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We are proud to announce that Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ufuk Balaman, a faculty member in the Department of English Language Education at TED University’s Faculty of Education, has been awarded the Young Scientist Award (BAGEP 2025) in the field of Educational Sciences!We sincerely congratulate him on this remarkable accomplishment and wish him continued success in his academic endeavors!

The study titled “Enhancing Teaching and Learning: A Mixed Methods Study on 21st Century Skills” by Dr. Merve Şahin Kürşad, Res.Asst. Aybüke Durmuş, and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Münevver İlgün Dibek from TED University’s Department of Educational Sciences has been accepted for presentation at the NCME 2025 conference, to be held in Denver, Colorado, USA. This research employs a mixed methods design to evaluate 21st-century skills training for pre-service teachers, revealing significant improvements in teaching practices and learning skills.

The workshop on "The Use of Eye-Tracking Technology in Education," organized by TED University Faculty of Education, took place on March 20, 2025, in Ahmet Ersan Conference Hall as part of ongoing digital transformation efforts. Speakers Prof. Dr. Kürşat Çağıltay and Dr. Yeliz Tunga delivered in-depth presentations on the fundamental principles of eye-tracking technology, its applications in education, and data analysis techniques.

The paper titled “Transforming In-service Teachers' Perspectives for Intercultural Communication in Schools” by Dr. Merih Uğurel Kamışlı and Assoc. Prof. Özlem Erden Başaran from TED University’s Department of Educational Sciences has been accepted for presentation at AERA 2025, to be held in April in Denver, Colorado, USA. The study focuses on teacher training to foster peaceful interaction with refugee and migrant students, showing that participants gradually adopt more inclusive and empathetic perspectives.

Assoc. Prof. Münevver İlgün Dibek from TED University’s Department of Educational Sciences has received two paper acceptances for the American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2025 Annual Meeting, to be held in April in Denver, Colorado, USA.

Workshop: The Use of Eye-Tracking Technology in Education

Dear Faculty Members,

As part of the digital transformation efforts carried out within the Faculty of Education at TED University, a workshop on "The Use of Eye Movement Tracking Technology in Education" will be held on March 20, 2025, from 14:00 to 16:00 in D014.

In parallel with the changes in the education system and trends in our country and around the world, a meeting and exchange of information were held on February 27, 2025, with the participation of all faculty members of the Faculty of Education. During the meeting, the Dean of the Faculty of Education, Prof. Dr. Kürşat Çağıltay, provided insights into the impact of new technologies and artificial intelligence on education systems and the possible consequences of this impact. Following this, a discussion was conducted with faculty members on various educational models.

Our faculty member from the Department of English Language Teaching, Mehmet Sak, has co-authored the article titled "Navigating the Flow: The Dynamic Nature of Language Learners’ Well-Being in Directed Motivational Currents" with Dr. Arkadiusz Pietluch (University of Rzeszów, Poland). The article has been published in the International Journal of Applied Linguistics, which is indexed in the SSCI-Q1 category.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ufuk Balaman has joined the Editorial Advisory Board of the SYSTEM journal. SYSTEM (1879-3282) is ranked as the 3rd best journal in Linguistics (3/296) and the 15th best journal in Education and Educational Research (15/760) among the SSCI-indexed journals (JCR 2023, Web of Science).

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ufuk Balaman's article titled "Pre-service Language Teachers’ Collaborative Management of the Shared Video-Mediated Interactional Space for Pedagogical Task Design" has been published in Linguistics and Education, which is indexed in the SSCI-Q1 category.

You can access the article via the following link: 

https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1kWxq3CKC-KMB1.