Journal for the Education of Gifted Young Scientists » Volume: 11 Issue: 4

The JEGYS is an international refereed scientific journal which publishes review and research article, teaching techniques and activities for the education of the gifted young scientist, talent education, book reviews and interviews in English. Submitted articles are evaluated in a double-blinded peer-reviewed fashion. The JEGYS is an open-access journal, published 4 issues a year. JEGYS holds copyrights for all articles published in the journal.

Journal for the Education of Gifted Young Scientists (JEGYS) ISSN: 2149-360X covers issues such as science education, educational science fields, differentiated instruction in mathematics, science and social sciences for gifted students, education and training of the young scientist, giftedness, gifted education, scientific creativity, educational policy on science and math education for gifted students, teaching of the history and philosophy of science, STEM education for gifted, teaching techniques and activities in the education of the gifted young scientist, sustainability of education, is a scientific and academic journal. JEGYS aims to be a scientific media sharing scientific research, practices, theories and ideas about gifted education and education of the gifted young scientists. Scope of JEGYS; educational sciences, math education, science education, music education, talent education, advanced models and techniques for education, sustainability of education etc.

Author Guidelines

Instruction for Authors

Thank you for choosing JEGYS to submit your article. The instructions we will give you will relieve you of your article being ready for the peer review process, turning it into production and reaching the publication stage smoothly. Please take some time to read and follow the steps. We declare that we will support you at every stage, our contact information (e-mail and whatsapp) in this regard is on our website. Do not hesitate to contact us.

This journal uses the Dergipark Journal System. This system is an academic journal software developed by the Scientific And Technological Research Council of Turkey and is still being developed. Please read the guide for Dergipark Journal System authors before making a submission. The complete instructions for preparing your article and submitting it to JEGYS are given below.

About the JEGYS
Journal for the Education of Gifted Young Scientists is an international, peer-reviewed journal that publishes original research with high quality and potential for impact. Please read JEGYS's Aims & Scope and Peer Review Policy statements. Please note that this journal only publishes articles in English.
Journal for the Education of Gifted Young Scientists only accepts original articles.

Journal for the Education of Gifted Young Scientists has chosen the Open Access model to reach the real audience, increase the visibility, attribution and readability of your articles, and make scientific knowledge a common commodity for all humanity, rather than just a high-income commodity for developed countries or an elite. You can read statements about this Open Access Policy.

Peer Review and Ethics
JEGYS and its affiliated publishing house, Genç Bilge Publishing, declare their commitment to peer review with high ethical standards. Your article will go through Editorial Prereview after Similarity Report review (must be below 15%), pre-review of ethical committee permissions. This is the stage where the decision is made about the suitability and originality of your article for JEGYS's Aims & Scope. This is how your article is ready for peer review by independent and field experts. In line with JEGYS's Peer Review Policy statements, peer review is carried out quickly and efficiently, with minimum deficiencies, maximum ethical sensitivity.

Please note that before submitting your article to the Journal for the Mathematics Education and Teaching Practices; to prepare your Similarity Reports (you can use Turnitin, Ithenticate software), Ethics Committee Permissions, Cover Letter, Conflict of Interest, Author Contributions statements in which you claim the originality of your article.

Getting Your Article Ready
Writing Rules
Manuscripts should be written in APA style.
Manuscripts should be submitted in MS Word.
It should be use a normal 11-point EB Garamond for text.
All portions of the manuscript must be typed 1,15
It should not be indent the first line of paragraphs, and other paragraphs are indented 0.50 cm.
Please give short quotations in italics within the quotation marks " " and the page number cited at the end in parentheses.
Please note that long quotations should be indented without quotation marks.

Article Sections and Order
Abstract (350-450 words)
Introduction (included in literature review, conceptual framework, importance)
Problem of Study (Main and sub-problems)
Method (included in Research Model, Participants-Sampling, Data Collection Tools, Data Analysis, Procedure)
Results (It should be presented depending on the research problem)
Discussion (Up-to-date citations from quality journals and original articles in important indexes should be given)
Conclusion (Must be at least one page, present the entire article in summary)
Recommendations ( For Researchers and For Applicants)
Limitations of Study
Acknowledgements (Thanks, support funds, permissions, conflict interests, authors' contributions should be written in this section)
Biodata of Authors (Photo, name-surname, graduated schools, important studies, specialties, academic social media links; Like Researchgate, AcademicEdu)
References (It should be meticulously written in accordance with APA style, checked, not self-citation)
Appendix

In order for your article to be ready, we offer you a word version of a published article as a template. Please edit the page number, header and footer settings without changing them. We present you Templated Article for JEGYS.

Page Limit
A typical paper for this journal should be no more than 35 pages, inclusive of: Appendix

References
The References section is one of the most important parts of the article. Please prepare it in accordance with the APA style, with 10 points and single spacing.

Article Support Center (Young Wise) Services
You can benefit from the services of the Article Support Center to develop your manuscript and make it ready for submission. You can visit the website for services such as editing, translation and proofreading.

Checklist for Submit an Article
Author Information Details and Records to Dergipark Journal System: Please check that all authors have registered with the Dergipark Journal System before submitting an article. Please note that the ORCID of each author will be requested by the Dergipark Journal System during registration. Therefore, do not forget to register the ORCID beforehand. Authors are registered to the system only after they approve the verification emails sent by the system. We recommend that authors fill out their profiles in the Dergipark Journal System completely.
Cover Letter: Do not forget to prepare the Cover Letter stating the ethical elements, originality and other aspects of your work.
Copyright Transfer Agreement Form: This form is requested to be uploaded while submitting the articles of the authors. Download the form by clicking this link, make sure that all authors have signatures.
Similarity (Plagiarism) Report: You can use software such as Turnitin, Ithenticate for this report. Note that the similarity rate must be less than 12%.
Keywords: Identify up to five key words. Make sure that keywords are effective and discoverable.
Ethics Committee Permission: If your research is a research that requires ethics committee approval, this permission must be obtained and uploaded during the article submit process.
Figure, Photos: Please upload the high resolution files of the figures and photos in the Manuscript separately during the submission.
Data Sharing: To allow other researchers to use the data you use in your research, or for transparency, use the infrastructure of internationally supporting organizations and indicate this in the manuscript.

Submitting Your Article
Submission of your article is done through Dergipark Journal System. This system is a software where all records are kept, article progress reports can be created, and the corresponding author can submit it on his own. The article submission steps are quite easy. However, due to the software, you may not be able to click the confirmation button in the pop-up that appears at the last stage, you may need to adjust your computer's settings or use another computer for this.
You can always get help during the submission process by using the contact information on our website. Please make sure that all authors are registered in the system beforehand and complete the submit process.

Publication Charges
There are no submission fees, publication fees or page charges for this journal.

Queries
If you have any queries, please contact us here.

Updated 22nd October 2022

Ethical Principles and Publication Policy

Ethical Principles and Publication Policy

This journal follows and accepts the internationally accepted publishing ethical principles and applies them in all its processes. In particular, the journal team, about the accumulation and experience of COPE over the years, participates in discussions, shares and sets good examples in order to educate itself.

JEGYS has determined ethic statements based on “Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editor, Core Practices and Guidelines. These ethical principles must be followed by all stakeholders of JEGYS (publisher, editors, reviewers, authors).

We can list these principles as follows;

* Makes and implements editorial prevention against variants of Plagiarism containing all scientific definitions.

* Requests documents for Ethical Committee Permissions from authors during the article submission process

* Strictly examines the unethical behaviors of authors such as self-citation during the article pre-review and article review process.

* Strictly scrutinize ethical concerns such as "ghost author".

* It examines the data in cases that may cause publication concerns, as ensuring the transparency of the authors

* It asks academics with editorial duties to undertake not to communicate with authors except during article review processes.

* Editorial boards knows that the quality of JEGYS is directly related to its commitment to ethical principles.

* The editorial team is aware that their role in JEGYS is not a factor to increase their popularity, each member gives their commitment.

* Collaborates with authors' institutions on ethical issues

* The increase in indexing and the popularity of the journal never changes its strict adherence to the application of ethical principles.

* The authors, editors, referees and members of the editorial board are informed about compliance with ethical principles and commitments are requested.

* The authors, referees, editors and editorial board members do not know about ethical issues as an excuse, and they are dismissed from JEGYS.

* All information brought to the literature, practices, models and experiences by COPE must be known and applied by the stakeholders.

* Regarding the hesitation experienced in practices related to ethical problems; Under the chairmanship of the chief editor, the JEGYS Ethics Unit (JEU), which consists of 4 members of the editorial board and 5 people in total, undertakes the task of consulting. In order to increase the accuracy of its decisions, the JEU should seek advice from institutions that work with international ethical issues.

* The concept of double-bilinded peerreview is made a fact by choosing independent and expert reviewers with all its details, it is never left in discourse, it is applied. For this case, the review process reports recorded in the Dergipark Journal System are always available as proof/evidence.

Now let's explain some of the basics for authors, reviewers and editors.

Plagiarism

Plagiarism the unethical act of copying someone else’s prior ideas, processes, results or words without explicit acknowledgement of the original author and source. Self-plagiarism occurs when an author utilizes large part of his/her own previously published work without using appropriate references. This can range from getting the same manuscript published in multiple journals to modifying a previously published manuscript with some new data.

Types of Plagiarism

Full Plagiarism: Previously published content without any changes to the text, idea and grammar is considered as full plagiarism. It involves presenting exact text from a source as one’s own.

Partial Plagiarism: If content is a mixture from multiple different sources, where the author has extensively rephrased text, then it is known as partial plagiarism.

Self-Plagiarism: When an author reuses complete or portions of their pre-published research, then it is known as self-plagiarism. Complete self-plagiarism is a case when an author republishes their own previously published work in a new journal.

Measures, Obligations and Responsibilities of JEGYS

Journal for the Education of Gifted Young Scientists (JEGYS) is strictly against any unethical act of copying or plagiarism in any form. Plagiarism is said to have occurred when large portions of a manuscript have been copied from existing previously published resources. All manuscripts submitted for publication to JEGYS are cross-checked for plagiarism using Turnitin/ iThenticate software.

Procedure

JEGYS meticulously requests and checks plagiarism reports from authors for their article submissions (Similarity over 20% is unacceptable). Papers found to be plagiarized during initial stages of review are out-rightly rejected and not considered for publication in the journal. In case a manuscript is found to be plagiarized after publication, the Editor-in-Chief will conduct preliminary investigation, may be with the help of a suitable committee constituted for the purpose. If the manuscript is found to be plagiarized beyond the acceptable limits, the journal will contact the author’s Affiliation and Funding Agency, if any. A determination of misconduct will lead JEGYS to run a statement bidirectionally linked online to and from the original paper, to note the plagiarism and provide a reference to the plagiarized material. The paper containing the plagiarism will also be marked on each pages. This situation is conveyed to the relevant unit (JEU) in a report.

Figure 1. Plagiarism Intervention Flow Chart

Plagiarism Concern Status: JEGYS respects intellectual property and aims at protecting and promoting original work of its authors. Manuscripts containing plagiarized material are against the standards of quality, research and innovation. Hence, all authors submitting articles to JEGYS are expected to abide ethical standards and abstain from plagiarism, in any form.

Author(s) Request for Defense: In case, an author is found to be suspected of plagiarism in a submitted or published manuscript then, JEGYS shall contact the author (s) to submit his / her (their) explanation within two weeks, which may be forwarded to the JEU constituted for the purpose, for further course of action. If JEGYS does not receive any response from the author within the stipulated time period, then the director of authors’ affiliations to which the author is affiliated shall be contacted to take strict action against the concerned author.

Ethics Unit Report Preparation: JEU prepares a report containing the opinions and evidences of the plagiarism case by taking the defenses of the authors. He gives this report to the chief editor.

Article Related Sanction: JEGYS shall take serious action against published manuscripts found to contain plagiarism and shall completely remove them from JEGYS journal website (https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/jegys) and other third party websites where the paper is listed and indexed. The moment, any article published in JEGYS database is reported to be plagiarized, JEGYS will constitute a JEU to investigate the same. Upon having established that the manuscript is plagiarized from some previously published work, JEGYS shall support the original author and manuscript irrespective of the publisher and may take any or all of the following immediate actions or follow the additional course of actions as recommended by the committee:

JEGYS shall remove the PDF copy of the published manuscript from the website (https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/jegys) and disable all links to full text article. The term Plagiarized Manuscript shall be appended to the published manuscript title. JEGYS shall disable the author account with the journal and reject all future submissions from the author for a period of 3 years or even ban the authors permanently. JEGYS may also display the list of such authors along with their full contact details on the JEGYS website. (https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/jegys)

Sanction on Authors: JEGYS editorial office shall immediately contact the Head of the Affiliations to which the author(s) is (are) affiliated to take strict action against the concerned author(s).

Ethical Duties and Responsibilities of All Stakeholders Related to Editorial Processes

In the creation of this section, the knowledge, experience and experience of Scopus and Web of Science, which are the most important indexes of the world, in the field of academic publishing were used. We also inform our stakeholders such as authors, referees and editors that we are committed to all ethical principles they have stated and agreed upon.

Duties of Publisher

* JEGYS is open access academic journal, and Genç Bilge Publishing is defined as a “Publisher”

* The publisher must arrange all information details, publication policies and ethical statements on JEGYS's website in accordance with COPE's "Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing".

* The publisher agrees to publish all accepted articles under open-access and CC BY-NC-ND license.

* Publisher never interferes with editorial processes and decisions.

* The publisher never interferes with editorial processes and decisions. The publisher respects the independence of the JEGYS' editorial team

* The publisher guarantees to assist the relevant institutions in ethical investigations.

* The publisher guarantees to comply with the publication policies of the JEGYS.

Duties of Authors

* The author must be honest and transparent in all the information he gives, such as the originality of his research, author contributions, and funds received.

* The author should not communicate with the members of the editorial board in any way that may affect the refereeing processes of his article.

* The author should first convey his problems related to the editorial processes to the editor-in-chief. It should not engage in an unethical and legally criminal behavior in the face of JEGYS's unfair, groundless, and unsubstantiated accusations, such as defaming it in different environments.

* The author should not submit his/her article without being aware of all JEGYS's policies and author's guideline. JEGYS's advisory and author support units are in charge of this. It does not engage in careless, unconscious and erroneous submit and review processes only for the rapid operation of the publication processes of the article.

* The author must be willing to apply all the details in the authors guideline. He should not enter into a bargain with the editor, as I will do some matters later.

* Authors give the right to access the research data and to request it when necessary, to the editorial board as stated in the guidelines. In this regard, it complies with the principles of transparency and accountability.

* Plagiarism (similarity) Report presented by author(s) without manipulation. It never uses software that changes words without changing the meaning of quotes from other sources. Presents an original research that he has constructed in his own sentences.

* It uses software such as Turnitin, Ithenticate to receive Plagiarism reports.

* Author(s) should not in general publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication.

* The author acts with fairness and ethical sensitivity in the matter that contributors and non-contributors should be written as article authors or thanked in the Acknowledgment section.

* Knows in which aspects the concept of authorship is valid. Definitely identifies the author's contributions in the Acknowledgment section.

* The author acts within the framework of ethical principles with the relevant institutions in terms of specifying the permissions received by the research process in the article or obtaining separate permission to be specified.

* The Ethical Committee Permission receives the for all research and adds it to the Dergipark Journal System during the article submission process. In the Acknowledgment section, it specifies the date of the decision and the number of decisions.

* All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript.

* Authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript.

* If the author discovers something fundamental, serious and inaccurate in his article after the article is published, he notifies the editor. This puts the author under an important responsibility. Options to retract or publishing of correct paper are implemented with editorial cooperation. It can never exhibit a behavior such as avoiding cooperation in this process.

Duties of the Editors

* Editors are responsible for examining all ethical aspects of a submitted article. He cannot assign this responsibility to someone else, forget or ignore it.

* It also receives and controls the plagiarism (similarity) report that the authors upload while submitting the article, and does not delegate this task to an assistant or anyone else.

* The selection of editorial board members invited to JEGYS does not take into account bias and self-interest.

* It notifies the author of its decision for the decision-making time limits for an article. Cannot engage in unethical behavior such as careless, indifferent and unnecessary waiting towards the author.

* Editor should evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.

* The editor should not share the knowledge of the review processes of an article with anyone. Information and documents should have a strict attitude in terms of confidentiality.

* The editor cannot use the idea or material in a submitted article for his own work.

* If there is a conflict of interest with the author in a submitted article, the editor should directly request that this article be assigned to another editor.

* The editor meticulously plays a critical role in conducting an investigation between the publisher and the author's institutions regarding any ethical problem.

* The editor is involved in uncovering ethical problems about an author, even if it was published years ago.

Duties of Reviewers

* The reviewer should be aware that it is a very influential factor in the development of the article and the editor's decision.

* When the reviewer feels inadequate to evaluate an article, he should ask for another reviewer to be assigned to the article.

* Reviewer should not discuss the information and ideas in an article they are reviewing with others.

* The reviewer should not use derogatory, commanding or humiliating expressions in his comments about the article. Should not criticize the author inappropriately. While expressing their views, they should support them with arguments.

* JEGYS's review form is very detailed. This form has been prepared to include all the details of the article. The reviewer should not be in the act of filling in the fields that need to be filled in this form in a short and vague manner such as "it is appropriate, good".

* The reviewer should check whether the author has deliberately or mistakenly cited to any source in the literature, and the editor should warn about this issue.

* The reviewer should check whether the author does self-citation, dominate the author's own work or a research group's work in the academic community, cite biasedly, and popularize it, and report this situation to the editor with its arguments.

* The reviewer should notify the editor of the eligibility for his appointment and when he can review the article. It should not act recklessly to interfere with the journal's workflow and to waste the valuable time of the author.

Updated 23rd October 2022

Price Policy

JEGYS does not charge an article submission fee or article processing fee. However, it may charge for layout and other additional services. (2250 TL for Turkey, 75 GBP other countries)

Indexes

Other Indexes

	Scilit
	ScienceGate
	SOBIAD
	Fatcat.wiki
	Academic Accelerator
	Index Copernicus
	Erih Plus
	Google Scholar
	Education Full Text H.W. Wilson Database

Journal Boards

Editor-in-Chief

Asst. Prof. Dr. Hasan Said TORTOP UFUK UNIVERSITY Web

Assoc. Prof. Dr2. Hasan Said Tortop was born and raised in İzmir, Türkiye. He graduated from the Department of Science Education at Manisa Celal Bayar University in 1998. In the same year, he began his career as a science teacher under the Ministry of National Education (MoNE). He completed his master's degree in Science Education at Celal Bayar University in 2001. In 2010, he earned his Ph.D. in Physics (Physics Education) from Süleyman Demirel University. During the last three years of his teaching career (2008–2011), he worked at a Science and Art Center for gifted students. In 2011, he was appointed to the Faculty of Education at Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University (BEU). There, he founded the Special Education Research and Application Center for Gifted Children (2013), developed the Education Program for Gifted Bridge with University (EPGBU, 2013–2015), and established the Journal for the Education of Gifted Research (JGER), serving as its editor. He has led a TÜBİTAK project related to gifted students (with 5 coordinators and 3 expert trainers). He became an associate professor in Science Education in 2014. He was appointed to the Department of Special Education at Istanbul Aydın University in 2017, and later to the Department of Child Development at Istanbul Esenyurt University in 2020. To date, he has supervised 30 theses. He earned a second bachelor's degree in Philosophy from Anadolu University Open Education Faculty in 2020. In October 2023, he completed his second Ph.D. in Disability Studies (Special Education) at Trakya University. He has published 19 books and over 100 national and international articles. He currently serves as executive editor of two academic journals related to gifted education (Journal for the Education of Gifted Young Scientists and Journal of Gifted Education and Creativity) and teaches as a visiting scholar at various universities. His areas of interest include science education, gifted education, talent development, and special education. E-mail: hasansaidfen@gmail.com ORCID: 0000-0002-0899-4033 Web: https://hasansaidtortop.com GoogleScholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=MqAQWXsAAAAJ&hl=tr

Academiaedu: https://independent.academia.edu/HTORTOP ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hasan-Tortop-2

Education, Family Counseling, Curriculum and Instration , Instructional Design, Science and Mathematics Education, Science Education, Special Education and Disabled Education, Speech Handicapped Education, Educational Psychology

Advisory Board

Prof. Dr. Hanna DAVİD Tel Aviv University (emeritus)

Child Development Education, Special Talented Education, Counselling Psychology, Educational Psychology

Editors/Section Editors

Dr. Ahmet TEMEL T.C. MİLLİ EĞİTİM BAKANLIĞI

I graduated from the Department of Physical Education and Sports Teaching at Cumhuriyet University in 2014 and began my teaching career in Konya in the same year.

Between 2015 and 2018, I completed my master’s degree. During this period, I worked as a weightlifting coach.

In 2018, I was appointed to Kayseri. In the same year, I became a member of the Education Board of the Turkish Weightlifting Federation, where I served as an instructor in training programs for coaches and athletes.

I completed my doctoral studies, which I began in 2018 at Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University, in 2022. My academic work focuses on physical education, traditional games, values education, sports culture, and fair play.

Since 2021, I have been continuing my teaching career in Aksaray. Since 2023, I have been serving as the coordinator of the project “Living My Values through Traditional Games,” which aims to support children’s physical and social development.

Sociology of Sports, Physical Training and Sports, Physical Training and Sports Pedagogy

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fatma ERDOĞAN FIRAT UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF EDUCATION

ERDOĞAN completed her master's degree in Mathematics Education at Eskişehir Osmangazi University in 2007, and her doctorate degree in Mathematics Education at Marmara University in 2013. Since 2017, Dr. Erdoğan has been working as a faculty member at Fırat University, Faculty of Education, Mathematics Education Department. Her scientific and research interests include collaborative learning, metacognition, inclusive mathematics education, higher-order thinking skills, problem-solving, and problem-posing.

Education, Mathematics Education, Special Talented Education

Dr. Hasan TINMAZ Woosong University

Hasan Tinmaz completed his undergraduate studies at Middle East Technical University (Ankara, Turkiye) in the Faculty of Education, Computer Education Department in 2001, he graduated from the same university's Graduate Program in Curriculum and Instruction in 2004. Having completed his doctoral studies with his thesis on the uses, gratification and integration of social media in Middle East Technical University, Computer Education and Instructional Technologies program, he still works as an Assist. Professor in AI & Big Data department of Endicott College of International Studies, Woosong University (Daejeon, South Korea). His research areas are social media, educational technology, curriculum and instruction design, technology management, psychological and sociological issues in technology, technology planning, Industry 4.0, Artificial Intelligence and Metaverse.

Education, Instructional Design

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gökhan ILGAZ TRAKYA ÜNİVERSİTESİ, EĞİTİM FAKÜLTESİ

Web

Curriculum and Instration , Curriculum Development in Education, Curriculum Evaluation in Education, In-Service Training

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mojca GABRIJELCIC UNIVERSITY OF PRIMORSKA

Web

Associate Professor PhD, Mojca Kukanja Gabrijelčič, Director of Center of Giftedness and Creativity, University of Primorska, Faculty of Education. In the field of research, she is mainly concerned with the development of didactics; studies the design of curricula and teaching materials for the social sciences and alternative didactic strategies for teaching in higher education. In addition to didactics, her longterm research is directed towards gifted and talented students, finding (identifying) gifted students in primary school, in history classes and discovering gifted children in preschool, developing didactic strategies for working with the gifted and talent children. Her important contribution in the field of gifted education is mainly in the measurement tool, as she was the first in Slovenia to create an assessment scale for discovering gifted students in history and also for gifted preschoolers. ORCID: 0000-0003-0682-613X
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mojca-Kukanja-Gabrijelcic

Curriculum Development in Education, Teacher Education and Professional Development of Educators, Early Childhood Education, Classroom Education, Inclusive Education

Prof. Dr. Gillian ROEHRİG University of Minnesota Web

Professor of Science Education, Associate Director of STEM Education Center, her research and teaching interests are centered on understanding how teachers translate national and state standards into teaching events and curriculum in their classrooms. Teachers’ knowledge and beliefs about teaching and learning directly influence the specific teaching practices implemented by teachers. Of particular interest is how teachers, from preservice through induction and into the inservice years, represent “science as inquiry” in their teaching and how different induction and professional development programs can influence teachers’ knowledge, beliefs, and classroom practices.

In addition, with the current national and state focus on K-12 engineering, my work focuses on STEM integration. This includes teacher professional development and curriculum development to prepare teachers for integrating engineering into their science classrooms.

Research interests

STEM Integration; Teacher Professional Development; Teacher Induction

Awards and honors

Outstanding Faculty Award, Council of Graduate Students, 2010

Institute on the Environment Resident Fellow

Award IV: Innovations in Teaching Science Teachers, Association for Science Teacher Education, 2014

Outstanding Mentor Award, Association for Science Teacher Education, 2013

STEM Education

Prof. Dr. Albert ZİEGLER Alexander-University Erlangen Web

Albert Ziegler, PhD, is Chair Professor of Educational Psychology and Research on Excellence at the University of Erlangen Nuremberg, Germany. He is the Founding Director of the Statewide Counseling and Research Center for the Gifted. He has published approximately 400 books, chapters and articles in the fields of talent development and educational psychology. He developed the Actiotope Model of Giftedness, which promotes a systemic conception of giftedness. In his research, his main interests are learning resources and effective learning environments, self-regulated learning, mentoring, and gifted identification. Presently, he serves as the Vice President of the European Council for High Ability (ECHA), and as Chairman of the European Talent Support Network (ETSN). In 2017, he was appointed Director of the World Giftedness Center in Dubai.

Special Talented Education