An Innovative TEDU Course: Next Generation Teachers Co-Working for Immigrant and Refugee Communities in Turkey and Ireland
Tarih:
Başlangıç Zamanı: Starting Time 02:00 pm ~ 04:00 pm
Konum: DB-14 (New Campus)
TED University Center for Teaching and Learning is inviting all our academics to the seminar entitled “An Innovative TEDU Course: Next Generation Teachers Co-Working for Immigrant and Refugee Communities in Turkey and Ireland” by Assit.Prof.Dr. Elif Karslı
Abstract:
In this presentation I will be sharing the course design and my teaching experiences in EDU 401 Community Service course, which I carried out collaboratively with Dr. Aysel Saricaoglu from TEDU, and Dr. Brian Ruane and Maria Barry from Dublin City University (DCU). Our course, which was awarded with TEDU Teaching Excellence Grant, targeted TEDU priorities including “technology enhancement”, “diversified faculty”, “internationalization”, and “civic engagement”. We integrated a project funded by U.S. Department of State into the course and our students carried out community service projects with Syrian students, their families and teachers. We designed the course around three main learning activities that aim to promote student engagement and participation, critical and creative thinking skills, and leadership skills through (a) an awareness and training program taught by diversified faculty and involved synchronous online seminars about multicultural education, linguistic diversity, global citizenship and human rights, (b) design and implementation community service projects in public schools, and (c) a cross-country visit to Ireland for extended learning opportunities and to share insights with peers and faculty members from DCU.
Bio:
Dr. Elif Karsli is an assistant professor of early childhood education at TED University. She completed her B.S. in Early Childhood Education with a minor in Industrial Design at the Middle East Technical University, and then, was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship for her doctoral study at the University of Georgia. Dr. Karsli worked in an NSF-funded research project about engaging Latino immigrant families in their children’s science education. Recently, she has been awarded a national research grant by TÜBİTAK about supporting mathematics teaching of public teachers working with refugee students. Her work on family engagement and early mathematics education has generated publications in journals such as Anthropology & Education Quarterly.