Begüm Canaslan-Akyar, one of the doctoral students in our department, defended her thesis entitled "Examining the Relationships between First-Order, Second-Order Barriers and Digital Competence of Early Childhood Educators" which she conducted under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Serap Sevimli Çelik, and was found to be successful on June 14, 2024. We would like to thank her advisor, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Serap Sevimli Çelik, and committee members Prof. Dr. Feyza Tantekin Erden, Assoc. Prof. Volkan Şahin, Assoc. Prof. Dilek Altun and Assoc. Prof. Tolga Kargın for their valuable contributions. We wish her all the success in the future.