ilkay Ulutaş

Ilkay Ulutaş received an undergraduate degree in the Child Development and Education Teaching program at Gazi University. She completed her master's degree in child development at Ankara University and her PhD in Child Development and Education at Gazi University. In 2009, she conducted a postdoctoral study on emotional intelligence at the University College London Department of Psychology within the scope of the TUBITAK Scientist Support Department International Postdoctoral Research Scholarship Program. Her studies focus on the emotional intelligence in preschool children, Montessori education, mathematics education in early childhood education, arts in early childhood education, early childhood quality, and technology in early childhood education. She has also recently carried out projects on digital mathematics stories in early childhood education, augmented reality applications in early childhood mathematics education, and cultural heritage and technology (coding, digital storytelling) in early childhood education. She currently works as a professor at the Early Childhood Education Department at Gazi University. She received her PhD in early childhood education at Gazi University in 2005. She did post-doctoral studies at the Trait Emotional Intelligence laboratory of K. V. Petrides in 2009 at University College London. Her research interest focuses mainly on emotional intelligence in early childhood. She also has studies on early childhood quality, visual arts education in early childhood, mathematics education in early childhood, and Montessori education. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses as a professor at the Department of Early Childhood Education at Gazi University. She also participates in international conferences and carries out various national projects.

Publications

Applications for Digital Art and Crafting: Digital Supported Visual Art Applications in Early Childhood
Applications for Digital Art and Crafting: Digital Supported Visual Art Applications in Early Childhood
Duygu Mutlu Demir, ilkay Ulutaş. © 2024. 20 pages.
With the rapidly developing technology, the use of digital art applications in the visual art education process is becoming widespread as a new field of study. When the...
Linking With Technology in the Education and Adaptation Processes of Refugee Children
Linking With Technology in the Education and Adaptation Processes of Refugee Children
Kübra Engin, Kadriye Selin Budak, Emine Bozkurt Polat, Feyza Aydin Bölükbaş, İlkay Ulutaş. © 2024. 36 pages.
In this section, the needs of refugee children are discussed within the framework of Maslow's hierarchy and family systems theory, and explanations of children's...
“Less Stress More Learning”: Views of Teachers and Parents on the Early Humor Education Program
“Less Stress More Learning”: Views of Teachers and Parents on the Early Humor Education Program
Demet Gültekin, ilkay Ulutaş. © 2023. 15 pages.
This case study aims to determine the views of teachers and parents about the early humor education program. The program was implemented by a preschool teacher, and the...
Mathematics Learning With Augmented Reality in Early Childhood Education
Mathematics Learning With Augmented Reality in Early Childhood Education
İlkay Ulutaş, Emine Bozkurt Polat, Feyza Aydin Bölükbaş, Kadriye Selin Budak, Kübra Engin. © 2023. 30 pages.
With the rapidly developing technology, the use of AR applications in the educational process is becoming widespread as a new field of study. When the literature was examined...
Do We Support Ethical Behavior in Digital Tool Use in Early Childhood?
Do We Support Ethical Behavior in Digital Tool Use in Early Childhood?
Feyza Aydin Bölükbaş, Kübra Engin, Emine Bozkurt Polat, Kadriye Selin Budak, ilkay Ulutaş. © 2023. 29 pages.
It is important to be a role model and guide for the child in the process of acquiring the rules and behaviors that should be followed in order to protect from the risks during...