Özgen Korkmaz is a professor at the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Science at Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University. Dr. Korkmaz's area of expertise is educational technology. His research interests include computer education, programming education and thinking skills. He is also an expert in scale development.

Norma RA Romm (DLitt et Phil) is a Professor in the Department of Adult Education and Youth Development at the University of South Africa. She is author of The Methodologies of Positivism and Marxism (1991), Accountability in Social Research (2001), New Racism (2010), Responsible Research Practice (2018), People’s Education in Theoretical Perspective (with V McKay 1992), Diversity Management (with R Flood 1996), and Assessment of the Impact of HIV and AIDS in the Informal Economy of Zambia (with V McKay 2006). She has co-edited five books—Social Theory (with M Sarakinsky 1994), Critical Systems Thinking (with R Flood 1996), Balancing Individualism and Collectivism (with JJ McIntyre-Mills and Y Corcoran-Nantes 2017), Mixed Methods and Cross-Disciplinary Research (with JJ McIntyre-Mills, 2019) and Democracy and Governance for Resourcing the Commons (with JJ McIntyre-Mills and Y Corcoran-Nantes, 2019). She has published over 100 research articles on social theorizing, transformative research towards social and ecological regeneration, Indigenous paradigms of knowing, and the facilitation of adult learning. ORCID number: 0000-0002-1722-9720. 

Associate Professor Pinar Ayyildiz is a translator, sociologist and educational researcher. She has served Ihsan Dogramaci Bilkent University Vocational School of English Language Teaching as a teacher trainer for the Cambridge Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (DELTA) diploma program and as an academic and administrative coordinator for a total of ten years along with multiple responsibilities. At the same institution, she completed the Cambridge In-service Certificate in English Language Teaching (ICELT) training program and the Cambridge Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (DELTA) international diploma program. Having worked in various higher education institutions for more than twenty years owning duties like being an instructor of various undergraduate and graduate courses, director of the School of Foreign Languages, head of the Learning and Teaching Unit, and Dean of Students, she is now a faculty member, advisor to the Rector and the Director of the Teaching and Learning Center and the Center of Continuous Education of Yuksek İhtisas University, Ankara, Turkiye. Ayyıldız's main research focus is located within the field of Educational Administration. She holds editorial responsibilities in a fair number of other international scientific publications such as Participatory Educational Research (PER), Philosophy and Theory in Higher Education (PTHE). 

 

I am currently working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Technologies at the Faculty of Education, Amasya University. My research interests include educational technology, electronic performance support systems, gamification, educational games, professional development, digital competencies, and qualitative research methods. I have published numerous research articles in national and international journals.

Dr. Gülşah TIKIZ ERTÜRK completed her undergraduate degree at Uludağ University in 2006, her master's degree at Dokuz Eylül University in 2006 and her doctorate at the same university in 2015. She worked as an instructor at Dokuz Eylül University School of Foreign Languages between 2007-2017 and at Bursa Technical University School of Foreign Languages between 2017-2018; as an Assistant Professor at Izmir Democracy University Faculty of Education, Department of English Language Teaching between 2018-2021 and at Amasya University Department of Foreign Languages between 2021-2023. She has been working at Social Sciences University of Ankara, School of Foreign Languages since 2023. Gülşah Tıkız-Ertürk, who has undertaken many different academic and administrative duties during her academic career, has many studies published in national and international refereed journals on foreign language education and conducts her studies in the field of teaching English as a foreign language.
 

Professor. Faculty of Education. UNED (Spain).
Department of Didactics and School Organization.

José Gijón Puerta is Associate Professor in the Department of Didactics and School Organization at the University of Granada.
He has a degree in Biology, a master's degree in Paleoanthropology-Human Evolution and a PhD in Pedagogy. He is director of the research group at the University of Granada Laboratory for Cognition, Health, Training and Interaction among Humans, Animals and Machines. He also currently directs the R+D+i Project National Research Plan Code PID2021-128774OB-I00 «Effects of the application of a dog-assisted activities program (AAP) on academic stress levels in university students»

www.kristoffenyvesi.com

Prof LAZARUS DONALD MOKULA "OUPA" LEBELOANE 

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 I was born and bred in Alexandra Township, Johannesburg, South Africa. I completed primary education in Alexandra Township, Johannesburg. I completed high school at Bethel High School (Bodenstein, NW province, SA) then proceeded to the University of the North where I completed a BA degree and University Education Diploma – a teacher’s Diploma. I completed a Bachelor of Education Honours at the University of Witwatersrand, a Master of Education (MEd) (Comparative Education) at Pretoria University, Master of Science (MSc) (Environmental management) at North-West University and a doctorate (PhD) (Didactics) at the University of South Africa (UNISA). I taught at two different high schools (President Mangope Technical High and Alexandra High) before joining UNISA where I held different positions as junior lecturer, lecturer, senior lecturer, Associate Professor, full Professor, Head of Department, School Director, Acting Deputy Dean and Acting Dean in the past. I am currently a Prof in the Department of Science and Technology Education. I delivered more than twenty academic papers in different parts of the world. I serve on several bodies and boards globally as well as locally. I have published thirty-five articles in accredited journals, published four book chapters, co-edited a textbook and supervised more than twelve masters’ and doctoral students to completion. I also mentor colleagues, students, and other people in different sectors in South Africa and abroad.      

Marcos Jesús Iglesias Martínez earned a PhD in Educational Research, Curriculum and Professional Development from the University of Alicante (UA), receiving the PhD Special Award. He is currently a senior lecturer in Didactics and School Organisation at the UA Faculty of Education. Winner of the DOCENTIA-UA Award for Teaching Excellence in multiple years. Coordinator of the practicum course on the Undergraduate Degree in Child Education. Member of the Qualitative Research Group in Education, Teaching and Learning (GICEDA) and of the UA Institute for Gender Studies Research. Former member of the Center for Qualitative Psychology at the University of Tübingen, Germany. Within the PhD Programme in Educational Research, he is in charge of the research line on Teacher Training and Learning. Former deputy coordinator of the UA Education Science Institute’s Networks for University Teaching. His lines of research are oriented towards initial training and professional development of teachers, designs of educational processes, gender, student and teacher mobility, Higher Education and qualitative research in education. He has published in different national and international journals in the field of Educational Sciences and regularly participates as a reviewer in different journals whose research topic is teacher professional development. He has directed several doctoral theses on teacher training with a qualitative approach. Likewise, he has been a collaborator, coordinator and principal investigator in various research and teaching innovation projects.

(Prof. Dr.) Amasya University  

He received his undergraduate degree from the Gazi Faculty of Education, Curriculum and Instruction Program in 1997, his master's degree from the same program at the same university in 2000, and his doctorate degree in 2004. He were appointed to assistant professor title in 2005, associate professor title in 2012 and prof.dr title in 2017. He currently works as a lecturer at Mersin University, Faculty of Education, Department of Basic Education.

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