The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of the change in the vision of vocational education within the scope of the "Modernization of Vocational and Technical Education Project" (MTEM) and "Strengthening the Vocational Education and Training System" (MEGEP) financed by the EU, which was concluded by the Ministry of…

In this study, it is aimed to examine adult education policies in Turkey based on the views of managers, teachers, qualified instructors and trainees and to present a conceptual model for a future-based adult education system. The study is a case study and has the single nested case study design. Adult education policies in Turkey, which is the…

Procrastination is unnecessarily delaying starting, completing, and maintaining a task, even when the person has the required tools, skills, or authority to conduct that task. The workload that needs to be handled by the school principals can be overwhelming and can cause a delay in tasks being fulfilled by the principals. School principals should…

Teacher education is an important component of the education system and aims to improve the teaching skills of prospective teachers. The teaching skills of pre-service teachers are closely related to their professional qualifications. The present study attempts to develop a valid, reliable, multidimensional measurement tool for assessing the…

The aim of this study is to determine the needs of prospective teachers for multicultural education. Convergent parallel design, which is of the mixed research methods, has been employed in the study. The sample of the study has been selected by simple sampling method and constitutes of 165 prospective teachers who are studying at Afyon Kocatepe…

The aim of this study is to determine the general competence perceptions aimed at assessment and evaluation of teacher candidates in terms of the program they participate in. The research is designed according to the survey model. The sample of the study consisted of 419 students selected through random sampling among the students having education…

Administrators are the most responsible people for achieving goals of educational institution. That administration fulfills schools' aims effectively and efficiently depends on whether administrative functions are carried out according to scientific principles. The aim of the study was the assessment on school administrators' selection done as…

Native English-speaking teacher (NEST) and non-native English-speaking teacher (NNEST) dichotomy has been around over a number of decades, and the prevailing view regarding the dichotomy has been that native speakers have been brought forth and prioritized in the field of English language teaching merely due to being a native speaker of English.…

This paper reports on findings from a comparative study that attempted to identify the differences and similarities between the English language teacher education programs employed in Turkey and Malaysia. Employing a qualitative case study research design, document analysis was used to compare the programs in terms of several points. To this end,…

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the criteria utilized to select school principals from the point of view of participants who participated in principal selection process in Turkey. In this study, the criteria utilized in the selection process of school principal were evaluated by participants who appointed or not appointed at the end of…

The debate over the qualifications that a teacher should have has long been going on and the discussions among scholars have gone far beyond academic skills of teachers as a result of emerging concepts, one of which is the social skills. In the field of English language teaching, these skills seem crucial as the learning environment additionally…

Autism is a pervasive developmental disorder which causes deficits in social interaction. Individuals with autism sometimes may not be able to talk or may choose not to talk. Therefore; there needs to be some other ways to communicate with children with autism. Presently, technology, specifically educational technology comes to the scene to help…

This study aims to discover expectations/predictions of academic members about the education of 21st century, and to raise awareness of academicians for education in the future. The survey is designed in a descriptive model as a survey as it aims to uncover the objective reality of the teaching staff's 21st century education in a holistic way.…

In this study, Turkish text-based written examination questions posed to students in secondary schools were examined. In this research, document analysis method within the framework of the qualitative research approach was used. The data obtained from the documents consisting of written examination papers were analyzed with content analysis…

Research on the qualities of successful teachers in Turkey indicates that students consider teacher effectiveness as the ability to ensure an environment in which positive student-teacher interaction can take place. However, further studies are needed to clarify students' perceptions of the qualities of effective foreign language teachers, in…