Hasan Şahin KIZILCIK

Prof. Dr. Hasan Şahin KIZILCIK is a Professor in the Department of Physics Education at Gazi University's Faculty of Education in Ankara, Turkey. He was appointed to the professorship in August 2024 after 'long and laborious years' of academic work. His research focuses on physics education, teacher training, and addressing misconceptions in science learning.

Dr. Kızilcik holds degrees in Physics Education (BS, MS, PhD) and Linguistics (BA), providing him with a unique interdisciplinary perspective. His academic profile spans multiple researcher databases including ORCID (0000-0001-8622-0765), Web of Science, and Scopus.

His primary research interests include:

• Misconceptions in physics concepts, particularly in optics
• Distinguishing science from pseudoscience among pre-service teachers
• Physics curriculum development and analysis
• Media literacy in science education
• Electric circuits education
• Acoustic phenomena in physics teaching

Dr. Kızilcik's recent publications demonstrate a consistent focus on how students and future teachers understand fundamental physics concepts, with growing attention to pseudoscientific beliefs and media literacy. His work appears in reputable journals indexed in SSCI, SCI-Exp., ERIC, and SCOPUS.

His notable contributions include research on the POE technique for addressing misconceptions about image inversion, pre-service teachers' abilities to distinguish science from pseudoscience, sustainable development in physics curricula, and pseudoscientific beliefs in relation to media literacy.

Dr. Kızilcik maintains active engagement in academic discourse and national commemorations, regularly posting about Turkish national holidays and educational milestones. He has at least one son and welcomed a daughter on April 24, 2025.