Welcome to the Department of the Elementary and Early Childhood Education News Panel 1: The Only Path: Teaching? Alumni Share Their Experiences Our alumni panel series begins with its first event: "The Only Path: Teaching? Alumni Share Their Experiences". We will be at the Faculty of Education Conference Hall on Friday, April 3. 28/03/2026 Opening: Motor Development Research Laboratory On Friday, March 13, 2026, the opening ceremony of the Motor Development Research Laboratory, established through the collaboration of the Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education and… 25/03/2026 Think, Play, Act for Climate Change Under the coordination of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Elif Buldu, a faculty member in our department, the project titled “Think, Play, Act for Climate Change,” which was awarded funding by TÜBİTAK 4004 Nature… 10/09/2025 read more Announcements Dissertation Defense Zeliha Demirci Ünal, our research assistant and doctoral student, successfully defended her doctoral dissertation entitled “Preschool Children’s Agency Through Participation in Multicultural… 20/06/2026 TÜBİTAK 2209-A Research Projects Support Program for Undergraduate Students The project titled “Experiences and Views of Preschool Teachers Working in Multicultural Classrooms on Disaster Education,” prepared by our department students Özge Melisa Kayma, Z. Selen Yıldırım,… 18/05/2026 Mindfulness in Early Childhood Education Presentation We were delighted to host our alumna, Dr. Funda Eda Tonga-Çabuk, currently serving in the Department of Early Childhood Education at the Faculty of Education of TED University, for a presentation on… 15/05/2026 read more