Faculty of Education

Istanbul Kültür University (IKU); The Faculty of Education hosted the "School Climate Summit Sensitive to Freedom from Addiction" organized in cooperation with Bakırköy District Directorate of National Education and Yeşilay.

The summit, held on December 23, 2025, at the Akıngüç Auditorium and Art Center in the Ataköy building of the Bakırköy Campus, brought together academic and practical solutions in the fight against addiction.

Protocol Participation and Opening

Dear researchers,

The new issue of the Journal of Education for Life, which has been contributing to the field of educational sciences for 36 years, has been published. There are research and review articles from preschool to higher education, from non-formal to formal education in this new issue. This issue of the Journal of Education for Life which brings together theory and practice in education also includes research from different universities in Türkiye. These researches are fully accessible to everyone due to an open access policy.

A meeting was held between the stakeholders on Tuesday, September 20 to support the application competencies of teacher candidates, which is one of the collaborations between the Faculty of Education and Kültür College with the vision of "Education from Kindergarten to University in Kültür". In the meeting hosted by Kültür College, Faculty of Education Dean's Office, Heads of Departments and Teaching Practice Department Coordinators, Kültür College Schools Coordinatorship, School Principals and teachers attended.

National Taichung University of Education Dean of Faculty of Education Prof. Dr. Chen-Huei Liao visited Istanbul Kültür University Faculty of Education to develop academic and scientific cooperation and to plan joint studies. During the visit that took place in IKU Basın Ekpres campus, collaboration at undergraduate and graduate levels in the fields of Special Education, Pre-School, Foreign Language Education and Guidance and Psychological Counselling, and the creation of joint research working groups were discussed.

Noting that the educational sciences are developing and gaining importance more and more, and the time allotted to education and its works are increasing, Assist. Prof. Meryem Demir Güdül stated, "Education has always been on the agenda of humankind. Nowadays, the field of teaching and education maintains its importance and has to continue to maintain.”

The Importance of Educational Sciences

For academicians of the Faculty of Education, “Scientific Research Projects and Postgraduate Thesis Projects” titled contact meeting was held in the Basın Ekspres Campus Conference Hall on Friday, June 17, 2022, at 14.30 by Technology and Project Support Unit Coordinator Secretary & Scientific Research Projects Coordinator Prof Dr. Gülce Öğrüç Ildız.

The 23rd International Psychological Counseling and Guidance Congress, organized with the cooperation of the Turkish Psychological Counseling and Guidance Association and Istanbul Kültür University (IKU), was held at Akıngüç Auditorium and Cultural Center on 13-15 June with the theme of 'Psychological Counseling and Guidance for Sustainable Development'.

“Dear Researchers,

The new issue of the Journal of Education for Life, Vol 36, Issue 2 (2022), which has been an academic publication for a long time within the scope of pedagogy, has been published. We invite you to review and share with your colleagues the articles in the new issue of research from preschool to higher education, from non-formal education to formal education!

Faculty of Education Department of Basic Education students, donated the Montessori materials they prepared within the scope of the lesson led by Head of the Department of Basic Education Assoc. Prof. Gökçe Kurt to the four kindergarten classrooms and the newly established special education classroom of Avcılar Denizköşkler Primary School.

Istanbul Kültür University (IKU) Education Faculty Guidance and Psychological Counseling Program was accredited for 3 years by the Association for Evaluation and Accreditation of Teacher Education Programs (EPDAD).