PARADIGMATIC STANCE IN RESEARCH Barış KÖSRETAŞ, Alper Yusuf KÖROĞLU COMMERCIAL GAMES AND THEIR EDUCATIONAL VALUE: A REVIEW Kadir Yücel KAYA, Seçil TISOĞLU THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN TEST ANXIETY AND LEARNING DIFFICULTIES IN CHILDREN Nergis RAMO AKGÜN ANALYSIS OF FINNISH CORE CURRICULUM IN RELATION TO CURRICULUM THEORIES Suat KAYA CRITICAL TRANSLINGUAL APPROACH: A FRAMEWORK FOR PROMOTING DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION . Tuba YILMAZ, Esma YILDIRIM GENERALIZATION, ALGEBRAIC THINKING, AND PATTERN: AN OVERVIEW Fatma ERDOĞAN, Sude AY USING SHORT STORIES IN LANGUAGE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT Hülya KÜÇÜKOĞLU POST COVID-19 METAPHORIC PERCEPTIONS OF PRE-SERVICE ARABIC TEACHERS ON THE CONCEPT OF “DISTANCE EDUCATION” Halil İbrahim ŞANVERDİ, Gül ŞEN YAMAN

This is an open access book.Related to the big theme of the SDGs reinforcement at our previous conference, we try to invite all academics and researchers around the world to participate in the 4th Borobudur International Symposium 2022 (4thBIS 2022). As we know, the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on all the 17 SDGs have demonstrated how what began as a health catastrophe swiftly transformed into a human, socioeconomic and environmental crisis. The 4th BIS brought up “The Innovation Chain: A Contribution to Society and Industry” as the main theme to respond this condition. This conference is expected to support the UN Agenda. Additionally, this conference will also provide avenues for participants to exchange ideas and network with each other as well as domain experts from their fields. Overall, this event is aimed at professionals across all spheres of technology and engineering including the experienced, inexperienced, and students as well. The conference will be held virtually on Wednesday, December 21st, 2022 in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia.

Students often face challenges in a swiftly advancing Computer Science Education (CSE), where technologies evolve rapidly, and concepts unfold with overwhelming intricacies. As society becomes interwoven with technology, how essential is the integration of CSE into the educational framework to adequately equip future generations for the complexities of the digital era? Navigating Computer Science Education in the 21st Century advocates integrating CSE into curricula, underlining its crucial role in early childhood development. The book grapples with the challenge of introducing children to technology responsibly, addressing concerns about unmonitored screen time while emphasizing the necessity of evidence-based approaches for educators. Within these pages, effective teaching strategies are linked to successes in CSE. The book explores learner-centered teaching methodologies in computer science, emphasizing individualized instruction, active learning, and collaborative approaches. It evaluates the effectiveness of traditional lecture-based teaching against more innovative strategies such as game-based learning and collaborative approaches. By presenting studies that delve into the impact of these strategies on student engagement and motivation, the book equips educators with the insights needed to make informed decisions tailored to diverse learning environments.

This is an open access book.Uncovering the Languages, Sciences, and Teaching profession Practice during the Covid-19 Pandemic.

We are delighted to present the Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Innovation in Education, Science and Culture (ICIESC) that organized by Research and Community Service Centre of Universitas Negeri Medan (LPPM UNIMED). Proceedings of the 4th ICIESC contains several papers that have presented at the seminar with theme Education and Science in time of uncertainty: Recovering for the Future. This conference was held on 11 October 2022 virtually and become a routine agenda annually. The 4th ICIESC was realized this year with various presenters, lecturers, researchers and students from universities both in and out of Indonesia. The 4th International Conference on Innovation in Education, Science and Culture (ICIESC) 2022 shows up as a Mathematics and Natural Science, Material Science, Physics Education, Biology Education, Chemistry Education, Vocational Education, Applied Sciences-Computers, Multimedia Technology, Applied Mathematics, E-learning system, Applied Sciences-Information Technology, Applied Sciences-Engineering, Social Science and Humanities, Management Innovation and Heritage Culture research platform to gather presentations and discussions of recent achievements by leading researchers in academic research. With the number participants 260 participants, who came from the various national and international universities member, research institute, and academician. There are 181 papers passed through rigorous reviews process and accepted by the committee. All of papers reflect the conference scopes and become the latest trend. It has been our privilege to convene this conference. Our sincere thanks, to the conference organizing committee; to the Program Chairs for their wise advice and brilliant suggestion on organizing the technical program and to the Program Committee for their through and timely reviewing of the papers. Recognition should go to the Local Organizing Committee members who have all worked extremely hard for the details of important aspects of the conference programs and social activities. We welcome you to read this proceeding and hope the reader can find according to your interests and scientific field.

This is an open access book. SSEME workshop on social sciences and education serves as an international platform for scholars and engineers from around the world with the focus on education and other social sciences related fields. It aims to promote scientific information interchange of research advances and technologies addressing emerging trends and challenges for the generation of new ideas and establish research and/or business links for potential collaboration. As a professional academic workshop, SSEME-SSE 2023 showcases high quality keynote speeches, oral and poster presentations of refereed papers. SSEME-SSE 2023 is soliciting original and high-quality submissions in terms of research novelty, technical excellence, or unique applications in the real world. All paper submissions will be peer reviewed by at least 2-3 independent reviewers. SSEME-SSE 2023 warmly welcomes new insights from both industry and academia, on both basic and applied researches.