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A contact meeting was held with the senior students of TED University English Language Education department about the teaching practice process in which they took their first step into teaching on Wednesday, October 6, 2021. The functioning of the internship, which has an important place in the education life of our students, at both the faculty and department level, and our expectations from our teacher candidates were discussed. We wish our teacher candidates success in this process as they step into the profession.

TEDU GPC hosted the 30 September National Counselors Day!

Within the scope of our Psychological Counselors Day program, the wreath-laying ceremony at the Ulus Atatürk Statue and the Anıtkabir visit ended with a panel on "Psychological Counseling and Guidance with Past, Present and Tomorrow" hosted by TED University Psychological Counseling and Guidance Program.

TED University Faculty of Education Department of Mathematics and Science Education held the evaluation and sharing meeting of the lesson study model on Problem Solving in Mathematics which they collaborated with TED Bodrum College on August 27 at TED Bodrum College. In the first session of the meeting held in two sessions, the process was evaluated with the teachers participating in the project, the strengths and weaknesses of the model and suggestions about the model were shared with the SWOT activity. At the same time, ideas about future projects and activities were shared.

The administrators, academic staff and administrative staff of our faculty came together at the meeting with our students who were placed in our faculty as a result of YKS-2021. At the opening of the meeting, Dean Prof. Dr. Yüksel Kavak welcomed our new students by expressing his happiness at returning to campus and meeting our students. Then, our department heads were introduced to our students. After the meeting, our students in each program held their first meeting with their instructors in the Çim Amphitheater.

Graduates and students of TED Full Support Scholarship program, offered by Turkish Education Association to support the academic and social development of successful students with limited financial means, met at TED University campus. TED Full Support Scholarship is supported by our English Language Education Department in the preparation and execution of the English curriculum of the program.

As we start the 2021-2022 academic year, we convened the Faculty Academic Board. At the meeting, Faculty of Education Dean Prof. Dr. Yüksel Kavak presented the improvements in the 2020-2021 academic year, the analysis of the YKS-2021 results and the 2021-2022 academic year agenda, and the meeting ended with questions and answers.

We started to the fall semester of the 2021-2022 academic year with the celebration held. In the face-to-face event organized by the social fund of our faculty, all the lecturers came together, we welcomed the new lecturers and congratulated our friends who got married. We wish a fruitful semester to everyone....

Assist. Prof. Dr. Zeynep Bilki’s co-authored article, entitled “Syntactic complexity in learner-generated research paper introductions: Rhetorical functions and level of move/ step realization”, has been published in an international peer-reviewed journal “Journal of English for Academic Purposes”. You can reach the article via this link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2021.101037

The Dean of Faculty of Education, Prof. Dr. Yüksel Kavak, and faculty members and research assistants came together with the graduates of the faculty of education, in the 'Alumni Meeting-3' event organized by TEDU Alumni Office.