Dr. Gulsah Ozturk

Position: Lecturer, Early Childhood Education
Study area: Early Childhood Education
Location: Office 130 F | Building 901 | Berwick Campus
Phone: 03 8780 5745
Email: g.ozturk@federation.edu.au
ORCID ID: 0000-0001-5243-3172

Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy - University of South Australia - 2015

Bachelor in Early Childhood Education - Orta Dogu Teknik University (Turkey) - 2010

Teaching

Courses

  • Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Education)
  • Master of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)

Units

  • Curriculum Approaches (EDECE2016/EDMAS6033)
  • Teacher as Researcher (EDECE4003)

Biography

Gulsah is a Lecturer of Early Childhood Education in the School of Education. Gulsah specialises in the field of early language and literacy. She has conducted research studies with young children both in Australia and Turkey. Her recent research focuses on children’s digital literacy practices during early years.

Areas of expertise

  • Early language and literacy
  • Family literacy

Research interests

  • Early literacy in home context
  • Early digital literacy

Publications

Refereed journal articles

Visnjic-Jevtic, A., Varga Nagy, A., Ozturk, G., Şahin-Sak, İkbal T., Paz-Albo, J., Toran, M., & Sánchez-Pérez, N. (2021). Policies and practices of early childhood education and care during the COVID-19 pandemic: Perspectives from five countries. Journal of Childhood, Education & Society, 2(2), 200-216. https://doi.org/10.37291/2717638X.202122114

Ozturk, G. & Ohi, S. (2019). What do they do digitally? Identifying the home digital literacy practices of young children in Turkey. Early Years: An International Research Journal. https://doi.org/10.1080/09575146.2019.1702925

Ozturk, G. & Hill, S. (2018). Mother-child interactions during shared reading with digital and print books. Early Child Development and Care. https://doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2018.1538977

Ozturk, G. & Ohi, S. (2018). Understanding young children’s attitudes towards reading in relation to their digital literacy activities at home. Journal of Early Childhood Research. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1476718X18792684

Ozturk, G., Hill, S. & Yates, G. (2016). Family context and five-year-old children’s attitudes toward literacy when they are learning to read. Reading Psychology, vol.37, no.3, pp. 487-509. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02702711.2015.1066909

Ozturk, G., Hill, S. & Yates, G. (2016). Girls, boys and early reading: parents’ gendered views about literacy and children’s attitudes towards reading, Early Child Development and Care, vol. 186, no. 5, pp.703-715. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2015.1053477

Refereed conference proceedings

Ozturk, G. & Ohi, S. (2022),Exploring bilingual preschool children’s home digital literacy practices in Australia, Paper presented at the 1st International Research in Early Childhood Education Conference, Tromso.

Ozturk, G. 2018, Turkish children’s digital literacy practices in their home environment, Paper presented at the 7thInternational Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education, Moscow.

Ozturk, G. 2017, Digital technology and children’s attitudes towards reading, Paper presented at the 20th European Conference on Literacy, Madrid.

Ozturk, G., Hill, S & Yates, G, 2013, Home learning environments and 5-year-olds learning to read. Poster presented at the International Conference of the Australian Association Research in Education, Adelaide.

Ozturk, G., 2011, Gender differences in children’s interest in reading and their fiction and non-fiction book preferences. Paper presented at the International Conference of the Australian Association Research in Education, Hobart.

Conference Proceedings Book (Full paper)

Ozturk, G., Hill, S. & Yates, G. (2016). The role of parental practices and expectations on five-year-old children’s phonological awareness and letter-word knowledge. Proceedings of the Australian Association for Research in Education Conference 2016, Australian Association for Research in Education, (pp.1-16).