Yağmur YÜCEL

Yağmur Yücel graduated from Istanbul University, English Language and Literature Department. She took her pedagogical formation from Istanbul University, Hasan Ali Yücel Faculty of Education. She worked with students who had different language backgrounds in different language schools for many years. She has been teaching for 7 years now. She attended lots of webinars, seminars, and courses such as - IB PYP - Making the PYP happen: Implementing agency - IB PYP - Bilingual and multilingual teaching and learning - Agency and Inquiry-Based Learning by Kath Murdoch - Tips to Manage Learners and Improve Collaboration in a Remote Classroom by Dr. Tony Gurr - The Power of Play in Early Childhood by Fiona Zinn and Rebecca Isbell - New Understanding in Inquiry: Agency by Kath Murdoch, Anne Van Dam, and Evrim Yalcin - Creative Teaching Resources and Ideas by YDS Publishing - Motivating teens to take responsibility for their own learning by Samantha Lewis - Engaging and motivating students through visible progress by Donya Estafanous and Sarah Ellis - Developing autonomy in young learners by Stephanie Dimond-Bayir - Storytelling and Brain Chemistry by Katie Poitevin - Agency within Concepts by Carla Marschall - 5 Trends in Bilingual Education by Richmond Learning. She is a volunteer at GamFed which is an international gamification federation. She has been taking courses about gamification and teaching gamified lesson planners since 2021. She wrote some gamified lesson planners for some projects for TED-MEB and GamFed. Currently, she is working in the kindergarten department at Acıbadem Schools.