(supported by The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey)

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1 Özgür Taşkın 1 Current address: Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Atakum Kampüsü Atakum-Samsun TURKEY omuozgurtaskin@gmail.com or otaskin@omu.edu.tr EMPLOYME T Assistant Professor of Science Education, School of Education, Ondokuz Mayis University, Spring Ongoing Assistant Instructor of Soil Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Ankara University Fall Fall 1999 EDUCATIO Indiana University, Bloomington, INDIANA, USA August 1999-June 2004 School of Education, Curriculum and Instruction Department Ph.D in Science & Environmental Education June 2004 Ankara University, Graduate School of Natural and Applied Science Ankara, TURKEY Department of Soil Sciences, Ph.D. student Fall Fall 1999 Department of Soil Sciences, M. Sc. Fall Spring 1998 Ankara University, Faculty of Agriculture Ankara, TURKEY Department of Soil Sciences, B.Sc. Fall Spring 1995 DISSERTATIO Post-Materialism, New Environmental Paradigm and Eco-Centric Approach: A Qualitative and Quantitative Study of Environmental Attitudes of Turkish Senior High School Students, 2004 MASTER THESIS The effects of fly ash and some organic substrates on soil biological activities, 1998 (supported by The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey) 1 Submitted articles are not included.

2 RESEARCH I TEREST Assessment techniques and measurement Environmental attitude & knowledge survey development Learning theories and their application to science education Teaching biological evolution and dealing with epistemological problems Science education (environmental education) including political, ideological facets in curriculum Post-modern and modern paradigms in science education (application to research methodologies) Science education and religion (postmodernist-positivist tension) WORKS I PROGRESS & PUBLICATIO S A) Articles Taşkın, Ö. (2009). The Environmental Attitudes of Turkish Senior High School Students in the Context of Post-Materialism and New Environmental Paradigm. International Journal of Science Education, 31(4), Taşkın, Ö., & Şahin B. (2008). Çevre kavramı ve 6 yaş okul öncesi çocuklar [The term environment and six years old kindergarten children]. Pamukkale University Education Journal, 23(1), (Peer reviewed journal) Apaydın, Z., Çobanoğlu E. O., & Taşkın Ö. (2006). A model suggestion for teaching evolution: Developing cladogram, line model and hand model. Ondokuz Mayıs University Education Journal, 22, (Peer reviewed journal) Taşkın, Ö. (2006). Demographic and methodological problems in recent environmental attitude studies: comment on Yılmaz, Boone, and Andersen (2004) and other studies. International Journal of Science Education, 28(12),

3 Taşkın, Ö. (2005). An Evaluation of the studies on environmental attitude and knowledge. Education & Science 30(138), (Peer reviewed journal- since 2008 indexed in SSCI) Taşkın, Ö. (2005). Biology education in the U.S.A.: Recommendations for these similar problems in Turkey. Education & Science 30(135), (Peer reviewed journal- since 2008 indexed in SSCI) B) Books Taşkın, Ö. (2008). Fen ve teknoloji öğretiminde yeni yaklaşımlar [New approaches in science education]. (Ed). Ankara: PegemA Publication. Taşkın, Ö. (2006). Fen bilgisi eğitiminde özel öğretim yöntemleri [Teaching methods in science education]. Samsun: Deniz Kültür Publication. C) Online Sources Taşkın, Ö. (2003). Environmental education: New era for science education. ERIC (EBSCOhost) Documentary, ED Taşkın, Ö. (2003). The ignored facets of environmental attitude and knowledge scales. ERIC (EBSCOhost) Documentary, ED D) Other Taşkın. Ö. (2005, October 8). New science curriculum in Turkey. Cumhuriyet ewspaper, Bilim Teknik, 968, Haktanır, K., Arcak S., Taşkın, Ö., & Başkan, O. (1999). The effects of the fly ash and some organic substrates on soil biological activities. TÜBĐTAK, Project #: TOGTAG CO FERE CE PRESE TATIO S Biyolojik Evrim Kuramı daha kolay nasıl algılanabilir? Jeolojik zaman cetveli ile evrim öğretimi. [How can the Theory of Biological Evolution be perceived easily? Teaching

4 evolution with geological time scale]. XVIII. National Education Congress, Efes, Turkey, October 1-3, 2009 (presenter) El modeli kullanılarak biyolojik evrim mekanizmasının öğretilmesi: Epistemolojik sorunların aşılması. [Teaching biological evolution mechanism by use Hand model: Dealing with epistemological problems]. VIII. National Science & Mathematics Education Conference, Bolu, Turkey, August 27-29, 2008 (co- presenter) Questioning style of prospective science teachers in the context of Bloom and Elstgeest. XVI. National Education Congress, Tokat, Turkey, September 5-7, 2007 (presenter) Constructivist science textbooks and curriculum: Hidden agenda or the best practice: Turkey s case IOSTE International Meeting on Critical Analysis of School Science Textbooks, Hammamet, Tunisia, February 7-10, 2007 (presenter) The term environment and 6 years old kindergarten students XV. National Education Congress, Muğla, Turkey, September 13-15, 2006 (presenter) Perceptions of prospective science teachers regarding the term theory XV. National Education Congress, Muğla, Turkey, September 13-15, 2006 (poster) Seminar: Evolution, Science, and Education, Istanbul, Turkey 27 May 2006, Yıldız Technical University (presenter) Evaluation of a science and technology course curriculum draft XIV. National Education Congress, Pamukkale, Turkey, September 28-30, 2005 (presenter) A model suggestion for teaching evolution: Developing cladograms, line, and hand model XIV. National Education Congress, Pamukkale, Turkey, September 28-30, 2005 (poster presentation) Environmental education: The new era for science education 33 rd Annual HASTI Convention, Indianapolis, USA, February 18-21, 2003 (presenter)

5 The ignored facets of environmental attitude and knowledge scales AETS International Conference, St. Louis, USA, January 29- February 2, 2003 (presenter) The perception of Muslim graduate students regarding science education and Islam: The Case of the U.S.A. NARST International Conference, New Orleans, USA, April 7-10, 2002 (presenter) Science education with hands-on activities 31 st Annual HASTI Convention, Indianapolis, USA, February 7-9, 2001 (presenter) International Soil Scientists Conference, Arid and Semiarid Regions: Desertification Process, Izmir, Turkey, 1998 (audience) TEACHI G EXPERIE CE A) Science Education Undergraduate Courses: Teaching Science (method course), Instructional Planning & Assessment, Environmental Education, Assessment & Evaluation, Research Methods in Social Sciences, Class Management, Philosophy of Education, Anthropology, Sociology, Geology Graduate Courses: Contemporary Studies in Science Education, Qualitative Inquiry in Education B) Agricultural Science Analytic Chemistry, Geology, Soil Biology, and Soil Genesis C) Activities in Teacher Education Science-education methodology course for teachers from Balkan states (4 hours), July 2007 Science-education methodology course for teachers from Balkan states (10 hours), July 2006

6 Science-education methodology course for teachers from Balkan states (10 hours), July 2005 HO ORS A D AWARDS BILSEK Ondokuz Mayis University (Money award for publication in SSCI journal) 2007 Indiana University Gross Scholarship (Money award for research) 2001 The National Education Ministry of Turkey, Ph.D. fellowship Training in Gödöllö Agriculture University, Hungary (Summer student program supported by stipend) 1993 Scholarship for high School (Governmental high school entrance exam) ADMI ISTRATIVE EXPERIE CE COMENIUS (ERASMUS) coordinator for Ondokuz Mayis University December April 2007 COMPLETED M.Sc. THESES Şahin, B. (September, 2008). I wish I had a big house- I wish I had a swimming pool in my house: Perceptions of six years old pre-school children regarding the term environment (111 pages). M.Sc. Thesis. Ondokuz Mayıs University, Graduate School of Natural and Applied Science. PROFESSIO AL ACTIVITIES II. Evolution, Science, and Education Symposium, Organization Committee Member, Association of University Councils, Istanbul, May 23-24, Darwin Anniversary Symposium, Invited by The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion in Istanbul, Turkey, April 22-25, (Sponsored by The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, St. Edmund s College, Cambridge University, UK.)

7 Egitim Bilimleri Bakis Acisiyla Egitim Fakultelerinde Lisans ve Lisansustu Egitimin Irdelenmesi Calistayi, Ankara, March 1-3, 2009 (Sponsored by Ankara Universitesi and TED) Education for Anyone (EFA) and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), Invited by UNESCO- Turkish Education Commission for a workshop in Antalya, Turkey, November 27-29, ew Approaches in Education IV: ew Approaches in in-service trainee education, Invited by TED- The Turkish Education Association for a workshop in Ankara, Turkey, November 6-7, Visiting scholar (ERASMUS-staff mobility) for Environmental Education April 20-27, 2008 (Den Haag University, Netherlands). Referee for International Journal of Science Education August Ongoing Editorial board member for International Journal of Environmental and Science Education April Ongoing International Project supported by ANCE (Greece), OEEK (Greece), & TOG (Turkey) Development of a contemporary vocational training system for the support of vulnerable social groups in Istanbul, Samsun and Van (researcher) Saturday Science QUEST at Indiana University, Spring 2004 (acting principal) Official website: retrieved November 2004 (Inquiry-based science education program for children between 3 rd and 8 th grades at Indiana University) Saturday Science QUEST at Indiana University, Fall 2003 (acting principal) ProjectWILD Indiana, certificate of completion, November 1999 (National environmental education program in USA) Burdur Lake Wild Life Protection Project supported by the Secretary of Environment, Turkey, 1998 (Environmental Impact Assessment) (research team member)

8 Manyas Lake Pollution Control Project supported by the Secretary of Environment, Turkey, 1998 (Environmental Impact Assessment) (research team member) Geology, Soil Biology, Soil Genetic and Classification, Analytical Chemistry, courses at Ankara University, Turkey, (assistant instructor) IT SKILLS SPSS, Microsoft Office Applications LA GUAGES Turkish (native) English (fluent speaking and writing) Basic skills in German