Dokuz Eylül University, Buca Faculty of Education, Department of Mathematics Education was established in 1982. Our department, which operated as the Department of Mathematics Teaching within the Department of Science, also served as an independent Mathematics department for a while and continued its activities in this way until 1998. In 1998, as a result of the restructuring of our faculty, it was connected to the Department of Secondary Education Science and Mathematics Education as a department. Since 2016, the formal education program has been implemented as the Mathematics Teaching Program of the Department of Mathematics Education within the Department of Mathematics and Science Education. In addition to the four-year undergraduate program, master’s and doctoral education is also carried out under the Institute of Educational Sciences. The language of instruction in all undergraduate and graduate Mathematics Education programs is Turkish.
The Department of Mathematics Education, with its four-year undergraduate program based on contemporary approaches in teacher training, aims to train qualified teachers who can organize teaching activities in line with technological developments, use different teaching methods and strategies, be aware of contemporary measurement and evaluation approaches, and follow the studies conducted in the field. Within the framework of this purpose, the program of the department includes courses aimed at both professional development of students and field knowledge and general culture.
Since 2010, the BOLOGNA Process (European Higher Education Area Harmonization Studies), which enables the citizens of the countries within the European Higher Education Area to move easily in Europe for higher education and work, has started. Since 2011, Diploma Supplement is given to graduates. In addition, the Department aims to increase knowledge and experience by supporting the exchange of students and academicians through bilateral agreements with internationally recognized institutions. As of 2012, the Department has bilateral agreements within the scope of ERASMUS Student and Academic Exchange Program.
As of the 2023-2024 academic year, there are 2 professors, 4 associate professors, 2 assistant professors and 1 lecturer in the Mathematics Teaching Program. Graduates of the Mathematics Teaching Program of the Department of Mathematics Education can work as teachers in the Ministry of National Education and its private schools and institutions or private study centers, or they can work as civil servants in different institutions of the state or work as researchers in universities.
