She completed her bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate degrees at Dokuz Eylül University in the field of Curriculum and Instruction.
Her work focuses on curriculum and instruction.
Her particular areas of interest include critical thinking, thinking skills–thinking instruction, and new approaches in teaching. While she engages with all teaching approaches and methods, she has a special interest in new approaches such as differentiated instruction, inclusive education, and multiculturalism.
Since 2013, she has also been involved in women’s studies. She is the founding director of the Women’s Studies Application and Research Center at Düzce University. In this field, she conducts research and various projects.

Dr Zaheer Hussain is a researcher and senior lecturer in psychology. He teaches on the undergraduate single and combined honours psychology degrees and the MSc in Cyberpsychology. His teaching and research interests cover cyberpsychology, social psychology, statistics, and research methods. He supervises undergraduate and postgraduate research projects. He is a member of the Online Behaviours Lab and an active researcher in the areas of addictive behaviours and technology use. He also works as a consultant and has worked with technology, media, and advertising companies including Facebook, Activation Media, and MTM. Dr. Hussain also acts as an expert advisor on health and technology for the UK Parliament.

Professor in the field of Mathematics Education at Polytechnic of Guarda (IPG);
Post-Doc in Problem-solving Skills at Kindergarten (Institute of Education, Faculty of Education, Sakarya University, Turkey);
PhD in Science and Technology - specialization in Didactical Mathematics (UTAD University, Vila-Real);
Master's degree in Mathematics Education ( UBI University - Covilhã);
Degree in Mathematics Education (Faculty of Education, Coimbra University);
Coordinator of Center for Studies in Education and Innovation (CI&DEI - Guarda Section - https://www.ipv.pt/cidei/coord.htm) from December 2018;
Dean of HEI - School of Education, Communication and Sport, Polytechnic of Guarda, from 12/01/2015 until 14/01/2019;
Member of the Executive Commission of CEI - (Centro de Estudos Ibéricos - http://www.cei.pt/cei/estrutura.htm) from 12/01/2015 until 14/01/2019;
Member of the board of UDI (Research Unit for Inland Development - http://www.ipg.pt/udi/) from 02/2012 until 12/2014;
Develops research in mathematics education, ICT, multicultural education, pre-school and primary school education, and inclusion and innovation.
Has several scientific publications and designed activities with different HEI from Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Sweden, Ireland, Denmark, Lithuania, Latvia, Romania, Czech Republic, Hungary, Belgium, Germany, Albania, Uzbekistan, Chile, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Costa Rica, Peru among others
He is an evaluator for ERASMUS+ Portuguese Agency and European COST projects.

Sakarya University

Prof. Dr. Özcan Erkan Akgün completed his undergraduate education in the Department of Chemistry at Niğde University (1998), and his master's degree (2002) and doctorate (2005) in Educational Technology at Ankara University. In 2006, he was appointed to Sakarya University, Faculty of Theology,Faculty of Education, Department of Computer and Instructional Technologies as an Assistant Professor. Akgün, who became an Associate Professor in 2018, became a Professor in 2023. Prof. Akgün currently works for Ibn Haldun University, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Department of Educational Sciences. Prof. Akgün has many articles published in journals indexed in national and international directories. Prof. Akgün's research areas include instructional design, learning development, e-learning, distance education, technology integration in education, STEM, competencies in higher education, accreditation, effective learning-teaching and learning motivation.