Dr. Zeynel Amaç is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Primary Education at the Faculty of Education, Kilis 7 Aralık University. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Primary Education from Pamukkale University in 1994 and began his teaching career the same year in Arsin, Trabzon. Between 1994 and 2000, he served as a classroom teacher in primary schools affiliated with the Turkish Ministry of National Education. Dr. Amaç completed his M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Missouri–Columbia in 2002 and earned his Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from Dicle University in 2023. His research interests include curriculum development, teacher education, refugee education, and inclusive education. He has published several articles in national and international peer-reviewed journals.

Sadık DURAN received his B.A. in Turkish Language Teaching from Yüzüncü Yıl University in 2002 and his M.A. in the same field from Marmara University’s Institute of Educational Sciences in 2006. He is currently a doctoral candidate at the same institution. After serving as a Turkish language teacher for the Ministry of National Education in 2002, he embarked on his academic career in 2003 as a Research Assistant at Gaziantep University, later continuing this role at Marmara University from 2003 to 2016. He currently holds a faculty position in the Department of Turkish Education at Kilis 7 Aralık University, Kilisli Muallim Rıfat Faculty of Education. His scholarly work focuses on teaching Turkish as a foreign language, textbook development, writing pedagogy, and cultural transmission.

Dr. Hüseyin Akar completed his undergraduate education at İnönü University in 2006. In 2007, he began his master’s degree in the Department of Educational Administration, Supervision, Planning, and Economics at the Institute of Social Sciences at Fırat University, and he completed his master’s degree in 2010. In the same year, he started his doctoral studies in the Department of Educational Administration and Supervision at the Institute of Educational Sciences at İnönü University and earned his Ph.D. in 2017. During and following his academic studies, he worked for seven years (2006–2013) as a teacher and administrator in public schools affiliated with the Turkish Ministry of National Education. In 2013, he was appointed as a lecturer in the Department of Educational Sciences at the Muallim Rıfat Faculty of Education, Kilis 7 Aralık University, where he served until 2018. In 2018, he was appointed as an Assistant Professor (Dr. Faculty Member) in the Department of Educational Administration at the same university. After serving in this position for approximately two and a half years, he was awarded the title of Associate Professor in March 2021 following an evaluation by the Interuniversity Council of Turkey. He currently continues to serve as an Associate Professor of Educational Administration at the same university. Dr. Akar has published nearly 40 articles in national and international indexed journals, presented 29 papers at national and international conferences, and authored six book chapters. He has also taken part in one international research project. He has taught various undergraduate and graduate courses and supervised master’s theses. His research interests include organizational behavior, instructional technologies, teachers’ unions, teacher education, and social entrepreneurship. In addition to his academic work, he enjoys reading books on history, geography, archaeology, anthropology, economics, popular science, education, and philosophy. He is married and the father of two sons.

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Professor at the Faculty of Education, Department of Teaching and School Organization, University of Murcia (Spain). She is an active researcher in the field of school effectiveness and school improvement. Her areas of expertise are educational leadership, inclusion and professional learning networks. She is a regular contributor at international conferences (such as ECER, AERA and ICSEI) and an international affiliate of the Centre for International Research into Leadership in Education (CIRLE).

 Kilis doğumludur. Kartal Bey İlkokulu, Kilis Ortaokulu ve Kilis Öğretmen Lisesi’ni bitirdikten sonra Marmara Üniversitesi Atatürk Eğitim Fakültesi Sınıf Öğretmenliği Bölümü’nden mezun oldu. 1992-93 eğitim-öğretim yılında bir özel okulda öğretmenlik yaptı. 1993 yılından sonra Marmara Üniversitesi Sınıf Öğretmenliği Bölümü’nde araştırma görevlisi olarak çalışmaya başladı. Sınıf Öğretmenliği Programı’nda “İlkokulda Hayat Bilgisi Dersinin Etkililiği” başlıklı çalışması ile yüksek lisansını tamamladı. “İlköğretim Sosyal Bilgiler Dersinde Öğretmen Tutumlarının Problem Çözmeye Etkileri” konulu çalışma ile de doktorasını aynı üniversitenin Eğitim Bilimleri Eğitimi alanında, 2013 yılında doçentliğini ise Sınıf Öğretmenliği alanında aldı.

Z. Nurdan BAYSAL, Marmara Üniversitesi Eğitim Bilimleri Enstitüsü’nde müdür yardımcılığı görevinde bulundu. 2009 yılından bu yana Temel Eğitim Bölümü Sınıf Eğitimi Anabilim Dalı’nda Hayat Bilgisi Öğretimi, Sosyal Bilgiler Öğretimi, Eğitime Giriş, Sınıf Yönetimi ve Eğitim Psikolojisi derslerini, İngilizce Öğretmenliği Anabilim Dalı’nda ise Karşılaştırmalı Eğitim derslerini yürütmüştür ve bu alanlarda yayınlanmış çeşitli kitap, kitap bölümleri ve makaleler yazmıştır.

Osman Tolga Arıcak is a professor of Educational Psychology. He received his BA degree in Counseling and Guidance Program from Istanbul University in 1993, MA degree in Psychological Services in Education in 1995, and PhD in Educational Sciences from the Marmara University Istanbul in 1999. He worked at Trakya University, Indiana University Bloomington, Tulane University, Harvard University, Hasan Kalyoncu University, and Bogazici University respectively. He is currently professor of educational psychology in the Department of Psychology at Hasan Kalyoncu University. His current research focused on problematic use of Internet. He is also interested in statistical and methodological issues in psychology and education.

Hızır Dinler is an academic affiliated with Kilis 7 Aralık University, specializing in Early Childhood Education and Child Development. His research focuses on areas such as phonological awareness in early years, artifical intellegent in education, scale development, and cognitive development processes in young children.

His publications include the development of the Artificial Intelligence Perception and Attitude Scale (AIPAS) and studies on poetry-focused educational programs for phonological awareness, the evolving mind in early childhood, and preschool teachers’ assessment tools. These works have been published in peer-reviewed journals indexed in national and international academic databases.

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 Between 2009 and 2013, he completed his bachelor's degree in Turkish Language Teaching at Erzincan University, Faculty of Education. Between 2015 and 2017, he completed his master's degree in Turkish Language Education at Erzincan University/Institute of Social Sciences. Between 2017 and 2023, he completed his doctoral studies in Turkish Education at Erciyes University/Institute of Educational Sciences. Kılıç plays an active role in teaching Turkish as a foreign/second language and has conducted various academic studies on the subject. His academic work focuses particularly on language education, children's literature, reading culture, and teacher training processes.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yakup Alan has specialized in Turkish language teaching.

Sadık DURAN received his B.A. in Turkish Language Teaching from Yüzüncü Yıl University in 2002 and his M.A. in the same field from Marmara University’s Institute of Educational Sciences in 2006. He is currently a doctoral candidate at the same institution. After serving as a Turkish language teacher for the Ministry of National Education in 2002, he embarked on his academic career in 2003 as a Research Assistant at Gaziantep University, later continuing this role at Marmara University from 2003 to 2016. He currently holds a faculty position in the Department of Turkish Education at Kilis 7 Aralık University, Kilisli Muallim Rıfat Faculty of Education. His scholarly work focuses on teaching Turkish as a foreign language, textbook development, writing pedagogy, and cultural transmission.

Sadık DURAN received his B.A. in Turkish Language Teaching from Yüzüncü Yıl University in 2002 and his M.A. in the same field from Marmara University’s Institute of Educational Sciences in 2006. He is currently a doctoral candidate at the same institution. After serving as a Turkish language teacher for the Ministry of National Education in 2002, he embarked on his academic career in 2003 as a Research Assistant at Gaziantep University, later continuing this role at Marmara University from 2003 to 2016. He currently holds a faculty position in the Department of Turkish Education at Kilis 7 Aralık University, Kilisli Muallim Rıfat Faculty of Education. His scholarly work focuses on teaching Turkish as a foreign language, textbook development, writing pedagogy, and cultural transmission.