'Gamification in Education' Course for African Teachers

The 'Educational Math Games Workshop for Preschool Teachers,' organized in cooperation between the Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Educational Sciences, the Free State Province of South Africa and the Department of Education, took place on 24 October in Parys, in South Africa's Free State Province.

The 4-day event was hosted and taught by Assist. Prof. Dr. Yavuz Samur, Head of the Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technology at the Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Educational Sciences.Working on 'Educational Game Design and Gamification in Education,' Assist. Prof. Dr. Samur met with many preschool teachers working in different regions of South Africa's Free State Province.

Through workshops lasting four days, Assist. Prof. Dr. Samur provided training on game-based teaching methods. Having designed more than 50 math games that can be played in the classroom, Assist. Prof. Dr. Samur will continue his journey to reach more teachers by hosting four teachers, to be selected from among the African teachers, at Bahçeşehir University in the final stage of the project. The visiting African teachers will be given the 'Train the Trainer' program implemented by the Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Educational Sciences.

Continuing his work for the next phase of the project, Assist. Prof. Dr. Samur plans to carry out similar work in fields other than mathematics.