Mehmet Bilgin, a teacher who was selected as the winner of the Global Teacher Award by the Global Teacher Award organization, which had over 19,000 teachers from 97 countries, delivered a seminar to students in the Department of Early Childhood Education. He shared his innovative methods in early childhood education.
Teacher Mehmet Bilgin is a preschool teacher at Ankara Etimesgut Şeyh Şamil Kindergarten and has completed his 15th year in his profession. He works on children and Creativity, Children's Literature, and Classroom Activities That Make a Difference.
Last month, he represented our country as one of the teachers awarded the Global Teacher Award at the Global Teacher Award organization, where more than 19,000 teachers from 97 countries participated.
Within the scope of the PECE301 Instructional Principles and Methods in Early Childhood Education course conducted by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Elif Buldu, Alona Yıldırım, and Dilek Duman, who work at Bilkent International Laboratory (BLIS), were invited as guest speakers. Our guests explained to our 3rd-grade students how to provoke learning in the process of playful learning by presenting their practices.
The TUBITAK 2209 Project of our students from the Elementary Mathematics Education program has been deemedworthy of supportby TÜBİTAK 2209-A
Assist. Prof. Dr. Çiğdem Alkaş Ulusoy was among the authors of the Primary School 2nd Grade Mathematics Textbook, which was included in the list of Textbooks for the 2023-2024 Academic Year. The book was distributed to primary schools in Turkey by the Ministry of National Education and made available to students and teachers.
Dr. Faculty Member Çağla Öneren Şendil, "Is My Child Ready for Primary School?" on June 1, 2022, upon the invitation of TED Isparta College Kindergarten. He gave a seminar on the subject. Kindergarten parents, teachers and administrators attended this seminar, which was held online.
We convened our inaugural meeting with the ABB Women's Counseling Center to discuss the partnerships that will be established throughout the year. We deliberated on the psychoeducational seminars and programs that were to be offered to women.
We extend our appreciation for their visit.
TEDU Early Childhood Education Program faculty member Res. Assist. Tuba Özgül and Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University faculty member Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dilek Altun contributed to the book "Eğitimde Yeni Paradigmalar" with the chapter titled “21st Century Skills in Early Childhood Education: Computational Thinking”. This book, edited by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ahmet Melih Güneş and Dr. Eyup Yünkül, was published by Nobel Academic Publishing.
Dr. Çiğdem ALKAŞ ULUSOY and Dr. Emine Gül Çelebi from the Department of Mathematics and Science Education participated in the panel organized by the MATHS-UP community. Dr. Alkaş Ulusoy and Dr. Çelebi answered the questions of the participants about the elementary mathematics education program, professional life and experiences within the scope of the panel.
TED University Elementary Mathematics Education Program 4th grade students experienced teaching practice at ABC Schools and Ziraat Mühendisleri Secondary School, Necdet Seçkinöz Secondary School as part of the EDUC 404 Teaching Practice I- II courses.
During these 12 weeks, our pre-service teachers will have the opportunity to observe the lessons and school at the practice schools, give lectures at different grade levels and solve questions, evaluate the textbooks, make examination observations and assessments, and be together with the students.
