Arif Yilmaz, Ph.D.
Hacettepe University
Early Childhood Education Program
Beytepe/Ankara 06800
arif@hacettepe.edu.tr
EDUCATION
2001-2008 Ph.D.. Indiana
University, Early Childhood Education, Bloomington, Indiana.
Dissertation:
Facilitating literacy suport partnership for literacy curriculum improvement in
a Head Start program.
1999-2001 M.Sc.
Indiana University, Early Childhood Education, Bloomington, Indiana.
1991-1995 B.
Sc. Hacettepe
University, Library & Information Science, Ankara.
1988-1990
A. A.
Selçuk
University, Industrial Electronics, Konya.
PROFESSIONAL
POSITIONS
May 2007-
Lecturer, Hacettepe
University, Early Childhood Education Program,
Sep. 2006- Nov. 2006
Graduate
Assistant,
Indiana University, Dept. of Curriculum & Instruction,
Jan. 2001-May 2001
Teacher Aide, Indiana University Campus Children's Center,
Feb. 1996-Mar. 1999
Librarian,
Bilkent University Library, Reference Section,
PUBLICATIONS
Articles
Yilmaz, A. (2011).
Reconstructing teacher identity: experiences of a Turkish teacher aide in an American preschool classroom.
Kastamonu Eğitim Dergisi, 19(3), 733-742.
Yilmaz, A.
& Sahin, V. (2010).
An exploratory study on the factors which influence professional motivation in
male early childhood teachers. Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 10(20), 66-82.
Yilmaz, A.
& McMullen, M. B. (2010).
A study of facilitating early literacy curriculum improvement in Head Start
classrooms,
Education and Science, 35(158),
169-183.
Yilmaz,
A.
(2009).
Public policies and public library-emergent literacy relationship in the USA.
Bilgi Dünyası, 10(1), 80-94.
Yilmaz,
A.
(2008).
Okul öncesi çocuklara yönelik kütüphane hizmetlerinin önemi ve başarılı bir
kütüphane örneği. Türk Kütüphaneciliği, 22(2),
169-186.
Buldu,
M. &
Yilmaz,
A. (2005).
Assessing the quality in different U.S. early childhood education programs.
Çukurova Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 14(1), 121-136.
Book Chapters
Çakır, H. &
Yilmaz,
A.
(2009). Bilgisayar destekli eğitim: temel kavramlar ve uygulamalar. In Buket
Akkoyunlu (Ed.),
Öğretmen ve öğretmen adayları için: Bilgisayara giriş (pp.
155-190). İstanbul: Kriter Publications.
Book Translations
Bodrova, E., & Leong, D. (2010). Zihnin araçları: erken
çocukluk eğitiminde Vygotsky yaklaşımı (G. Haktanır, Ed.; T. Güler, F.
Şahin,
A. Yılmaz
ve E. Kalkan, Translators.). Ankara: Anı Publications.
Dissertation
Yilmaz, A.
(2008).
Facilitating literacy support partnership for literacy curriculum
improvement in a Head Start program
(Doctoral Dissertation).
Accessible from Dissertation Express database. (UMI Nu. 3297943)
Proceedings
Yilmaz,
A.,
Koç, K., Gönen, M. & Üstün, E. (2010).
Okul öncesi öğretmenliği mezunlarının alandaki bilgi, beceri ve yeterlilik
düzeylerinin incelenmesi.
In S. Seferoğlu,
at all. (Eds.),
Uluslararası Öğretmen Yetiştirme Politikaları ve Sorunları Sempozyumu II:
Bildiriler
kitabı (pp.673-682). Ankara, Türkiye: H.U. Faculty of Education
Yilmaz,
A.
(2009). Current status and the future trends in early childhood education in
Turkey. In 2009 Fall International Conference book (pp. 43-73). Seoul,
Korea: Association for Future Early Childhood Education
Güler, T.,
Yilmaz, A. & Kargı, E. (2009,
May). Turkish pre-service teachers’ perspectives on student teaching
practicum. In G. T. Papanikos (Ed.), International Conference on Education:
Education Policy (pp. 181-194). Athens,
Greece: Athens Institute for Educational Research.
Yilmaz,
A.
(2007).
Okul öncesi çocuklara yönelik kütüphane hizmetlerinin önemi ve başarılı bir
kütüphane örneği. In S. Kurbanoğlu,
Y. Tonta & U. Al
(Eds.),
Değişen Dünyada Bilgi Yönetimi Sempozyumu: Bildiriler
(ss. ). Ankara, Türkiye: H. U. Department of Information Management
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Çakır, H.,
Yilmaz,
A.,
Özyıldırım, F. & Güler, V. (2010, Ağustos). Comparing mathematical pedagogical
content knowledge of in-service and pre-service early childhood education
teachers.
The European Conference on Educational Research (ECER),
Helsinki, Finland.
Haktanır, G., Güler, T.,
Yilmaz,
A.
& Kurtulmuş, Z. (2010, Ağustos).
Perceptions of Turkish early childhood pre-service teachers about sustainable
development. Organization Mondiale pour l’Education
Prescolaire,
XXVIth World Congress, Göteborg, Sweden
Yilmaz,
A.
& Güler, T. (2007, Ekim). Okul öncesi eğitimde erkek öğretmenlerin mesleğe dair
görüşleri. 2. Uluslararası Okul Öncesi Eğitim Konferansı, İstanbul, Türkiye.
Güler, T., Şahin, V., & Yilmaz, A. (2006,
Nisan). From other side of the bridge: Early childhood teacher education in
Turkey. Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI), San Antonio,
TX, USA.
Şahin, V. &
Yilmaz, A. (2005, Aralık). Communicating with men: Professional motivation
of male teachers in early childhood education.
National Association for the Education of Young Children
(NAEYC),
Washington, DC, USA
McMullen, M. B., Bond, J. S., Yilmaz, A., & Yang, H. (2005,
Nisan).Creating lasting impressions and sustainable change through a
university-Head Start curriculum support partnership. American Educational
Research Association (AERA), Montreal, Canada
Karasu,
N., & Yilmaz, A. (2004, Kasım). Using story reading as an intervention to
improve emergent literacy skills of young children. Evidence based practices to
improve reading success in the future. National Association for the Education of
Young Children
(NAEYC), Anaheim, CA, USA
Karasu, N., &
Yilmaz, A. (2004, Ekim). Use of self-modelling in the education of children
with Autism: A meta-analysis. Mid-Western Educational Research Association (MWERA),
Columbus, OH, USA
Yilmaz, A.,
& Karasu, N. (2004, Temmuz). Storybook reading and emergent literacy: a meta-analysis
of evidence-based interventions. Junior Researchers of EARLI Conference (JURE),
İstanbul, Turkey
Yilmaz, A.,
& Buldu, M. (2004, Haziran). Quality in different US early childhood education
programs. Birinci Uluslararası Okulöncesi Eğitim Kongresi, İstanbul, Türkiye
Yilmaz, A.
(2003, Ekim). Reconstructing teacher identity:
experiences of a Turkish teacher aide in an American early childhood setting
(Poster).
Mid-Western Educational Research Association (MWERA), Columbus,
OH, USA
McMullen, M. B., Alat, K., Lin, C. H., Sun, P. Y., Lee, S. M., Buldu, M., &
Yilmaz, A. (2003, Mart). Portrait of ECE professionals in the U.S., Taiwan,
Korea & Turkey.
Indiana Association for the Education of Young Children
(IAEYC), Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Mullen,
M.; Alat, K.; Bilgi, S.; Connally, J.; Erdiller, Z.; Ermogenidou, P.; Korkmaz,
K.; Lash, M.; Lee, S. M.; Lin, C. H.; Şahin,
V.; Sun, P. Y.; Tzuo, P. W.; Tu, W. Yilmaz, A; & Zachariah, J. (2000,
Nisan). Exploring our global early childhood community (Poster).
Indiana Association for the Education of Young Children
(IAEYC), Indianapolis, IN, USA.
PROJECTS & GRANTS
Ö. Külcü, A.
Yilmaz, H. Külcü, A. N. Doğan, T. Çakmak, G. Düzyol, ve Y. Tonta.
The International Research on Permanent Authentic Records in Electronic Systems:
The Evaluation of Turkish Universities.
(The
Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) Social and
Behavioral Sciences Division - Project Number: SOBAG 109K518)
Grant
Amount: $78250
M. Gönen, B. Tuğrul, T. Güler, A. Yilmaz, M. Durmuşoğlu,
ve M. Veziroğlu.
Improving the
Book Reading Habits and Skills of Preschool Children Through A Children’s
Library. (Hacettepe
University Scientific Research Dept. Project No. 09 A 701 005)
Grant Amount: $53600
SCHOLARSHIPS
Scientific Research & Projects
Hacettepe University 2011 Conference Support (2000 TL)
Scientific Research & Projects
Hacettepe University 2010 Conference Support (2250 TL)
Scientific
Research & Projects
Hacettepe University 2009 Conference Support (2250 TL)
Scientific
Research & Projects
Hacettepe University 2007 Conference Support (2250 TL)
Ph.D. Student Indiana
University,
2006 Conference Support (500$)
Ph.D. Student Indiana
University, 2005 Conference Support (500$)
Ph.D. Student Indiana
University, 2004 Conference Support (500$)
Ph.D. Scholarship National
Ministry of Educationı, 2001-2006 (75.000$)
Master's Scholarship
National Ministry of Educationı, 2001-2006 (75.000$)
MEMBERSHIPS
Association for the Development of Childhood Education in Turkey (ADACET)
Amerikan Educational Research Association(AERA)
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
Indiana
Association for the Education of Young Children
(IAEYC)
American Library Association (ALA)
Turkish Librarian's Association (TKD)
University and Reseacrh Librarian's Association (URLA)
