Table of Contents

Turkish Educational System – Evaluation of Turkey’s Compulsory and Discontinuous (4+4+4) Education System – Education Quality from PISA and TIMSS – From Guests to Citizens: Syrian Children – A Brief History of Computers in Turkish Schools – Teacher Training Policies In Turkey – Constructivist education understanding in the curricula – School textbooks in Turkey

About the Author

Figen Ereş is Professor of Education Management and Planning at Gazi University, Ankara. She teaches school leadership, teacher evaluation, planning, and policy analysis in educational management. Her research focuses on education policy and planning, school leadership and teacher evaluation. She also conducts cross-cultural and cross-national research in educational management and its sub-dimensions. Her recent scholarly works have focused on immigrant education and relationship between education and social development.