EXPERIENCE
Department
of Educational Sciences, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
Professor, 4/2003 - present
Associate Professor, 11/1997 - 4/2003
Assistant
Professor, 7/1993 – 11/1997
Assistant Department Head, 8/1995 – 6/2001
Indiana University
Visiting Professor, 8/2008 – 7/2009
Admistrative Board Member, 9/2003 – 9/2008
World
Bank/Higher Education Council, Preservice Teacher Training Project, Ankara,
Turkey
Curriculum
Development Specialist, 1/1996 – 6/1999
o coordinated curriculum development committees, implementation of curricula developed in project faculties, organization of meetings and seminars to introduce new curricula
Educational
Research and Development Directorate, Ministry of Education, Ankara, Turkey
Curriculum
Evaluation Specialist, 6/1995 - 12/1995; 6/1996 – 9/1996
o prepared a curriculum field test model for piloting
newly developed curricula in schools, and gave inservice seminars on field
testing curriculum
o planned field test plans for piloting Life Studies and
Biology curricula in schools, developed data collection instruments
(questionnaires, interview and observation schedules, etc.), implemented field test plans and
supervised data analysis
o analyzed field test results and wrote a final report on Life Studies and Biology curriculum piloting
Argon
International Consulting Agency/Ministry of Education, Ankara
Research
Consultant, 2/1994 - 4/1994
o surveyed vocational and technical school personnel to
understand the strenghts and weaknesses of the vocational education system
o prepared a report based on the interviews and
observations carried out in schools
Educational
Research and Development Directorate, Ministry of Education, Ankara
Technical
Services Consultant, 12/1993 - 1/1994
o advised Technical Services Section on educational
textbook publishing
o prepared specifications for desktop publishing and
printing equipment
o negotiated and prepared a protocol between Educational
Research and Development Directorate and Publications Department with regard to
responsibilities pre-press publication of textbooks
o conducted in-service activities for the staff of the Technical Services on desktop publishing
Center
for Policy Research, New York, NY, USA
An
independent, non-profit educational research and consulting firm co-directed by
Dr. Matthew B. Miles and Dr. Ellen R. Saxl.
Research
Assistant, 7/1989 to 5/1993
o designed data collection instruments (i.e.,
questionnaires and interview schedules), collected and analyzed data, wrote
research reports and oversaw final production of research reports.
o provided consultation to graduate students in education
on data entry, data analysis, and data presentation using SPSS and CRUNCH
statistical packages.
o trained new personnel in using statistical, accounting
and word processing software packages, maintained computers and printers,
installed software programs, and developed plans for computer and
computer-related hardware and software purchases.
Multimedia
Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Multimedia
Consultant, 5/1992 to 5/1993
Educational
Agenda Company, New York, NY, USA
Research
Assistant, 5/1991 to 5/1993
o assisted the director in developing data collection instruments (i.e., questionnaires and interview schedules), collecting and analyzing data, and producing final reports for three major research projects.
International
Self Identity Research (ISIRT) Project, Department of Counseling Psychology,
Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Research
Consultant, 10/1991 to 11/1992
o assisted ISIRT research team members in data entry, data analysis, and data presentation using SPSS statistical package on VAX mainframe.