METU EDS 544

Analysis about PISA.

Thanks for sharing Dincer. I will use this in my grad class this week.

A movie that has so much fun. It provides some lessons to be learnt by educators as well. Recommended.

I watched this. Fun!

This article describes instructional theory that supports post-industrial education and training systems - ones that are customized and learner-centered, in which student progress is based on learning rather than time. The article describes universal methods of instruction, situational methods, core ideas of the post-industrial paradigm of instruction, the importance of and problems with task-based instruction, a vision of an instructional theory for post-industrial education and training, and the roles that may be played by the teacher, the learner, and technology in the new paradigm. Keywords: Instructional theory, post-industrial paradigm, task-basd instruction

Is this Reigeluth's recent publication? I plan to include this in the reading list for next year. Thanks for sharing.

I saw the news on Kursat Hoca's FB profile. It is published in Magazine about Distance Education (Revista de Educación a Distancia). I like the idea of learning without time constraints. I don't know why :)

"a small library of nine valuable books that will help Ph.D. students do serious work-as well as helping supervisors do a solid job in supervising… These books can help to teach and develop good research habits, habits of mind and habits of behavior."

Dincer, I am glad you shared these resources here. They definitely help grad students to make this challenging journey an enjoyable one. I plan to give a workshop on "how to survive in graduate school" in the near future if I manage to find some time to do so.

I'll be the first one to join that workshop :)

You'll learn how to give an instruction that will get your students LISTENING straight away as well as a clever way to filter out trouble-makers before they have chance to disrupt your lesson. You'll also learn the three essential factors you need to have in place to get your students settled from the word go - even without you being in the room!

Relationship Builders: Some suggestions for positive relationship between teacher and students

Interesting!

Although constructing digital library is more practical than traditional library, there are still people like me who wants to touch the paper.

The Harvard Graduate School of Education is pleased to announce its spring 2013 Askwith Forums, a series of public lectures dedicated to discussing challenges facing education, sharing new knowledge, and generating spirited conversation.

This is our comparison table by Dinçer, Hatice, Sinem, Burcu, Defne :)

Defne, It is better to address them in the table. Perhaps, you can add couple points there.

Evrim Hocam, I addressed to the specific approaches in the table as you wished:)

An exemplary z book application.Looks amazing. I must confess that we are far behind in our z-books in Fatih project. 

Being impressed thanks to Dinçer's video show, I found a compilation of movies related to "idealist teachers." Of all, I have had a chance to watch Hababam Sınıfı, İki dil bir bavul and Stand and Deliver. If you're looking for something inspiring, bet it is worth trying some maybe during semester break!

Thanks for share. I noted some of them to watch as soon as possible.

Turkish educational system is becoming more and more technological and innovative

I am not totally sure about annually students school leaving rates (from elementary school to secondary school) but thousands of students (esp. girls) left their schools, unfortunately.

Sinem, this is such an important number and a big problem in Turkey. Now, researchers are trying to identify the reasons for dropout and taking measures to prevent that happening in other countries. Yet, this is such an under-researched area in Turkey.

on a report published in 2011, I remember reading a statement that goes like 40 - 45 of 15 year-olds do not go to school regularly in Turkey! I hadn't expected such a percentage!

Actually, I am concerned with the quality of reseach much more quantity. I appreciated USA since it has two of them. On the other hand the area of USA is much more greater than other parts of the world. Brain drain is another issue which is directly related to those results ,cool representation anyway.