Dr. Hidayet Tok

 

Dr. Tok is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education. Hidayet was an Associate Professor in education in Turkey before moving to Newfoundland in 2024 as a visiting scholar.

Dr. Tok completed his PhD at İnönü University and went on to do Postdoctoral work at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium. His research interests include school practice, mentoring, teaching and learning, curriculum instruction and English as a foreign language.

In 2024 Dr. Tok received funding to explore the internship program at Memorial University’s Faculty of Education. Together with his colleague Dr. Jeanne Sinclair, Dr. Tok is analyzing the professional internship experiences of student teachers, focusing on how student teachers perceive the internship experience and how those perceptions are framed by their teaching beliefs and identities. The study targets two specific groups of student teachers: those completing intermediate/secondary and primary/elementary undergraduate education programs. By examining their perspectives, Drs. Tok and Sinclair intend to examine to what extent, and how effectively, student teachers are able to integrate theory and practice during the practicum in their degree. The investigation will cover various dimensions of the internship experience, including the roles and contributions of school-based mentors and faculty supervisors.

 Publications

Tok, Hidayet & Sinan, Olcay. (2014). A Comparison of the National Early Childhood     Curricula in Turkey and England. Anthropologist. 17. 203-212. 10.1080/09720073.2014.11891430.

Tok, Hidayet. (2013). Mentor Teachers in Turkish Teacher Education Programs. Anthropologist. 16. 711-719. 10.1080/09720073.2013.11891397.

Karakus, Mehmet & Tok, Hidayet. (2013). Cross-cultural Reliability and Validity of the Attitude towards College Instructor Authority (ACIA) Survey. Anthropologist. 16. 285-291. 10.1080/09720073.2013.11891356.

 Tok, Hidayet. (2012). Four types of cooperating teachers: A synthesis of the literature. Energy Education Science and Technology Part B: Social and Educational Studies. 4. 447-458.

Tok, Hidayet & Gehrke, Nathalie. (2012). One Challenge of Implementing Clinically-Based Teacher Education In Turkey: Selecting & Preparing Clinical Faculty. Technics Technologies Education Management. 7. 592-602.

Akhmedjonov, Alisher & Tok, Hidayet & Toremen, Fatih. (2011). Estimating the returns to education in post-reform Russia. Energy Education Science and Technology Part B: Social and Educational Studies. 3. 617-634.

Tok, Hidayet. (2011). Classroom instructional responsibilities and learner autonomy: A case study in Turkey. 3. 211-220.

Tok, Hidayet & Sebahattin, ARIBAŞ. (2008). Teaching foreign language during adaptation process to European Union. Inonu University Journal of the Faculty of Education. 9.