معرفی
Fatih Mehmet TULUMCU serves as a Researcher at Sakarya University's Faculty of Education within the Department of Turkish and Social Sciences Education. He teaches Turkish Folk Literature I/II, Teaching Practice courses, Community Service Practices, and Introduction to University Life across multiple semesters.
His academic background includes:
- Doctorate (2014-2020): Sakarya University, Institute of Educational Sciences/Turkish Education
- Master's (2012-2014): Sakarya University (joint with Bülent Ecevit University), Turkish Education with thesis
- Licence (2007-2011): Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Faculty of Education/Turkish Language Teaching
TULUMCU's research centers on Turkish-as-a-foreign-language pedagogy, with emphasis on self-efficacy measurement, anxiety factors in language acquisition, and innovative teaching techniques like the Sentence Pyramid writing method. His work bridges educational psychology and curriculum development, particularly examining how social media usage affects teacher candidates' writing skills. Recent publications show increasing focus on values education and character development within language instruction.
His publication trends reveal consistent contributions to Turkish language education research since 2013, with 13 documented works spanning journal articles, conference proceedings, and research projects. Key themes include psychometric scale development for language skills assessment, analysis of graduate theses in Turkish-as-foreign-language teaching, and phenomenological studies of teacher perceptions.
Research projects include the 2012 Sakarya University BAP-funded study "Monitoring Turkish Teaching in Primary Schools: Indicators for Sakarya Province" where he served as researcher. He also participated in the 2012 Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Workshop on Language Evaluation and Teaching Approaches, and served on the organizing committee for Sakarya University's 2013 Turkish Education Departments Workshop.
His academic service includes thesis supervision for graduate students and active participation in departmental educational initiatives at Sakarya University.
