2024-2025 Spring Semester

Nişantepe Middle School students collaborated with Özyeğin University students on 13 different projects!

How was the Spring Semester?

700 ÖzÜ students and 120 Nişantepe Middle School students worked together on 13 different projects.

Problem Solving Through Design

Creative Problem Solving Practices Through Design

By developing children's design-oriented thinking skills, they were enabled to produce creative solutions to the problems they encounter.

Project CoordinatorsGökçe Elif Baykal
Faculty/DepartmentFaculty of Architecture and Design
Keywordscreative thinking, problem solving, design thinking
Number of Students55 ÖzÜ, 34 Nişantepe Middle School Students
Think Play Create

Think, Play, Create!

Through interactive methods such as improvisation and role-playing, children's narrative skills and collaboration abilities were strengthened.

Project CoordinatorsYasemin Yıldırım & Atanur Andıç
Faculty/DepartmentFaculty of Architecture and Design
Keywordscreativity, narrative skills, collaboration, role-playing, improvisation
Number of Students38 ÖzÜ, 26 Nişantepe Middle School Students
My School My Dream

My School, My Dream

By allowing Nişantepe Middle School students to reimagine their educational spaces, their spatial perception and cognitive mapping skills were supported.

Project CoordinatorsSelin Üst & Seda Dönmez
Faculty/DepartmentFaculty of Architecture and Design
Keywordsspatial perception, participatory design, child-oriented spaces
Number of Students56 ÖzÜ (13 SFL), 20 Nişantepe Middle School Students
Cross-stitch

Cross-Stitch as an Unplugged Computational Thinking Educational Tool

To support equal opportunity in education, visual coding and computational thinking competencies were introduced to children through cross-stitching.

Project CoordinatorsMiray Boğa
Faculty/DepartmentFaculty of Architecture and Design
Keywordssocial innovation, equal opportunity in education, computational thinking
Number of Students55 ÖzÜ, 18 Nişantepe Middle School Students
AI Adventure

AI Adventure: Explore, Learn, Create!

While stepping into the world of the future, digital awareness was raised, and children were equipped with new competencies in the field of artificial intelligence.

Project CoordinatorsTuğçe Atik
Faculty/DepartmentTechnology Transfer and Entrepreneurship
Keywordsconscious use of technology, artificial intelligence, digital awareness
Number of Students56 ÖzÜ, 44 Nişantepe Middle School Students
Children are Right

Children Have Rights

Centering on emotion management, children were educated about their own rights, and a protective safety awareness was established.

Project CoordinatorsSelmin Cansu Demir
Faculty/DepartmentFaculty of Law
Keywordschildren's rights, risk of juvenile delinquency, safety, emotion management
Number of Students36 ÖzÜ, 45 Nişantepe Middle School Students
Rightful Child

"Right"ful Child, Strong Child

Utilizing the healing power of art, children's self-expression and awareness of children's rights were strengthened.

Project CoordinatorsZeynep Reva
Faculty/DepartmentFaculty of Law
Keywordschildren's rights, self-expression, art
Number of Students45 ÖzÜ, 34 Nişantepe Middle School Students
English

English

Through peer interaction, language learning was transformed into a fun and supportive environment, contributing to foreign language development.

Project CoordinatorsNergis Uyan & Giti Najafi & Burak Şenel
Faculty/DepartmentScOLa
Keywordslanguage, peer interaction, learning environment
Number of Students164 ÖzÜ (56 SFL), 78 Nişantepe Middle School Students
Sports Activities

Sports Activities Project

With the unifying power of sports, children's physical development was supported while their aptitude for teamwork was increased.

Project CoordinatorsEnes Ekinci & Fethi Sercan Aydın
Faculty/DepartmentAlumni Office
Keywordsphysical development, teamwork
Number of Students116 ÖzÜ (11 SFL), 78 Nişantepe Middle School Students
Chess

Chess

By developing children's analytical thinking abilities through chess strategies, their concentration skills were maximized.

Project CoordinatorsBilgehan Durukan
Faculty/DepartmentFaculty of Engineering
Keywordsanalytical thinking, concentration, strategy
Number of Students18 ÖzÜ, 15 Nişantepe Middle School Students
Study Hall Mathematics

Study Hall Program / Mathematics

By providing academic support with a one-on-one study model in a safe environment, children's interest in mathematics was increased.

Project CoordinatorsŞule Çalışkan
Faculty/DepartmentFaculty of Engineering
Keywordsacademic support, safe environment, mathematics
Number of Students17 ÖzÜ, 16 Nişantepe Middle School Students
Study Hall English

Study Hall Program / English

By offering strong academic support in foreign languages through a one-on-one study model, the learning process was made efficient.

Project CoordinatorsNergis Uyan
Faculty/DepartmentScOLa
Keywordsforeign language, one-on-one study, academic support
Number of Students17 ÖzÜ, 16 Nişantepe Middle School Students
Study Hall Turkish Science History

Study Hall Program / Turkish, Science, History of Revolution

With one-on-one academic support provided in core subjects, students were offered a safe study environment where they could reach their goals.

Project CoordinatorsMuhammet Der & Ali Ustaibrahimoğlu & Neşe Yaldız
Faculty/DepartmentNişantepe Middle School
Keywordsacademic support, core subjects, one-on-one study
Number of Students48 ÖzÜ, 48 Nişantepe Middle School Students

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