Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Health

Gurol Yokus holds a B.A. in Foreign Language Education from Bogazici University, and obtained his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction from Mersin University. Since 2021, he has served as an Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Sinop University, Turkey. Dr. Yokus is the author or co-author of more than 50 papers in international refereed journals and book chapters, as well as over 30 conference contributions. He has delivered numerous invited and plenary talks at national conferences. His research interests encompass curriculum development, sustainable teacher education, instructional design, mobile learning, school leadership, and higher education studies. His current work focuses on 21st-century thinking skills and developing original, theory-based solutions to challenges in teacher education and curriculum instruction.

• Curriculum and Instruction
• Performance Evaluation in Higher Education
• Researcher Identity Development
• Outdoor Learning
• Online Professional Learning Networks
• Teacher Education
• Educational Technology
• Critical Pedagogy
• Digital & Mobile Learning

1. Editor, Uluslararası Sosyal Bilgilerde Yeni Yaklaşımlar Dergisi
2. Editor, Journal of Advanced Educational Studies
3. Supervisor for multiple Master's theses
4. Project participant & project investigator in TÜBİTAK and university-funded research
5. Presenter at numerous international conferences & symposiums

1. Pedagogical Formation Students’ Self-Efficacy and Metaphoric Perceptions: The Case of Mersin University
2. Developing a Guiding Model of Educational Leadership in Higher Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic
3. The Effect of Innovative Material Design on the Innovation Levels of Primary School Teacher Candidates
4. Opinions of Faculty of Education Students on Mobile Learning and Development of a Mobile Application for Educational Sciences: Mobile Academy
5. Examining University Students’ Higher Education Service Quality Perceptions and Institutional Belonging Levels
6. Analysis of the Performance-Based Academic Incentive System in Higher Education Based on Academics’ Views
7. Preschool Teacher Candidates’ Research Qualifications and Anxiety Levels Towards Research
8. A Meta-Analysis Study on the Effect of Concept Cartoons on Academic Achievement in Science Education
9. Parents’ Perceptions on Their Involvement in Preschool Education
10. Integrating Outdoor School Learning into Formal Curriculum: Designing Outdoor Learning Experiences and Developing an Outdoor Learning Framework
11. Digital Tools for Seamless Learning
12. Examination of Children’s Play Behaviors in the Preschool Period in Terms of Various Variables
13. Identifying Quality Criteria of Scientific Research Adopted by the Academic Community: A Case Study
14. Development of the Social Networks-Based Learning Perception Scale (SAD): Validity and Reliability Study
15. Pre-Service Teachers’ Views on Cinematographic Experiences in Educational Philosophy Course: “Slow Look”
16. Criteria for Reviewing and Evaluating Scientific Research and an Analytical Rubric for Survey Studies
17. Analyzing Academic Members’ Expectations from a Performance Evaluation System and Their Perceptions of Barriers
18. Designing Online Professional Learning Network for Developing Researcherly Dispositions of Pre-Service Teachers
19. Digital Native Preferences for the Design of Educational Mobile Applications: A Mixed Design Study
20. Learning and Innovation Skills in the 21st Century Digital Age
21. In-Service Teachers’ Reflective Thinking Tendencies Examined Across Various Variables
22. A Multi-Stakeholder Vision for Designing AI-Empowered Teacher Education
23. Risks and Opportunities for the Empowerment of Rural Women Through Rural Tourism and a Curriculum Proposal
24. Measurement Scale Development: Researcherly Disposition in Teacher Education in Turkey
25. Identifying Pre-Service Teachers’ Critical Pedagogy Levels and Examining Their Perspectives: An Explanatory Mixed-Method Study
26. The Role of Life-Wide Learning in Curriculum Design
27. Online Professional Learning Networks and Their Relationship with Researcher Identity, Social Responsibility-Based Leadership Perceptions, and Social Networks-Based Learning Perceptions