

Language Editor

İ. Nazike Avcı
Dr. İ. Nazike Avcı
AKDENİZ ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Turkish Education

Foreign Language Editor

FK
Dr. Fatma Şeyma Koç
AKDENİZ ÜNİVERSİTESİ
English As A Second Language

Editorial Board

YT
Prof. Dr. Yusuf Tepeli
Akdeniz Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi
South-West (Oghuz) Turkic Dialects and Literatures, Turkish Education, Turkish and Social Sciences Education, New Turkish Language (Turkish of Old Anatolia, Ottoman, Turkiye), Turkish Language and Literature

İlk ve ortaokulu Demre'de, liseyi ise (1978-1981) Finike Cumhuriyet Lisesinde bitirdim. Lisans (Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı-1982-1986), yüksek lisans (Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Türk Dili-1986-1988 "Âlî'nin Künhü'l-Ahbar'ında Sentaks), doktora (Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Türk Dili-1989-1994, "Yemînî'nin Faziletnamesi: Giriş-Metin ve Gramatikal Dizin") eğitimlerimi Erzurum Atatürk Üniversitesinde tamamladım. 1987 yılında Atatürk Üniversitesi Kâzım Karabekir Eğitim Fakültesi Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı Eğitimi Bölümünde araştırma görevlisi oldum, 1994-2001 yılları arasında yardımcı doçent olarak çalıştım, 2001 yılında Akdeniz Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Sınıf Öğretmenliği anabilim dalında Yrd.Doç. atandım, 2007 yılında doçent, 2013 yılında da aynı fakültenin Türkçe Eğitimi anabilim dalında profesör oldum. Hâlen aynı anabilim dalında görevimi sürdürmekteyim. Evli ve iki çocuk babasıyım. Türk dili ve Türkçe eğitimi alanlarında yayımlanmış birçok kitap, makale ve bildirilerim bulunmaktadır.

YK
Prof. Dr. Yüksel Kaştan
AKDENİZ Üniversitesi
Education, Social and Humanities Education (Excluding Economics, Business and Management), Migration, Political Science (Other), History of The Republic of Turkiye
TS
Prof. Dr. Tuğba Sarı
AKDENİZ ÜNİVERSİTESİ
School Counseling, Psychological Counseling Education, Family Counseling
Özlem Sadi
Prof. Dr. Özlem Sadi
KARAMANOĞLU MEHMETBEY ÜNİVERSİTESİ, EĞİTİM FAKÜLTESİ
Biology Education, Education, Science Education
ÇA
Prof. Dr. Çiğdem Apaydın
AKDENİZ ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Leadership in Education, Educational Administration, Supervision, Planning and Economics (Other), Inspection and Planning, Supervision in Education, Education Management
Güçlü Şekercioğlu
Measurement Theories and Applications in Education and Psychology, Statistical Analysis Methods, Cross-Cultural Scale Adaptation, Scale Development
HK
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Kafes
AKDENİZ ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Comparative Language Studies, Language Acquisition, English As A Second Language
Ece Özdoğan Özbal
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ece Özdoğan Özbal
ANKARA ÜNİVERSİTESİ, EĞİTİM BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ
Education Management, Economics of Education, Classroom Education, Education

She completed her primary, secondary, and high school education in İzmir. She earned her bachelor's degree from the Department of Primary Education at the Faculty of Education, Dokuz Eylül University, in 2006. In 2008, she completed her master's degree in Primary Education (Mathematics Education) at the Institute of Social Sciences, Ege University, as a recipient of a TÜBİTAK scholarship. Subsequently, she pursued a second master's degree in Educational Administration and Policy at the Institute of Educational Sciences, Ankara University, graduating in 2012. She completed her Ph.D. in the same field at Ankara University in 2017. During her doctoral studies, she served as a visiting researcher for one semester at the University of Münster (formerly Westfälische Wilhelms University), Germany.

Following her undergraduate studies, she worked for one year as a Primary Years Programme (PYP) Coordinator at a private school. In 2009, she joined the Department of Primary Education at Ankara University Faculty of Educational Sciences. Since 2021, she has continued her academic career in the same department as an Associate Professor.

Between 2017 and 2021, she served as the Assistant Coordinator of the Ankara University Child Science Center. Since 2022, she has been serving as the Head of the Department of Primary Education at Ankara University.

She has led and contributed to numerous projects funded by the European Union, TÜBİTAK, Development Agencies, and various ministries. She has also taken active roles in several large-scale national projects, including PICTES and “Teachers: The Assurance of Education.” Her research interests include educational administration, educational planning, classroom management, international large-scale assessments, science education, and child poverty. She has published extensively in both national and international academic journals in these areas.

Mustafa Caner
Prof. Dr. Mustafa Caner
AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY
English As A Second Language
İD
Assoc. Prof. İskender Daşdemir
EGE ÜNİVERSİTESİ, EĞİTİM FAKÜLTESİ
Turkish and Social Sciences Education, Geography Education, History Education, Basic Training, Instructional Technologies, Education
Begümhan Yüksel
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Begümhan Yüksel
AKDENİZ ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Child Development Education

Doç. Dr. Begümhan Yüksel, 1999 yılında Hacettepe Üniversitesi Çocuk Gelişimi ve Eğitimi Bölümü’nden lisans derecesiyle mezun olmuştur. 2000 yılında Leeds Üniversitesi’nde Özel Eğitim alanında yüksek lisansını, 2009 yılında ise Ankara Üniversitesi’nde aynı alanda doktorasını tamamlamıştır. Akademik kariyerine 2002 yılında Akdeniz Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Okul Öncesi Eğitimi Anabilim Dalı’nda öğretim görevlisi olarak başlamış, 2021 yılında doçent unvanını almıştır. Halen Akdeniz Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Okul Öncesi Eğitimi Anabilim Dalı’nda akademik çalışmalarına devam etmektedir.
Çalışma alanları arasında özel gereksinimli çocukların eğitimi, erken müdahale, erken okuryazarlık, drama, çocuklarla felsefe eğitimi (P4C) ve aile eğitimi yer almaktadır.

ORCID: 0000-0002-0869-9157

LS
Prof. Dr. Liudmyla Serdiuk
Kostiuk Institute of Psychology
Clinical Psychology, Educational Psychology
Mazhar Bal
Prof. Dr. Mazhar Bal
MARMARA ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Turkish and Social Sciences Education

Marmara Üniversitesi, Türkçe Eğitimi Ana Bilim Dalı.

AY
Multi Disabled Education
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bilal Şimşek
AKDENİZ ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Turkish Education
Asst. Prof. Dr. Esra Çakar Özkan
MEHMET AKİF ERSOY ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Curriculum Evaluation in Education, Adult Education, Curriculum Development in Education, Education Policy, Philosophical and Social Foundations of Education

1. PERSONAL INFORMATION

Esra Çakar Özkan (Assit. Prof. Dr.)
Contact Address: Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University- Department of Educational Sciences
A Blok No:408 İstiklal Yerleşkesi Burdur/TURKEY
Phone: 090 248 213 4000 /4295
Mobil: 090 505 726 8580
e-mail: esracakar@mehmetakif.edu.tr
web: https://abs.mehmetakif.edu.tr/esracakar/PersonelDetay

2. EDUCATION INFORMATION

2004 B.A. Süleyman Demirel University Science Education
2008 M.A. Süleyman Demirel University Curriculum and Instruction
2013 Ph.D Ege University Curriculum and Instruction

3. EXPERIENCE INFORMATION

2014- Assistant Professor Dr. Curriculum and Instruction Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University
2013-2014 Research Assistant Dr. Curriculum and Instruction Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University
2009-2013 Research Assistant Curriculum and Instruction Ege University
2006-2009 Research Assistant Curriculum and Instruction Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University








4. EXPERTISE

Expertise Keywords
Educational Sciences
Curriculum and Instruction Teacher education, curriculum studies, professional development, 21st century skills, teachers' identity
and self-efficacy.

5. PUBLICATION
5.1. Articles
a) Uslu, Ö. & Çakar Özkan, E. (2018). The role of self-efficacy beliefs and burnout in predicting teachers’ change tendencies. Mehmet Akif Ersoy University Journal of Education Faculty, 48, 278-300.
b) Çakar Özkan, E. & Bümen, N. (2014) The effects of inquiry based learning in science and technology course on students’ achievements, concept learning, metacognition awareness and attitudes towards science and technology course. Ege Journal of Education, 15 (1), 251-278.
c) Bümen, N., Çakar Özkan, E., & Göğebakan Yıldız, D. (2014). Curriculum fidelity and factors affecting fidelity in the Turkish context. Educational Sciences: Theory Practice, 14(1), 203-228.
d) Yurdakul, B., Uslu, Ö., Çakar Özkan, E., & Göğebakan Yıldız, D. (2014). Evaluation of the professional development program on web based content development. Educational Sciences: Theory Practice, 14(4), 1409-1437.
e) Bümen, T. N., Ateş, A., Çakar, E., Ural, G., & Acar, V. (2012). Teachers’ professional development in Turkish context: Issues and suggestions. Milli Eğitim Dergisi (Publications of Ministry of National Education), 42(194), 31-50.
f) Demirkaya, H., & Çakar, E. (2012). An evaluation of critical thinking skills of seventh grade primary school students according to variables. Ege Journal of Education, 13 (2) 33-49.
g) Şahin, H., & Çakar, E. (2011). The effects of students’ academic motivation and students’ learning strategies on students’ success. The Journal of Turkish Educational Sciences, 9(3), 538-540
5.2. Conference Paper

a) Gemici, B. S. & Çakar Özkan, E. (March, 2021). Factors affecting 21st century skills of pre-service and in-service preschool teachers: A systematic review study. Oral Presentation, 8th International Congress on Curriculum and Instruction, Burdur, Turkey




b) Göksoy, Ş. & Çakar Özkan, E. (March, 2021). Examining the relationship between teachers’ idealistic levels and professional ethical behaviors. Oral Presentation, 8th International Congress on Curriculum and Instruction, Burdur, Turkey
c) Uslu, Ö. & Çakar Özkan E. (Nisan, 2021). Lisans öğrencilerinin okula yönelik tutumlarının incelenmesi (Investigation undergraduate students’ attitudes towards school Oral Presentation, 4th International Symposium on Philosophy, Education, Art and History of Science, Muğla, Turkey
d) Güzel, G. & Çakar Özkan, E. (April, 2019). Aday öğretmenlerin hizmet içi eğitim ihtiyaçlarının belirlenmesi (Determining the professional development needs of novice teachers), Oral Presentation, 10th International Congress on New Trends in Education, Konyaaltı, Antalya, Turkey
e) Çakar Özkan, E. (April, 2017). Öğrenci merkezli yaklaşımlarda destekleyici kavramı (Scaffolding concept in student-centered approaches). Oral Presentation, 26th International Congress Educational Sciences, Side, Antalya, Turkey
f) Uslu, Ö. & Çakar Özkan, E. (November, 2017). Öğretmenlerin tükenmişlik düzeyleri, öz yeterlik inançları ve değişim eğilimleri arasındaki ilişkinin incelenmesi (The role of self-efficacy beliefs and burnout in predicting teachers’ change tendencies), Oral Presentation, 5th International Congress on Curriculum and Instruction, Marmaris, Muğla, Turkey
g) Göğebakan Yıldız, D. & Çakar Özkan, E. (June, 2015). Türkiye bağlamında akademik başarı kavramı üzerine bir inceleme (A study on the concept of academic success in the context of Turkey) Oral Presentation, ERPA 2015 International Congress on Education, Athens, Greece.
h) Çakar, E., Ural, G. & Yurdakul, B. (September, 2011). 6. sınıf fen ve teknoloji programında yer alan madde ve değişim ünitesinin sağlamlığı (The adequacy of the Lesson Unit of “The substance and change” in the 6th grade science and technology program). Oral Presentation, 20th National Educational Sciences Congress, Burdur, Turkey
i) Yurdakul, B., Uslu, Ö., Çakar, E. & Göğebakan Yıldız, D. (June, 2010). Evaluation of the professional development program on WEB based content development, Oral Presentation, 13th International Conference ICT in the Education of Balkan Countries, Varna, Bulgaria.
j) Çakar, E. (October, 2009). 5. sınıf fen ve teknoloji programının bilimsel süreç becerileri kazanimlarinin gerçekleşme düzeylerinin belirlenmesi (Determination the level of students? achievement of the science process skills acquisition of 5th grade science and technology programs. Oral Presentation, 18th National Educational Sciences Congress, İzmir, Turkey






k) Çakar, E. (May, 2009). Eğitim fakültesi öğrencilerinin çoklu zeka kuramina göre zeka alanlarıyla öğrenme stratejileri arasindaki ilişkinin incelenmesi (An analysis of the relationship between the intelligence of educational faculty students according to multiple intelligences theory and learning strategies used). The First International Congress of Educational Research, Çanakkale, Turkey.
l) Çakar, E. (May, 2008). Fen ve teknoloji programında bilimsel süreç becerileri kazanımları ve sınıf öğretmeni adaylarının bilimsel süreç becerileri düzeyleri (Science process skills acquisitions in science and technology program and science process skills levels of primary school teacher candidates. 7th National Primary Teacher Education Symposium, Çanakkale, Turkey.

5.3. BOOKS
a) Translation book: Contemporary Issues in Curriculum by Allan C. Ornstein (Author), Edward F. Pajak (Author), Stacey B. Ornstein (Author)
Bümen, N. T. Uslu, Ö. & Çakar Özkan, E. (2016). Eğitim programlarinda güncel sorunlar. PegemA Yayıncılık, Ankara.

5.4. AWARDS

a) 2014, Award for the most publishing faculty member in the field of educational sciences
5.5. SUPERVISED THESES

a) E. Ünlü (Thesis Author), E. Çakar Özkan (Thesis Advisor), Examining of the autonomy behaviors, self-efficacy beliefs and attitudes of secondary school teachers towards their profession, Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Turkey, 2020.
b) B. Özgül (Thesis Author), E. Çakar Özkan (Thesis Advisor), Effectiveness of the problem-based learning approach: A meta-analysis study, Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Turkey, 2021.
c) B. Gemici (Thesis Author), E. Çakar Özkan (Thesis Advisor), Examination of Preschool Teacher Candidates’ Self-Efficacy Beliefs, Problem Solving and Communication Skills with Structural Equation Model, Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Turkey, 2021.

ÖS
Education for Autistic Children, Sight Disabled Education, Special Education and Disability (Other), Autism and Spectrum Disorder Education
MD
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Doğru
AKDENİZ ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Science and Mathematics Education
HK
Prof. Dr. Hakan Koğar
AKDENİZ ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Testing, Assessment and Psychometrics (Other), Test Theories, Open and Distance Learning, Education
Nadire Gülçin Yıldız
School Counseling, Psychological Counseling Education, Psychological Counseling and Guidance (Other), Family Counseling
JN
Physics Education

João Robert Nogueira é licenciado em Física pela Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Mestre em Engenharia do Ambiente pelo Instituto Superior Técnico, é doutorado em Educação pelo Instituto de Educação da Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, com a tese “Programação computacional e aprendizagem significativa em Física: um estudo exploratório com alunos do Ensino Secundário”. Como formação suplementar, fez a parte escolar do Mestrado em Gravitação e Altas Energias na Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa.

É professor auxiliar da Faculdade de Engenharia de ULHT, instituição na qual leciona, desde 1997, disciplinas nas áreas da Física, da Matemática e da Programação. Foi, durante três anos, Professor de Física (Assistente estagiário) na Universidade da Beira Interior, tendo tido também uma experiência de dois anos no Ensino Básico e Secundário, no qual lecionou Física e Química e Matemática. É, desde 2010, coordenador da área científica da Física da Faculdade de Engenharia da ULHT. Faz parte da ReLeCo: Aprendizagem & Inovação. Participa actualmente em três projectos ERASMUS+ KA2: "Integrated STEM Education with an Interactive Digital Library for Curious Kids" (ID KA220-SCH-818DA381); "Climate Change and STEM Education in Classrooms" (ID KA220-SCH-4B26A985); "STEAMing up the sustainability with Sustainable Development Goals" (ID KA220-SCH-101EA0B0). Entre 2003 e 2013, foi investigador assistente no grupo MARETEC da secção de Ambiente e Energia do Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica do Instituto Superior Técnico. Durante este período, desenvolveu trabalho na área da modelação oceanográfica, bem como na da modelação biológica.

Atualmente, trabalha na área da didática das Ciências, com enfoque na utilização da programação e de ambientes computacionais nos processos de Ensino/aprendizagem da Física, da Química e da Matemática. Procura, com estas metodologias, potenciar a aprendizagem significativa das Ciências, baseada na interdisciplinaridade e na integração de conceitos.

Ümit Yıldız
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ümit Yıldız
AKDENİZ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, EĞİTİM FAKÜLTESİ
Turkish Education
Last Update Time: May 19, 2026