Dr. Orhan Curaoglu is a seasoned educator and researcher specializing in instructional technology, e-learning, and technology-enhanced mathematics and STEM education. He holds faculty positions at both Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University and the University of North Texas. His professional experience includes university-level instruction and secondary mathematics education. He has participated in numerous national and international initiatives focused on information and communication technology (ICT), pedagogical sciences, and STEM education, and has conducted and published scholarly research on educational technologies.

Steven Sexton is a primary school teacher now working at the University of Otago. He completed his PhD in teacher cognition in 2007 which investigated how those who are entering their initial teacher education programme see themselves as the teacher and how this role-identity was formed by their prior experiences in the classroom. His current research interest area is in how to support teachers and student teachers being able to incorporate culturally responsive and sustaining teaching practices in their classroom. In addition, his other research areas are in teacher cognition, heteronormativity in the classroom, and science education.

Kemal Yurumezoglu is an professor in the Department of Special Education (Gifted Education) at Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey. He received his master’s degree in physics education in 2000 from the University of Paris Diderot (Paris 7), France, and his PhD in science education in 2005 from the University of Strasbourg, France. His research interests are in conceptual physics, gifted education, STEAM education and inquiry-based physics activities.