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Parental Involvement in Education: PARENTAL Obstacles and Solutions INVOLVEMENT in EDUCATION Prof International Year 2 Issue 3 2021 Journal Parental Involvement in Education: PARENTAL Obstacles and Solutions INVOLVEMENT IN EDUCATION Prof. Dr. Kemal Sayar: Parents Must Discover the Interests of Their Children Mustafa Şentop, Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey: “We must raise curious children who dream and discover” What Is Gamification Gamified and How Can It Be Used in Education? Education Turkish Maarif Foundation Email: [email protected] | Phone: +90 216 323 35 35 www.turkiyemaarif.org tmaarifvakfi 2021 Year 2 Number 3 International CONTENTS Journal Year 2, Issue 3, 2021 In the third issue of the International Maarif Journal, PARENTAL the topics of parental Parental Involvement in Education: INVOLVEMENT Obstacles and involvement in education Solutions IN EDUCATION Prof. Dr. Kemal Sayar: and gamified education Parents Must Discover the Interests of Their Children are reviewed from different TBMM Başkanı Şentop, Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of perspectives by academics Turkey: “We must raise curious children who dream and discover” Gamified Education and experts. What Is Gamification and How Can It Be Used in Education? PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT GAMIFIED EDUCATION IN EDUCATION 46 / What Is Gamification and How 25 / Parental Involvement in Education: DOSSIER Can It Be Used in Education? Obstacles and Solutions Assoc. Prof. Dr. Özcan Erkan Akgün Prof. Dr. Kasım Yıldırım and Dr. Fatih Çetin 51 / The Contribution of Children’s Çetinkaya Games to Physical and 29 / Reading Education in the Family Psychomotor Development Prof. Dr. Ali Fuat Arıcı Dr. Saime Çağlak Sarı 35 / The Education System of Germany 55 / Gamification at Home and the Problems Turkish Families Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yavuz Samur Face in Their Involvement in 60 / Gamified Education in the Digital Education Ece Sarısaltık Aydın Era Betül Yavuz 40 / Barriers to Parental Involvement 63 / Games as Action, Toys as in Education Garry Hornby and Ian Blackwell Products Sena Ahsen Amirshoev PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN EDUCATION ASSESSMENT PREFACE EĞİTİM DÜNYASINDAN INTERVIEW Speaker of The Grand Kemal Sayar and Sezin Benli National Assembly of Turkey 04 / CHANGING ROLES 10 / Fathers and Games Prof. Dr. Mustafa Şentop IN EDUCATION AND 11 / Multicultural Parents Must PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT Friendships in School “We must raise Prof. Dr. Birol Akgün Promote Being a Discover the curious children who Good Person Interests of Their dream and discover” EDUCATION AGENDA 12 / Flipped Learning Children 13 / Digital Game In today’s world, it is 05 / Henrietta Fore: School As parents, we may some- Closures Should Be the Addiction Makes necessary to consider “Last Resort” People Ill times unconsciously hamper education not just locally, our child’s innate sense of 07 / More Than 168 Million BOOKS but to conceive and plan Children Are Deprived of exploration. We see that par- education at a more global In-School Education 14 / Global Agenda: ents often have expectations level. The developments 08 / Project Support of 23 Education of their children that are quite Million Liras for Vocational both in Turkey and the İNFOGRAFİK above their developmental Education rest of the world in the last levels. This increases chil- 09 / What Professions Does 19 / How Can You two decades show us how Generation Z Tend to Motivate Your dren’s anxiety and damages essential this is. P. 16 Prefer? Children? their self-confidence.P. 20 2 maarif International MAARIF EDUCATIONAL APPROACH Ahmet Türkben maarifJournal “A nation without a philosophy cannot have a school.” -Nurettin Topçu Publisher Maarif is a process of self- On Behalf of the Turkish consciousness and self-recognition. Maarif Foundation Maarif is the name of the road that Prof. Dr. Birol Akgün ensures the use of knowledge, skills, techniques, and art for the benefit Chief Editor of humanity and leads people to the Prof. Dr. Cihad Demirli truth. P. 72 Advisory Board Zekeriya Akçam Prof. Dr. Aşkın Asan Prof. Dr. Ahmet Emre Bilgili Selim Cerrah Tuğba Işık Ercan Prof. Dr. Ayşen Gürcan Prof. Dr. Mahmut Özer Prof. Dr. Semih Aktekin Prof. Dr. M. Akif Kireççi Prof. Dr. Zarife Seçer Editorial Board Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cahit Bağcı Dr. Hasan Taşçı Nedim Kaya Mahmut Mustafa Özdil Ahmet Türkben Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yusuf Alpaydın Dr. Metin Çelik Ali Çiçek Sait Karahasan COUNTRIES AND CULTURES INTERVIEW MAARIF INTERVIEWS Ahmet Yavuz Mehmet Muharrem Kasapoğlu, Prof. Dr. Sadettin Ökten Managing Editor Albania: Country of Minister of Youth and Sports: Bekir Bilgili Hidden Treasures “Wisdom and [email protected] “Possibility, Philosophy Are Reporter A friendly country in the Potential, and Menekşe Olgun middle of Europe with strong Essential Features Interviews Discipline... historical and cultural ties of Our Educational Esra Süzen to Turkey. With its pristine Where These Three Exist, Photography Success Is Inevitable.” Tradition Within Zekeriya Güneş nature and warm people, Our Civilizational Design We are aware of our young Albania is home to beauties Perspective” Ahmet Said Çelik that you can’t take your eyes people. Youth means hope. Translation off of. P. 66 Turkey also means hope. As Wisdom precedes knowledge. Can Tercüme Dil Hizmetleri Management Address 70 / Maarif Schools Carry Our our Nation develops brain The phenomenon that we call drain reverses. Now the best wisdom appeals directly to Altunizade Mah. Common Culture into the Ord. Prof. Dr. Fahrettin Kerim Future engineers, physicians, teachers, the heart. Knowledge, on the Gökay Cad. Erdem Sk. No: 5 athletes, and scientists in the other hand, appeals to the Üsküdar, İstanbul 0 216 323 35 35 world are here... P. 86 mind. P. 92 www.maarifdergisi.com instagram.com/maarifdergisi facebook.com/MaarifDergisi EDUCATION THEORIES CULTURE AND ART twitter.com/MaarifDergisi 78 / Montessori Approach 105 / A Critical Look at Youth ISSN 2717-9222 in Early Childhood Series on Digital Platforms Edition and Cover Education Şule Toyran Menekşe Olgun Özlem Matbaacılık ve Reklamcılık LTD. ŞTİ. 110 / Traditional Turkish Theater Litros Yolu 2. Matbaacılar Sit. SPECIAL EDUCATION Ali Poyraz A Blok Bodrum Kat No: 1BA11 Topkapı/Istanbul 80 / Creating Collaborative 0212 612 06 62 Parental Involvement in PORTRAIT Special Education The full responsibility for the Ahmet Yalçın Hocaoğlu articles published in this journal 99 / A Lifetime Dedicated to belongs to their authors. The Understanding Human publication rights and all types HISTORY OF EDUCATION Phyche İbrahim Baran of copyrights for these articles belong to the International 83 / The Turkish version of Maarif Journal. Authors who ANALYSIS submit articles are considered Hikmet: Yesevi Tradition to have accepted this in and Sufi Education 101 / Private Education in Turkey advance. The articles published Firdevs Kapusızoğlu Dr. Muammer Yıldız in this journal may not be quoted without a full citation. 3 maarif PREFACE CHANGING ROLES IN EDUCATION AND PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT In the initial preparation process of the tural environments are primary variables International Maarif Journal, the jour- in children’s development and academic nal’s editorial policy was a topic that we success. During the COVID-19 pandemic, discussed with our advisory board and the role of the family in education has be- PROF. DR. BİROL AKGÜN editorial board members. As a result, it come much more important, surpassing CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF was decided that our journal should pur- the roles of educational institutions and TRUSTEES OF THE TURKISH MAARIF FOUNDATION sue a publication line that will ensure even teachers. In these circumstances, that, in addition to academic circles, par- I think that evaluations of this subject by ents, teachers, and everyone involved many academics from Turkey and be- in education can read and benefit from yond will be insightful for parents as well it. The positive feedback from our es- as teachers and students. In this issue of teemed readers shows today how right the journal, we give wide coverage to the this decision was. This is because educa- topic of gamification in education as tion is at the top of the agenda in Turkey, a complementary secondary theme that as it is around the world, and a large seg- we think is related to the main subject. ment of society, especially parents, fol- In this third issue of our journal, we lows the developments in the education also give coverage to the assessment of world closely. Therefore, the importance Prof. Dr. Mustafa Şentop, Speaker of of a semi-popular, semi-academic journal the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, that enables people from all walks of life who identifies the position of the Turk- to follow education issues is clear today. ish Maarif Foundation in the context of The pandemic that we have been international education. Prof. Dr. Şen- fighting for about a year and a half has top’s assessment contains valuable re- confined educational activities to take marks that reflect our understanding of place mainly within homes. This sit- international education and shed light uation has made parents more active on our activities. I think it is important participants in the education process. for being able to understand Turkey’s Therefore, parents now need to have an approach to international education. idea about the developments in the ed- The interview with Mehmet Muhar- ucation world to an extent that has nev- rem Kasapoğlu, Minister of Youth and er been seen before. In this issue of our Sports, includes important statements journal, we wanted to draw attention to about the decicive role of investments in- the importance of the topic of parental tended for youth and future generation. involvement in education by making With this issue, we are excited to meet it the cover subject. our readers with a journal full of impor- Undoubtedly, family has always been tant content. I would like to thank every- an integral part of schooling. The ap- one who submitted articles to our jour- proach of families towards their children, nal, those who contributed with their their relationships with schools, and ideas, and those who have had a hand in their socioeconomic conditions and cul- the preparation of its publication.
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