Assoc. Prof. Dr. Özkan Çelik completed his primary, secondary, and high school education in the Acıpayam district of Denizli, Turkey. He earned his associate degree in Computer Programming from Ege University Tire Kutsan MYO in 2000 and his bachelor’s degree in Primary Education from Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University Faculty of Education in 2005. After working as a classroom teacher within the Ministry of National Education for a period of time, he continued his professional career in academia.
In 2010, he completed his master’s degree in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, and in 2016, he received his Ph.D. in Primary Education from Gazi University with his dissertation titled “The Application of Creative Drama Method in Values Teaching Through Interdsciplinary Approach”. He was awarded the title of Associate Professor in 2021.
Dr. Çelik’s research interests include Life Studies education, creative drama education, and values education. He has served as a coordinator, researcher, and trainer in numerous projects supported by the European Union, TÜBİTAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey), and university-based Scientific Research Projects (BAP).
After receiving his Creative Drama Leadership Certificate from the Ministry of National Education, Dr. Çelik began working as a Creative Drama Leader. Throughout this process, he has conducted workshops with children, teachers, and various adult groups. Additionally, he has served as an instructor in many in-service training seminars organized by the Ministry of National Education for teachers.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Özkan Çelik is currently a faculty member in the Department of Primary Education, Faculty of Education, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University.

Dr. Seda Ata graduated from the Department of Early Childhood Education at Selçuk University in 2006. Between 2006 and 2008, she worked as a preschool teacher at Zambak Kindergarten under the Turkish Ministry of National Education in Van. She received her M.A. in Guidance and Psychological Counseling from Muğla University in 2010 and earned her Ph.D. in Early Childhood Education from Hacettepe University in 2014. Her doctoral dissertation examined the influence of attachment patterns on teachers’ classroom management and mothers’ child-rearing attitudes.
Her academic studies have focused on attachment theory, parenting attitudes, classroom management, teacher education, and digital transformation in early childhood education. In recent years, she has conducted research to enhance preservice teachers’ abilities to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs) into instructional processes in ethical, pedagogical, and innovative ways. She has also developed projects and instructional designs that strengthen digital pedagogical competence, technology literacy, and classroom technology integration.
Dr. Ata has authored numerous national and international articles, conference papers, book chapters, and translations in the field of early childhood education. She has delivered seminars, conferences, and teacher training programs in collaboration with various institutions and has been serving as a faculty member at Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University since 2016.

In 2006, she graduated with a double major in Preschool Teaching and Guidance and Psychological Counseling from the Faculty of Education at Boğaziçi University. In 2010, she completed her Master's degree in the Adult Education Program at the Department of Educational Sciences at Boğaziçi University, and in 2016, she completed her Doctorate in the Preschool Education Program at Marmara University. In 2020, she was awarded the title of Associate Professor in the field of Preschool Education. She currently serves as a Professor in the Department of Preschool Education at Necatibey Faculty of Education, Balıkesir University. Between 2018 and 2020, she also taught as a part-time lecturer in the Department of Preschool Teaching at Boğaziçi University Faculty of Education. She has numerous national and international publications and project studies on self-regulation in early childhood, parental behaviors, museum education, and environmental education.

Orçin Karadağ is a faculty member in the English Language Teaching (ELT) Department at Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University. He holds a PhD from Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University (ÇOMÜ). His research focuses on English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI), EMI quality and policy, EMI-STEM integration, English for Academic/Specific Purposes (EAP/ESP), needs analysis, classroom discourse and interaction (Conversation Analysis and Discourse Analysis), program evaluation, language teaching methods, teacher education, and AI-supported professional development for teachers (AI-PD / AI in Teacher Education).

His recent publication, "An investigation into policy and implementation for quality EMI: A case study," examines how institutional language policies translate into classroom practice and how EMI quality can be developed in higher education.

His current work includes:
(1) a comparative analysis of ICT and artificial intelligence elements in the Turkish Century Maarif Model English curriculum with reference to international standards, and
(2) an investigation of pre-service English teachers’ error analysis competence and perceptions.

Across these strands, his work aims to build research-informed frameworks for high-quality EMI in STEM fields and to design sustainable, AI-supported professional development models for language teachers.