Agenda

Policies, Practices and Qualifications in Early Childhood Education

Conference Agenda

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17 October 2019

9:00 – 13:30 Pre-conference program for early arrivals: School visit at Ataşehir 1 Doga Schools


Welcoming words by Mualla Özsevindik, Manager of Ataşehir 1 Doğa School

Brief presentation of the school by Ramazan Sezer & Duygu Yaman

Art activity with Serdar Özdemir

Ecology class implementation with Dila Önen

Visiting astronomy class with Armağan Korkmaz



18 October 2019

ISTANBUL SEHIR UNIVERSITY, Dragos Campus, Address: Orhantepe Mahallesi,

Turgut Özal Bulvarı No:21, Dragos, 34865 Kartal/İstanbul

Plenary session

Dragos Campus Conference hall (Working languages: EN & TR)


08:30 – 09:00 Registration opens for participants
09:00 – 09:10 Opening concert
09:10 – 09:30 Official conference opening, welcoming speeches by Ali Rıza Lüle - General Manager of Doğa College and Prof. Dr. Peyami Çelikcan - Rector of Istanbul Şehir Üniversity
09:30 – 09:50 Presentation of the MOV-UP project – Reni Dimova, Intercultural Cooperation Foundation
09:50 – 10:45 Early Childhood Education in Turkey: Policies and Practices – Tuncay Morkoç - The Director of Early School Education, MoNE (Turkey)
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee break (Conference hall)
11:15 – 12:15 Children’s Emotional Competence, Foundation of Success: Skills, Outcomes, and Support – Prof. Dr. Susanne Denham, George Mason University (USA)
12:15 – 12:30 Presenting the Association of Teacher Education in Europe – Milagros Ragodon Nabur, Association of Teacher Education in Europe (ATEE)Poster session 1



Poster session 1

Dragos Campus AB7 Building / 2nd floor (Working language: EN )


13:40 – 13:50 Creative methods for successful inclusion in multicultural schools – presented by Reni Dimova, Center for Creative Training (Bulgaria)
13:50 – 14:00 The PROMEHS project: an evidence-based curriculum to promote mental health in schools – presented by Prof. Carmel Cefai,Centre for Resilience and Socio-Emotional Health, University of Malta; Authors: Dr. Valeria Cavioni, Ilaria Grazzani, Alessia Agliati, Elisabetta Conte, Veronica Ornaghi, Mara Lupica Spagnolo, Francesca Micol Rossi, University of Milano-Bicocca, Prof. Carmel Cefai, Centre for Resilience and Socio-Emotional Health, University of Malta

Parallel session 1

Dragos Campus AB7 Building / 2nd floor and 3rd floors (Working language: EN )


14:00 – 14:30 A kindergarten cultivating personality – presentation, Daina Murauskiene and Inga Sirmuliene, Dembavos nursery- Kindergarten "Smalsutis" (Lithuania)
14:30 – 15:30 Empowering families in Early Childhood Services – workshop, Mary O'Reilly, Mairead McMullen, Early Years - the organisation for young children (Ireland)
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break (AB7 building / 3rd floor)
16:00 – 17:00 (AB7 building 3rd floor) Quality in ECEC Settings to Nurture Positive and Enabling Environments – workshop, Adina Curta and Sylvia Liuti, FORMA.Azione srl (Italy)

Parallel session 2

Dragos Campus AB7 Building / 2nd floor (Working language: EN )


14:00 – 14:30 The West Witch and the maths backpack: an educational project to enhance maths learning in pre-school children – presentation, Paula De Waal and Alice Tovazzi, Ca' Foscari University of Venice (Italy)
14:30 – 15:30 Individual trajectories in STEM elementary school education – workshop, Larisa Emelyanova and Aksana Vasilieva, CPT “Start Pro” (Russia)
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break (AB7 building / 3rd floor)
16:00 – 16:45 Nurturing Young Children's Creativity through Drama Games - workshop, Aslıhan Akçay Çelik, Turkey Pearson
16:45 – 17:05 The International Migrant School in Rome – presentation, Milagros Ragodon Nabur, ATEE & International Migrant School (Italy)

Parallel session 3

Dragos Campus AB7 Building / 2nd floor (Working language: EN )


14:00 – 14:30 University led collaborative interventions in a school with a high level of dropouts – presentation, Assoc. Prof. Özden Bademci, Maltepe University Research and Application, Centre for Street Involved Children (SOYAÇ)
14:30 – 15:30 Building resilience in school children – workshop, Prof. Carmel Cefai, Centre for Resilience and Socio-Emotional Health, University of Malta
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break (AB7 building / 3rd floor)
16:00 – 17:00 A Child's Hundred Words – workshop, Jurgita Vaitiekuniene, Panevezys District Education Center and Ramute Skrickiene, Panevėžys District Naujamiestis Kindergarten “The Bee“ (Lithuania)

Parallel session 4

Dragos Campus AB7 Building / 3rd floor (Working language: EN )


14:00 – 14:30 Art in science education: building sustainable motivation and value paradigm for life through MOV-UP – presentation, Assist. Prof. Maria Ampartzaki, Anna Stavroulaki, Assist. Prof. Michail Kalogiannakis, University of Crete (Greece)
14:30 – 15:30 Playground to Classroom - Teaching Creative Computing- workshop, Shahneila Saeed - UKIE (UK Interactive Entertainment Association)
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break (AB7 building / 3rd floor)
16:00 – 16:45 Inquiry based learning and STEM – workshop, Ramazan Sezer, Burak Güveniş and Dr. Zuhal Y. Doğan, Doga Schools (Turkey)
16:45 – 17:05 Supporting Social and Emotional Learning in Preschool – presentation, Tolga YAZICI, Doga College Istanbul (Turkey)., Working language: TR

19 October 2019

Plenary session

Dragos Campus Conference center (Working language: EN & TR)


08:30 – 09:00 Registration opens for participants
09:00 – 09:40 Triangulation between parents, teachers and children in Early School Education – Prof Dr. Fatma Alisinanoğlu, Fatih Sultan Mehmet University (Turkey)
09:40 – 10:20 Evidence-based in-service training: tools for promotion of pre-school teacher reflection and capacity – Dr. Tatiana Levan, Moscow City University (Russia)
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break (Conference hall)
10:50 – 11:30 The subjective wellbeing of children with a migrant background – presentation, Prof. Carmel Cefai, Dr Noemi Keresztes, Natalie Galea and Rachel Spiteri, Centre for Resilience and Socio-Emotional Health, University of Malta
11:30 – 12:30 Positive and enabling environments in Early Childhood and Primary Education through the lenses of critical pedagogy – panel discussion led by Assist. Prof. Maria Ampartzaki, University of Crete, with participation of teachers who took part in the MOV-UP project


Parallel session 5

Dragos Campus AB7 Building / 2nd floor (Working language: EN )


14:00 – 14:30 The Effects of Early Childhood Education Summer Schools on Syrian and Local Children – presentation, Assist. Prof. Ersoy Erdemir, Faculty of Education, Boğaziçi University and Şeyma Erdoğan, AÇEV (Turkey)
14:30 – 15:30 Philosophy for Children (P4C) – workshop, Mustafa Evren, Beykoz Doğa Schools (Turkey)
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break (AB7 building / 3rd floor)
16:00 – 17:00 Encouraging reflection of primary school students on attitudes towards gender and gender-based violence – workshop, Cloé Saint-Nom, Ruta Grigaliunaite, CESIE (Italy)
16:45 – 17:05 Supporting Social and Emotional Learning in Preschool – presentation, Tolga YAZICI, Doga College Istanbul (Turkey), Working language: TR

Parallel session 6

Dragos Campus AB7 Building / 2nd floor (Working language: EN )


14:00 – 14:30 Values education and nurturing creativity in learning local history – presentation, Vasiliki Giannakou, Styliani Frantzeskaki, Assist.Prof. Maria Ampartzaki, Nikolaos Gerakianakis, Ufniversity of Crete (Greece)
14:30 – 15:30 Discussing in front of Borders and crossroads seeking for awareness and inclusiveness – workshop, Sofia Trouli, Museum of Contemporary Art of Crete
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break (AB7 building / 3rd floor)
16:00 – 16:45 Creative Writing Activities for Kids – workshop, Rüveyda DEMİRAYAK, Afyon Doga Schools (Turkey)
16:45 – 17:05 Some classroom implementations of the lesson called “The nature of thought” – workshop, Hakan Aygün, Antalya Doga Schools (Turkey), Working language: TR/EN

Parallel session 7

Dragos Campus AB7 Building / 2nd floor (Working language: EN )


14:00 – 15:30 Acquisition of Values in Early School Education – workshop, Dr. Ozkan Sapsağlam, Yıldız Technical University (Turkey)
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break (AB7 building / 3rd floor)
16:00 – 17:00 Sample Classroom activities to support core competencies of Social Emotional Learning - workshop, Eylül Günday, Acarkent Doga Schools (Turkey)

Parallel session 8

Dragos Campus AB7 Building / 2nd floor (Working language: EN )


14:00 – 14:30 Codemath – presentation, Gülender Ertürk, Sancaktepe Doga Schools (Turkey)
14:30 – 15:30 Unplugged coding in Early Childhood Education – workshop, Serkan Solmaz, Besiktas Adult Education Center (Turkey)
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break (AB7 building / 3rd floor)
16:00 – 17:00 Scottie Go! – An example of a game-based approach in computational thinking for young learners - workshop, Danny Arati , BeCREO Technologies (UK)

Parallel session 9

Dragos Campus AB7 Building / 3rd floor (Working language: EN )


14:00 – 14:30 Drawing Emotion Limits – presentation, Özlem Cengiz, Bergama Doğa İlkokulu (Turkey)
14:30 – 15:30 Game activity with an unexpected end: Express diagnostics through projective tests – workshop, Iglika Angelova Intercultural Cooperation Foundation (Bulgaria)
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break (AB7 building / 3rd floor)
16:00 – 16:45 Enrolment in Early Childhood Education and Care in Turkey – presentation, Fidan Gözde Ertekin, ERG and Selin Sezen, AÇEV (Turkey)
16:45 – 17:05 ECOMATHS - Recycling Activities for the Classroom – workshop, Erhan AŞKAN, Sivas Doga Schools (Turkey), Working language: TR/EN