Projects per year
Personal profile
Research interests
Journal Publications
Gelir, I. (2022). Preschool children learn physic, biology, chemistry and forensic science knowledge with integrated teaching approaches. International Journal of Early Year Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/09669760.2022.2037077
Gelir, I & Duzen, N. (2021) Children’s changing behaviours and routines, challenges and opportunities for parents during the COVID-19 pandemic. Education 3-13 DOI: 10.1080/03004279.2021.1921822
Gelir, I. (2021). Can insider be outsider? Doing an ethnographic research in a familiar setting. Ethnography and Education, 16(2), 226-242. https://doi.org/10.1080/17457823.2021.1905535
Gelir, I. (2021). Examining the Role of Dialogs Between Preschool Teachers and in Learning Natural Disasters and Related Concepts. International Journal of Early Childhood Studies. 6:2, 1-13. (A short abstract available in English)
Gelir, I. (2021). Examining the Turkish preschool education program from an inclusive perspective. HAYEF: Journal of Education, 18(1): 55-65.
Gelir, I. (2021). Learning English as a second language through translanguaging in early years. Adiyaman University Journal of Educational Sciences,11(1), 1-8.
Gelir, I. (2020). Becoming a girl and boy: Preschool children’s construction of gender roles in the community and nursery. Early Child Development and Care. https://doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2020.1756790
Gelir, I. (2020). Preschool children’s language use in nursery and at home: An investigation of young children bilingual and multicultural development. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2020.1826495
Gelir, I. (2019). The Role of Community-Based Early Childhood Programmes in Children Learning: The Concept of Funds of Knowledge. International Journal of Educational Research Review, 4(2), 116-20.
Conference Papers
Gelir, I. (2020). Teachers use different strategies to engage Syrian preschool children in classroom activities in nurseries in Siirt, Turkey. Pegem International Education Congress, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
Gelir, I. (2020). An examination of Turkish preschool children’s mathematical concept learning inn English. VII. International Eurasian Educational Research Congress, Eskisehir, Turkey.
Gelir, I and Duzen, N. (2021). The effects of the COVID-19 on the quality of Early childhood education and suggestions for a sustainable early childhood education during a health crisis. Innovative learning and teaching lessons from the COVID-19, American University of Bahrain.
Gelir, I. (2021). The teacher’s and children’s agency in early years programmes: Te Whariki and Turkish Preschool education. International Immigration Conference, Ankara, Turkey.
Book review
Gelir, I. (2020). Review of Preschool Bilingual Education: Agency in Interactions between Children, Teachers, and Parents by M. Schwartz (Ed.). TESL-EJ journal, 24(2). http://www.tesl-ej.org/wordpress/issues/volume24/ej94/ej94r2/
Gelir, I. (2021). Review of STEM Education Across the Learning Continuum: Early Childhood to Senior Secondary. Education 3-13 https://doi.org/10.1080/03004279.2021.1958895
Gelir, I. (2021) Review of Enriching arts education through aesthetics: experiential arts integration activities for pre-school and early primary education, Education 3-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/03004279.2021.1980598
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
External positions
Guest Editor, International Journal of Early Childhood
Aug 31 2022 → Sept 15 2023
Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Early Childhood
May 20 2021 → …
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Examining the implementation of early years curricula in Oman (for children aged 3-6): Experiences and perspectives of preschool teachers
1/1/23 → 12/31/24
Project: Internal Grants (IG)
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The effects of scientific field-trips and science classroom activities on young children’s understanding of dates
9/1/22 → 9/30/24
Project: Research project
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The reality of the practices of parents and teachers in the language development of children in early childhood in the Sultanate of Oman
Gelir, I., Al-Qaryouti, I. & Al-Salmi, L.
9/1/21 → 8/31/24
Project: Internal Grants (IG)
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The effects of scientific field trips and science classroom activities on young children’s understanding of dates.
10/1/22 → 10/30/23
Project: Deanship of Research Grants
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Early language and culture development in the social context of an Arab homes: multimodal practices
Al Salmi, L. Z. & Gelir, I., Apr 26 2023, In: International Journal of Early Years Education. 32, 1, p. 158-172 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Negotiating Monolingual Official Language Policy at the Nexus of Locally Situated Language Practices and Dominant Language Ideologies in a Language Minority Context
Lytra, V. & Gelir, I., Oct 18 2023, In: International Journal of Early Childhood. 55, 3, p. 313-329 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access -
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on preschool teachers’ identity
Gelir, I., Jul 17 2023, In: Early Years.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus) -
Becoming a girl and boy: preschool children’s construction of gender roles in the community and nursery
Gelir, I., 2022, In: Early Child Development and Care. 192, 2, p. 302-312 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
3 Citations (Scopus) -
Children’s changing behaviours and routines, challenges and opportunities for parents during the COVID-19 pandemic
Gelir, I. & Duzen, N., 2022, In: Education 3-13. 50, 7, p. 907-917 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
14 Citations (Scopus)
Press/Media
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New COVID-19 Findings from Sultan Qaboos University Reported (The Effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic On Preschool Teachers' Identity)
8/23/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media