I currently work as a lecturer in Education and teach on the Initial Teacher Education programme. I graduated as a Mathematics teacher in 2012, and worked in a primary school in Finland for a year before my Master's in Curriculum and Instruction in Turkey. I completed my doctoral research at the University of Stirling and looked at the mediating role of reflexivity and networks in teachers' curriculum making practices in Scotland and Wales. My research interests include curriculum studies, teacher agency, reflexivity, networks, and mathematics teaching/learning.
Curriculum studies, teacher agency, reflexivity, networks
Article
Xenofontos C & Hizli Alkan S (2022) "They're coming into school hungry, they're not ready to learn". Scottish teachers' perceptions of marginalization in school mathematics. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 18 (6), Art. No.: em2116. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/12071
Article
Alkan SH (2022) "Are we making a quilt, with lots of ill-fitting cloths in here?": Teachers' internal conversations on curriculum making. Journal of Educational Change. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10833-022-09452-8
Article
Xenofontos C & Hizli Alkan S (2022) Prospective Primary Teachers' Professional Noticing in Non-Formal Learning Environments: The Case of a Mathematics Fair. Education Sciences, 12 (1), Art. No.: 55. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci12010055
Thesis
Teachers’ Curriculum Making as Relational Practice: The mediating role of reflexivity and networks
Hizli Alkan S (2021) Teachers’ Curriculum Making as Relational Practice: The mediating role of reflexivity and networks. Doctor of Philosophy. University of Stirling. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/33446
Article
Curriculum making as relational practice: a qualitative ego-network approach
Hizli Alkan S (2021) Curriculum making as relational practice: a qualitative ego-network approach. The Curriculum Journal, 32 (3), pp. 421-443. https://doi.org/10.1002/curj.98
Article
Teacher mediation of curriculum making: the role of reflexivity
Hizli Alkan S & Priestley M (2019) Teacher mediation of curriculum making: the role of reflexivity. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 51 (5), pp. 737-754. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220272.2019.1637943
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Exploring teacher mediation in curriculum making: Scotland and Wales
Hizli Alkan S & Priestley M (2018) Exploring teacher mediation in curriculum making: Scotland and Wales. European Conference for Educational Research, Bolzano, Italy, 04.09.2018-07.09.2018. https://eera-ecer.de/ecer-programmes/conference/23/contribution/43351/
Technical Report
A Curriculum for Wales: Review of the Draft Progression Steps
Priestley M, Hizli Alkan S & Nieveen N (2018) A Curriculum for Wales: Review of the Draft Progression Steps. Welsh Government. Cardiff.