Devrim Akgündüz

Ph. D., Professor (Assoc.) of Science Education.

İstanbul Aydin University

STEM Education Research and Application Center

He completed his undergraduate and graduate studies at Gazi University and his Ph.D. at Marmara University in the field of Science Education. He worked as a teacher, project coordinator, consultant, expert, director, lecturer and faculty member at various levels of the Ministry of National Education and universities. At the invitation of the US State Department, he participated in 50 meetings in 10 states and 32 provinces in the USA within the scope of IVLP (2009) and STEM project (2014). He studied Science Centers, Museums, Think Tanks, Secretaries, Universities, educational institutions, Schools, Libraries, Local Authorities and Institutes in the USA. He is a writer and editor of the book of STEM Education Turkey Report book, A Comprehensive Assessment on Turkey STEM Education, The Integration of STEM Education to Curriculum. He is the editor and author of STEM education in Theory and Practices from Preschool to University, Technological Approaches in Science and Mathematics Education. STEM Education for Industry 4.0 in Vocational Technical High Schools book has been published by TÜSİAD. He has articles, books, papers, certificate programs, projects and conferences covering all levels from pre-school to university on STEM education, science education, blended learning, technology integration, TPACK and the use of social media in education. He is the director of STEM projects funded by TUBITAK, UNESCO, TUSIAD, European Union and US Department of State.
Dr. Akgunduz is currently a faculty member in the Department of Classroom Education at the Faculty of Education at Istanbul Aydın University and the Director of the Research and Application Center for STEM Education. He is the director of STEM School and STEM Laboratory. Dr. Akgunduz also manages STEM Teacher and STEM Coordinatorship Certificate Program, which aims to train STEM teachers, and World STEM Education Conference (www.worldstemed.org) and World STEM Festival (www.worldstemfest.com).

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