Şenol Orakcı

Şenol Orakcı is an associate professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Aksaray University in Turkey. His scholarship focuses on teacher education, curriculum studies, and international education. He has published several books, book chapters, articles and conference papers in the field of Curriculum and Instruction.

Publications

Autonomous Learning in Distance Education Theories: Autonomy in Foreign Language Learning
Şenol Orakcı, Yücel Gelişli. © 2024. 27 pages.
Individuals who live in the information age need to know the ways to access information to be able to use the information they have accessed and to produce new information. In...
Technology Integration in Higher Education: An Investigation of Aksaray University Preservice Teachers' Perceptions
Şenol Orakcı, Yücel Gelişli. © 2024. 23 pages.
The study aims to examine the TPACK levels of preservice teachers studying in the last year of the faculty of education. The arithmetic mean and standard deviation values were...
Exploring the Link Between the International Students and the Economic Growth of Turkey
Mehmet Durnali, Şenol Orakci. © 2023. 16 pages.
A compact literature will find pragmatic or normative true consensus on relationships between international students and economic growth whether it is new or not. In this...
Pedagogy, Presence, and Motivation in Online Education
Aaron Michael Perez, Şenol Orakcı. © 2022. 295 pages.
Online learning poses a multitude of challenges for educators as there are oftentimes limited resources, and in most cases educators are forced to rely on trial-and-error...
Motivation in Online Learning
Şenol Orakcı, Yalçın Dilekli. © 2022. 24 pages.
Online learning is accepted as an effective educational learning process that can respond to rapidly and constantly changing learner needs. Increasing the quality of online...
The Pedagogy of Distance Education
Şenol Orakcı, Savaş Karagöz. © 2022. 21 pages.
The aim of this chapter is to examine and assess distance education, purpose and requirements of distance education, basic principles in the effective use of distance education...
An Investigation of Pre-Service Teachers' Self-Regulated Learning Levels in Terms of Various Variables
Şenol Orakcı, Mehmet Durnali. © 2022. 18 pages.
Online education is one of the most dynamic and enriched forms of learning available today. The aim of the present study is to reveal the self-regulated learning levels of...
The Qualities of Effective Teachers in the Eyes of Turkish Students
Şenol Orakcı. © 2021. 22 pages.
The present study was performed with the purpose of exploring views of middle school students about the effective teacher characteristics. For this purpose, qualitative research...
Fostering Critical Thinking Using Instructional Strategies in English Classes
Şenol Orakcı, Mehmet Durnali, Osman Aktan. © 2021. 18 pages.
The aim of the chapter is to provide both theoretical and practical ideas about critical thinking development within English language teaching contexts. Encouraging language...
Educational Policy Actions in the Times of COVID-19 and Suggestions for Future Applications in Turkey
Şenol Orakci, Yücel Gelişli. © 2021. 19 pages.
Education has been hit particularly hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, with school closures affecting 87.6% of the world's total enrolled students. Drop-out rates are likely to...
The Future of Online Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
Şenol Orakcı. © 2020. 18 pages.
In recent years, rapid developments in the field of science and technology have profoundly affected social lifestyles and have led to significant changes in the process of...
Paradigm Shifts in 21st Century Teaching and Learning
Şenol Orakcı. © 2020. 344 pages.
One of the most important transformations in the world today is the adaptation to education and teaching methods that must be made to enhance the learning experience for...
Administering Education and Training Through a Web-Based System: E-Curriculum
Tuncer Susam, Mehmet Durnali, Şenol Orakci. © 2020. 22 pages.
The chapter aims to describe e-Curriculum System of the Turkish Ministry of National Education (MoNE) in the context of administering education and training. The system, as a...
The Importance of Layered Curriculum in Learning-Teaching Process
Şenol Orakcı. © 2020. 16 pages.
The aim of this study is to give information about layered curriculum in detail and cover the importance of it in the learning-teaching process. Layered curriculum is composed of...
The Smart Learning Potential of Turkey's Education System in the Context of FATIH Project
Mehmet Durnalı, Şenol Orakcı, Osman Aktan. © 2019. 17 pages.
This chapter explores the FATIH project and examines and analyzes the views of school administrators on the contribution. Literature review and qualitative method are conducted...
Fostering Critical Thinking Using Instructional Strategies in English Classes
Şenol Orakcı, Mehmet Durnali, Osman Aktan. © 2019. 18 pages.
The aim of the chapter is to provide both theoretical and practical ideas about critical thinking development within English language teaching contexts. Encouraging language...
Turkey's Higher Education Potential for Human Capital of Eurasian Region
Mehmet Durnalı, Şenol Orakcı, Orhan Özkan. © 2018. 24 pages.
The main aim of this chapter is not only to examine and discuss Turkey's recent higher education potential, and its framework for human capital in the context of economic and...
Curriculum Reforms in Turkey
Şenol Orakcı, Mehmet Durnalı, Orhan Özkan. © 2018. 27 pages.
The aim of this chapter is to examine and assess the basic structure of changes in the 2004 curriculum in Turkey. It also aims at evaluating how restructuring of the education...