1st ELT DEPARTMENTS MEETING
Early Childhood Education STEM Approach Workshop was held by Faculty of Education, Early Childhood Education Program on 24-25 June 2019 with the participation of preschool teachers from schools in Ankara. During the workshop, in addition to the training provided by faculty member Dr. Seçil Yücelyiğit, the participant preschool teachers had the opportunity to plan and implement STEM activities for the preschool period.
Faculty of Education Head of Department of Mathematics and Science Education Dr. Zerrin TOKER held Designing Instructional Activities by Using Context workshop on Thursday, June 20 with the participation of primary school teachers from public schools. In the workshop, studies on context-based activities were conducted with teachers.
Faculty of Education Head of Department of Mathematics and Science Education Dr. Zerrin TOKER held Designing Instructional Activities by Using Context workshop on Wednesday, June 19 with the participation of math teachers from public schools. In the workshop, studies on context-based activities were conducted with teachers.
1st ELT PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS MEETING
On May 17th, the oath-taking ceremony was held for our 2019 candidate graduates from Guidance and Psychological Counseling Program. Our rector Prof. Dr. Belgin Ayvaşık, vice rector Prof. Dr. Kemal Levend Parnas, our dean Prof. Dr. Yüksel Kavak and our faculty members who have given courses them during their university life and their families and friends were there for our students. First of all, Nazım Aydın Şahin and Merve Yağar, who are the two of our students, gave their speech and then, respectively, our head of department Prof. Dr. Nilüfer H.
Within the scope of "EDUC 120 Educational Psychology", which is given by our faculty member Dr. Elif Öztürk, students designed some board games for different age groups by taking cognitive and social development theories into consideration. Our faculty members and students examined those games closely and tested them by playing.
Human Resources Manager of METU Development Foundation Schools, Simla Cumhur was in our faculty on the 11th May in order to give students information about interviews. Simla Cumhur, who we hosted thanks to our part-time faculty member Psychological Counselor Gökmen Öcal, shared many valuable experiences and knowledge about work life and recruitment processes before our students graduated. We thank her for her valuable contributions.