Advisory Board Members | TED University

TED University Early Childhood Education Advisory Board Members
	Assoc. Dr. Mehmet Buldu UNICEF Education Specialist and Unit Manager	After completing his undergraduate degree at Gazi University, he received his master's and doctorate degrees at Indiana University. Associate Professor, who served as the Head of TEDU Preschool Education Department between 2011-2014. Dr. Mehmet Buldu has been working as an Education Specialist and Unit Manager at the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) since 2014. It provides consultancy to many important international and national projects and programs in the field of pre-school education and educational program development/management.
	Assoc. Dr. Elif Buldu Head of TEDU Department of Elementary Education and Early Childhood Education Program	She was born in Adana in 1987. She completed his primary, secondary, and high school education in Adana. She received her bachelor's degree from Pamukkale University, Department of Science Teaching, in 2009. After completing her undergraduate degree, she continued her postgraduate education at Middle East Technical University, Department of Preschool Teaching and worked as a research assistant at METU between 2011-2018. In 2014, she completed his master's degree in the Department of Preschool Education at METU and continued her doctoral education in the same department. After completing his doctorate in 2018, Buldu worked at Bayburt University between 2018-2019 and moved to TED University in 2021 as Dr. Lecturer. In 2022-2023, she participated in the Game Pedagogy (PoP) project at Harvard University, Graduate School of Education for 12 months with an international postdoctoral research scholarship supported by TÜBİTAK. She received the title of associate professor in the field of preschool education in 2023. She currently works at TED University.
	Assoc. Dr. Sühendan Er TEDU Department of Elementary Education and Early Childhood Education Program	Sühendan Er completed her undergraduate education at Gazi University, Department of Foreign Languages Education, Department of English Language Teaching in 1990, and received her master's degree in Gazi University, Department of English Language Education, in 2001. Sühendan Er, who received her doctorate degree from Ankara University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Child Development and Education in 2011, started working at TED University, Faculty of Education, Department of Preschool Education, as an assistant professor in 2012. She received the title of associate professor in 2017. Assoc. Dr. Er continues his studies at TED University, Faculty of Education, Department of Basic Education, Department of Preschool Education.
	Dr. Öğretim Üyesi Çağla Öneren Şendil TEDU Department of Elementary Education and Early Childhood Education Program	After completing her undergraduate education at Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Psychology in 2007, Çağla Öneren Şendil received her master's degree from METU Faculty of Education, Department of Preschool Education in 2010 and her doctorate degree in 2016. In 2017, she started working as a doctoral faculty member at TED University, Department of Basic Education, Department of Preschool Education. She currently continues her duty at TED University and also serves as the Deputy Head of the Department of Basic Education.
	Zeynep Melis Araç TED Ankara College School Principal	She completed his undergraduate education in 2003 at Ankara University, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Preschool Teaching Program. In 2005, she started working as a preschool teacher at TED Ankara College. Zeynep Melis Vehicle, who served as assistant principal at the same institution between 2020-2021, has been serving as the school principal since 2021.
	Emine Öztürk Şehit Seçkin Çil Kindergarten Principal Ali Beyaz Toki Göksu Former Kindergarten Principal	She made plans to create effective training programs and environments. She planned and implemented social responsibility projects for women and children. In order to overcome children's speech problems, she organized workshops on "Stop the Silence" for preschool teachers within the scope of "Open Doors of a Barrier-Free Life". He provided regular nature education to children within the scope of climate change and environmentally friendly school policy. It carried out the first practices on digital citizenship in the pre-school field.
$kişi, şahıs, insan yüzü, gülümsemek, gülüş, dış mekan içeren bir resim Açıklama otomatik olarak oluşturuldu$	Sıla Karagülle TEDU Early Childhood Education Program 3rd grade student	Sıla Karagülle was born in Ankara in 2000. She is a 3rd-year student at TED University Preschool Teaching Undergraduate Program with admission in 2020. In order to gain experience and improve herself in the field, She has been doing voluntary internships in many pre-school education institutions since her first year at the department. In 2018, she graduated from Çankaya Cumhuriyet Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School, Department of Web Design and Programming, as the top student. In the Turkey İhsan Yener Keyboard Championship organized by the INTERSTENO International Information Technology Federation Turkish Group Presidency, he won 227 places in Turkey and first place in high schools.
	Merve Aksu TEDU Early Childhood Education Program Alumni	Merve Aksu graduated from TED Ankara College in 2015 and started the Preschool Teaching undergraduate program at TED University in the same year. During her undergraduate education, she took part in the boards of directors of student clubs, TÜBİTAK, and academician research projects, and worked as a scholarship student at the continuing education center of our school. In 2020, she graduated from the program as the top student of the faculty. She worked as a kindergarten classroom teacher at the Cinnah branch of the Turkish American Association and at the Büyük College Kindergarten. Merve Aksu has also been giving certified children's yoga lessons in private schools, the institutions she works for, and on social media since 2018.