Reha Ataş, PhD candidate Curriculum and Instruction at Ege University Faculty of Education, Izmir, Turkey. Also science teacher at Kepez Gaziler Secondary School. She started he... moreReha Ataş, PhD candidate Curriculum and Instruction at Ege University Faculty of Education, Izmir, Turkey. Also science teacher at Kepez Gaziler Secondary School. She started her career as a science teacher at public schools (2008) and as a researcher at Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University from which she graduated master degree. Her research interest includes curriculum studies, effective teaching and teacher education (especially teachers’ professional development). She has designed a professional development program that integrates Understanding by Design and Differentiated Teaching to grow teachers' curriculum adaptation skills in her Ph. D thesis. She Nowadays she is focusing on analyzing teacher change and teacher professional growth by using different models. She is published articles and papers on curriculum studies, teacher professional development, science curricula. Also she focusing “ Türkiye yüzyılı maarif modeli” chemistry curriculum development process as a curriculum and instruction designer.edit
