From the Editor in Chief

Abstract

In the Volume 9 Issue 2 of “International Journal of Curriculum and Instructional Studies” a total of 5 articles have been published.  In this issue, two articles on preservice teacher education, one article on preschool teachers, one article on the evaluation of the new teacher training curricula and one article on the usage of smart phones of the young people have been published. We would like to express our gratitude to all authors for their studies and contributions to our journal.

We would like to thank to the referees who scrutinized all articles meticulously. We would like express our thanks to our editors Prof. Dr. Kerim, Gündoğdu, Prof. Dr. Cecilia Mercado, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gülsen Ünver and Deputy Editors Dr.  A. Selcen Aslangilay, Dr. Melis Yeşilpınar Uyar and Dr. Gülçin Gülmez and Proofreading Editors Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cevdet Epçaçan, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dilara Demirbulak and Lecturer Bülent Alan for their valuable and meticulous contribution for the publication of our journal’s issue. We would also like to thank our members of the Editorial Board.

Beginning from 2020, some changes will be actualized in the journal’s editors. I will assign my duties as the deputy editor and editor-in-chief since 2014 to another colleague. By force of the rules of our journal, some changes will also be made in the journal’s editors and deputy editors in the context of serving in the editorial processes principle. I am thankful for your contributions and comments in the journal studies I have carried out so far. I also thank to my colleagues who are continuing with the editorial process as well as the colleagues who will be assigned with new duties and I wish you all a successful and happy term.