Asst. Prof. TOLGAHAN AYANTAŞ

Born in Ankara in 1992, he completed his primary and secondary education in Ankara. In 2014, he graduated from the Social Studies Teaching undergraduate programme at the Faculty of Educational Sciences, Ankara University. After graduation, he worked as a teacher in various public schools and one private school. Additionally, he undertook roles in educational content design, item writing, and textbook authorship.  

In 2018, he was appointed as a research assistant in the Department of Social Studies Education at the Faculty of Educational Sciences, Ankara University. He completed his master’s degree in Social Studies Education at the Institute of Educational Sciences, Ankara University, in 2019, and his doctoral studies in the same field at Gazi University in 2024. He has served as a researcher in two separate EU Erasmus+ projects focusing on computational thinking and acts as an advisor for TÜBİTAK 2209-A student projects. Furthermore, he has published several book chapters and academic articles in his field.  

His research interests include social studies education, teacher training in social studies, professional development models for teachers, teaching history within social studies, history education, digitalisation in education, computational thinking, and textbook writing.  

Currently, he teaches Science, Technology and Society, History of Civilisation, Medieval History, History of Pre-Islamic Period Turkish, History of Early Turkish-Islamic States, Globalisation and Society, and Teaching Practice in the Social Studies Teaching undergraduate programme at the Faculty of Educational Sciences, Ankara University. In addition, he has authored two textbooks currently in use at the Year 4 primary school level.