Visiting EHHS Scholar Featured in Fulbright Newsletter

Muhammed Salih Taşdemir, who participated in the Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement in Media Literacy program on the Kent campus last winter, was featured in the spring 2022 issue of The Turkish Fulbright Commission Newsletter.

Hosted by the College of Education, Health and Human Services, and the Gerald H. Read Center for International and Intercultural Education, the Fulbright program included a total of 18 international scholars.

Taşdemir provided a first-person account of his experiences attending seminars and visiting with, and getting to know, families in the surrounding community.

“At every seminar I attended at , I became more aware of the efficiency of an individual-centered approach and social interaction in the learning process implemented by the lecturers in which critical thinking, participation in discussions and developing ideas are encouraged,” said Tassdemir. “While I was curiously making observations and reflections by a fireplace in a friendly American house, where I was warmly invited for dinner, I acknowledged the fact that being a good person, like music, is a concept that has no relation to language, culture, ethnicity, and countries. At the end of the six-week program in Kent, I brought back to my hometown not only my luggage for clothes and presents, but also knowledge and experience that I accumulated in a cognitive bag.”

Published by the Commission for Educational Exchange between the United States and Turkey, the Turkish Fulbright Commission Newsletter chronicles the experiences of Fulbright Educators across the globe. Taşdemir is featured on page 26.

--Photo courtesy The Turkish Fulbright Commission Newsletter

POSTED: Thursday, June 16, 2022 02:01 PM
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EHHS Scholar Featured in Spring 2022 Fulbright Newsletter

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