Within the framework of the 5th International Career Week, Eastern Mediterranean University Education Faculty hosted the Director of the Turkish Education Reform Initiative (ERI) and Advisory Board Member of the Mother Child Education Foundation (AÇEV) Batuhan Aydagül.
Aydagül attracted huge interest from the participants while delivering his speech titled “From the Perspective of Critical Creativity” and highlighted the importance of the interaction between the professional and private life in developing a career. Whilst talking about the barriers one might encounter in the career path, Aydagül added that a person may achieve better by learning from his/her mistakes. Aydagül also talked about the Education Reform Initiative’s operations with a specific focus on various projects they developed including Curricular Reform, Teacher Training and Teacher Network. Aydagül stated that the said projects aim to establish support amongst teachers, to train them, to make parents more aware and schools more autonomous.
At the end of his talk, Batuhan Aydagül responded to questions coming from the audience and was presented a plaque of appreciation by EMU Elementary Education Department Chair Prof. Dr. Elif Y. Üstün.
