Prof. REFİKA OLGAN

Academic Positions

2021 - Continues Professor

Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Education, Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education
2015 - 2021 Associate Professor

Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Education, Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education
2011 - 2015 Assistant Professor

Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Education, Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education
2009 - 2011 Lecturer PhD

Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Education, Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education

Managerial Experience

2022 - Continues Faculty Board Member

Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Education, Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education
2017 - Continues YÖK Denklik Bilim Kurulu Üyeliği

Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Education, Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education
2017 - 2020 Faculty Management Board Member

Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Education, Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education
2019 - 2019 Academic Performance D. Board Member

Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Education, Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education
2013 - 2018 BAP Subcommittee Member

Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Education, Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education
2011 - 2016 Deputy Head of Department

Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Education, Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education

Non Academic Experience

2017 - Continues Tanıma ve denklik komisyonu eğitim bilimleri ve öğretmen yetiştirme alanları temel eğitim, rehberlik ve psikolojik danışmanlık özel eğitim alt komisyonu

YÜKSEKÖĞRETİM KURULU BAŞKANLIĞI, Tanıma ve denklik komisyonu eğitim bilimleri ve öğretmen yetiştirme alanları temel eğitim, rehberlik ve psikolojik danışmanlık özel eğitim alt komisyonu
2006 - 2008 Eğitim Teknolojileri Ofisi Md. Yrd.

Florida State University, Eğitim Teknolojileri Ofisi Md. Yrd.
2004 - 2007 Araştırma Görevlisi

Florida State University, Araştırma Görevlisi
1997 - 1999 Müdür Yardımcısı

Şehit Uğur Hiçyılmaz Anaokulu, Müdür Yardımcısı
1995 - 1997 Anasınıfı öğretmeni

Cumuriyet İlköğretim Okulu, Anasınıfı öğretmeni

Courses

Doctorate
CURRENT RESEARCH IN EARLY CHILDHOOH EDUCATION
Postgraduate
HISTORICAL&THEORETICAL BASES OF EARLY CHILDH. EDUC.

INDEPENDENT STUDY IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Undergraduate
Environmental Education in the Early Years

ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATIN IN ECE

TEACHING SCIENCE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD

School Readiness and Transition to Elementary School

Child Development and Psychology

Children’s Literature

Parent Involvement and Education

Supervised Theses

Representations of Environmental Literacy: A content analysis of picture storybooks for 48-72-month-old children

Olgan R. (Advisor)

T.ÖZGÜL(Student), Postgraduate, 2022
A comparative investigation of early childhood teachers' portfolio practices: Cases from Turkey and the United States

Olgan R., Çapa Aydin Y. (Co-Advisor)

N.ALAÇAM(Student), Doctorate, 2022
Sustainable actions and discourses in a popular Turkish cartoon: A content analysis with respect to 7R

OLGAN R. (Advisor)

Y.KIZILGÜN(Student), Postgraduate, 2022
Early childhood education teachers' self-reported energy conservation behaviors among eco and non-eco preschools

OLGAN R. (Advisor)

E.DÜZGÜN(Student), Postgraduate, 2022
System Thinking Skills of Preschool Children in Early Childhood Education Contexts of Turkey and Germany

Olgan R., Teksöz G. (Co-Advisor)

Ş.Feriver(Student), Doctorate, 2018
Systems thinking skills of preschool children in early childhood education contexts of Turkey and Germany

OLGAN R. (Co-Advisor), TEKSÖZ G. (Co-Advisor)

Ş.Feriver(Student), Doctorate, 2018
Predicting recycling behaviors of preschool teachers by incorporating additional variables into the theory of planned behavior

OLGAN R. (Advisor)

E.ŞENYURT(Student), Postgraduate, 2018
Investigating pre-service early childhood teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs regarding education for sustainable development teaching

OLGAN R. (Advisor)

H.KÖKLÜ(Student), Postgraduate, 2018
Changes in teachers’ practices of building democratic values in preschool settings through pedagogical documentation

OLGAN R. (Advisor)

E.BULDU(Student), Doctorate, 2018
Relationship between emotional skills of preschoolers and emotional intelligence of their teachers and mothers

OLGAN R. (Advisor)

T.ESRA(Student), Postgraduate, 2018
Ongoing mechanism in the tactile communication between children and adults in picture storybooks for 4-to-6-yearolds

OLGAN R. (Advisor)

S.ERYİĞİT(Student), Postgraduate, 2017
Investigation of 5-year-old preschool children’s biophilia and children’s and their mothers’ outdoor setting preferences

OLGAN R. (Advisor)

S.YILMAZ(Student), Doctorate, 2017
Comparison of early childhood education educators’ education for sustainable development practices across eco versus ordinary preschools

OLGAN R. (Advisor)

D.KAHRİMAN(Student), Doctorate, 2016
Parent involvement self-efficacy beliefs of pre-service early childhood teachers with respect to general self-efficacy beliefs and perceived barriers about parent involvement

OLGAN R. (Advisor)

N.ALAÇAM(Student), Postgraduate, 2015
Sustainable actions in picture storybooks for 4-to-6-year-olds: A content analysis study with respect to 7R

OLGAN R. (Advisor)

H.AYÇA(Student), Postgraduate, 2015
Pre-service early childhood teachers’ beliefs on inclusive education with respect to their self-reported personality traits

OLGAN R. (Advisor)

C.İLER(Student), Postgraduate, 2015
Father involvement in early years: Comparing children's perceptions of father involvement with those of their fathers' and mothers'

OLGAN R. (Advisor)

Ş.ÜNLÜ(Student), Doctorate, 2015
Father involvement in early years: comparing children‘s perceptions of father involvement with those of their fathers‘ and mothers‘

OLGAN R. (Advisor)

Ş.Ünlü(Student), Doctorate, 2015
An analysis of the effectiveness of quality indicators in early childhood education on subsequent science competency on a cross-country and Turkish case basis

OLGAN R. (Advisor)

E.BULDU(Student), Postgraduate, 2014
Investigating potential of education for sustainable development program on preschool children’s perceptions about human-environment interrelationship

Olgan R., Teksöz G. (Co-Advisor)

S.CENGİZOĞLU(Student), Postgraduate, 2013
An Investigation of young children’s informal fraction knowledge

OLGAN R. (Co-Advisor), HASER Ç. (Co-Advisor)

B.Utku(Student), Postgraduate, 2013
Self-reports of preschool foreign language teachers on early childhood foreign language teaching and related challenges

OLGAN R. (Advisor)

İ.BEZCİOĞLU(Student), Postgraduate, 2013
Environmental education in early childhood teacher training programs: Perceptions and beliefs of pre-service teachers

Olgan R., Çakıroğlu J. (Co-Advisor)

Z.GÜNER(Student), Postgraduate, 2013
Recycle, reduce, reuse education for kindergarten children

Olgan R., Öztekin C. (Co-Advisor)

Ş.ALICI(Student), Postgraduate, 2013
An investigation of young children's informal fraction knowledge

OLGAN R. (Advisor)

B.UTKU(Student), Postgraduate, 2013
An investigation of preservice early childhood teachers? Levels of individual innovativeness and perceived attributes of instructional computer use

OLGAN R. (Advisor)

N.YILMAZ(Student), Postgraduate, 2013
An Investigation of preservice early childhood teachers’ levels of individual innovativeness and perceived attributes of instructional computer use

OLGAN R. (Advisor)

N.Yılmaz(Student), Postgraduate, 2013
Examining the process of establishing and implementing classroom rules in kindergarten

OLGAN R. (Advisor)

S.KAYA(Student), Postgraduate, 2012
The effect of picture vocabulary games and gender on four year-old children’s english vocabulary performance: an experimental investigation

OLGAN R. (Co-Advisor), SEFEROĞLU G. (Co-Advisor)

H.Elif(Student), Postgraduate, 2011
The effect of picture vocabulary games and gender on four year-old children's English vocabulary performance: An experimental investigation

Olgan R., Seferoğlu G. (Co-Advisor)

H.ELİF(Student), Postgraduate, 2011
Pre-service teachers’ attitudes towards the profession of early childhood education in terms of sex and gender role

OLGAN R. (Advisor)

M.ALİ(Student), Postgraduate, 2011
School readiness: changes in the views of prospective early childhood teachers following a pre-service school readiness and transition to elementary school cours

OLGAN R. (Advisor)

B.Sicim(Student), Postgraduate, 2011
School readiness: Changes in the views of prospective early childhood teachers following a pre-service school readiness and transition to elementary school course

OLGAN R. (Advisor)

B.SİCİM(Student), Postgraduate, 2011
Pre-service and in-service preschool teachers’ views regarding creativity in early childhood education

OLGAN R. (Advisor)

S.YILMAZ(Student), Postgraduate, 2011
Parental perceptions on emergent literacy in early childhood years

OLGAN R. (Advisor)

S.ALTIPARMAK(Student), Postgraduate, 2010
Being fathered and being a father: Examination of the general pattern of turkish fathers' and their own fathers' involvement level for children between the ages of 0-8

OLGAN R. (Advisor)

Ş.ÜNLÜ(Student), Postgraduate, 2010
Integrating sustainability into early childhood education through in-service training: An effort towards transformative learning

OLGAN R. (Advisor)

Ş.FERİVER(Student), Postgraduate, 2010
Preschool children's attitudes towards selected environmental issues

Olgan R., Teksöz G. (Co-Advisor)

D.KAHRİMAN(Student), Postgraduate, 2010

Designed Lessons

Doctorate
Current Research in Early Childhood

Olgan R.
Undergraduate
Environmental Education in the Early Years

Olgan R.

Academic and Administrative Experience

2021 - Continues Professor

2015 - 2021 Associate Professor

2011 - 2015 Assistant Professor

2009 - 2011 Lecturer PhD

2022 - Continues Faculty Board Member

2017 - Continues YÖK Denklik Bilim Kurulu Üyeliği

2017 - 2020 Faculty Management Board Member

2019 - 2019 Academic Performance D. Board Member

2013 - 2018 BAP Subcommittee Member

2011 - 2016 Deputy Head of Department

2017 - Continues Tanıma ve denklik komisyonu eğitim bilimleri ve öğretmen yetiştirme alanları temel eğitim, rehberlik ve psikolojik danışmanlık özel eğitim alt komisyonu

2006 - 2008 Eğitim Teknolojileri Ofisi Md. Yrd.

2004 - 2007 Araştırma Görevlisi

1997 - 1999 Müdür Yardımcısı

1995 - 1997 Anasınıfı öğretmeni

CURRENT RESEARCH IN EARLY CHILDHOOH EDUCATION

HISTORICAL&THEORETICAL BASES OF EARLY CHILDH. EDUC.

INDEPENDENT STUDY IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

Environmental Education in the Early Years

ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATIN IN ECE

TEACHING SCIENCE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD

School Readiness and Transition to Elementary School

Child Development and Psychology

Children’s Literature

Parent Involvement and Education

Current Research in Early Childhood

Environmental Education in the Early Years