Caroline  Fell  Kurban    Personal  Details  Name:                          Caroline  Fell  Kurban    Date  of  Birth:    17.10.1973  Nationality:          British  Mobile:  0090  541  602  81  86  carolinekurban@hotmail.com  https://tr.linkedin.com/in/carolinefellkurban  http://www.mef.edu.tr/en/celt    

Present  Address:  Kireçhane  Sokak  46  Arnavutköy,  Beşiktaş,  Istanbul,  Turkey    www.facebook.com/MEFCETL  www.twitter.com/@CFKurban  

 

Education  and  Key  Qualifications  

University  of  Roehampton  MA  Technology  and  Learning  Design  

April  2014  -­‐  present  

Canterbury  Christ  Church  University  PhD  Applied  Linguistics  

September  2007-­‐  November  2012  

Aston  University  MSc  Teaching  English  to  Speakers  of  Other  Languages  

January  2003  -­‐  January  2006  

University  of  Kingston-­‐Upon-­‐Thames  BSc  (Hons)  Geology  

October  1992  –  July  1996  British  Council  –  Istanbul  

UCLES  CELTA  Tutor  February  2002  

RSA  CTEFLA  -­‐  October  1996  Cambridge  RSA  DELTA  –  June  2000  Cambridge  RSA  CELTYL  –  July  2004  

 

Publications    • Sahin,  M.,  &  Fell  Kurban,  C.  (2016)  The  Flipped  Approach  to  Higher  Education:  Designing  Universities  for  

Today’s  Knowledge  Economies  and  Societies,  Emerald,  UK.  Part  of  the  Innovation,  Technology,  and  Education  for  Growth  Series  

• Fell  Kurban,  C.  (2015)  The  Role  English  Plays  in  the  Construction  of  Professional  Identities  in  NEST-­‐NNES  Bilingual  Marriages  in  Istanbul,  in  Swan,  A.,  Aboshiha,  P.,  &  Holliday,  A  (eds.)  (En)Countering  Native-­‐speakerism:  Global  Perspectives,  Palgrave  Advances  in  Language  and  Linguistics  

 

Affiliations   Inaugural  Fellow  of  the  Flipped  Learning  Global  Initiative    

MEF  University,  Istanbul  

 August  2014  -­‐  present  

Director  of  the  Center  for  Excellence  in  Teaching  and  Learning  (CELT)  

• Providing  strategic  leadership  for  flipped  learning  and  teaching  at  MEF  • Establishing  a  quality  assurance  framework  for  curriculum  design  and  

implementation  to  support  accountability  of  flipped  learning  and  teaching  • Promoting  excellence  in  learning  and  teaching  within  and  outside  the  university  • Supporting  faculty  members  with  course  design  and  development  • Providing  orientation  and  learner  training  for  first-­‐year  students,  and  on-­‐going  

support  for  second  and  third  year  students  • Head  of  the  learning  technologies  committee  which  chose  the  university  LMS  • Undertaking  research  on  increasing  student  engagement  and  student  success  • Head  of  the  CELT  Advisory  Board  which  provides  coherence  across  faculties  • Implementing  and  running  MEF  Teacher  Awards  and  Learner  Awards  • Liaising  and  collaborating  with  other  institutions  and  organisations  who  are  

leaders  in  technology  and  learning  design  Assistant  Professor  on  the  Faculty  of  Education  

• EDS  101  Introduction  to  Educational  Sciences  • EDS  102  Turkish  Educational  System  and  School  Management  • ENG  101,  102  English  for  Academic  Purposes  

 

MEF  National  School,  Istanbul  

 August  2010  –  July  2014  (full  time)  

Primary  School  Principal  (2012-­‐2014)  

• Educational  Management  of  the  School  • Curriculum  Development:  implementing  an  interdisciplinary  curriculum  following  

an  Understanding  by  Design  Framework  supported  by  Atlas  Rubicon  English  Teacher  (2010-­‐2012)  

• Teaching  English  from  Grade  1  to  Grade  5  • Understanding  by  Design  Materials  Design  • Implementing  Understanding  by  Design  into  the  English  Language  Curriculum  

 

Bosphorus  University    January  2013  –  January  2014  Assistant  Professor  -­‐  Adjunct  Department  of  Foreign  Language  Education  

• FLED  101  Developing  Communicative  Competence  in  English  1  • FLED  412  Practice  Teaching  in  EFL  • FLED  416  Seminar  on  Practice  Teaching  in  EFL  

The  English  International  School  

September  2007  –  August  2010  

Pre-­‐School  Principal   • Counselling  and  advising  international  families  moving  to  Istanbul  • Providing  in-­‐house  training  on  multilingualism  and  immersion  programmes  • Curriculum  Development  (British  National  Curriculum,  combining  Turkish  Ministry  

of  Education  requirements,  following  an  inquiry-­‐based  approach)  • Line  Management,  Professional  Development,  HR,  Customer  Services,  

Recruitment,  Registration,  Marketing  and  Events.    

Hisar  Eğitim  Vakfı  Okulları  -­‐  Istanbul  

September  2006  –  August  2007  

Head  of  English    (Pre-­‐K-­‐Grade  5)  

• Curriculum  Development  (focusing  on  vertical  integration  throughout  the  English  department  and  horizontal  integration  across  subjects  in  preparation  for  Council  of  International  Schools  (CIS)  accreditation  

• Line  Management,  Professional  Development,  Recruitment  and  Retention    

British  Council  Istanbul   November  2000  –  August  2006  Teacher  Trainer   • Working  in  collaboration  with  the  Turkish  Ministry  of  Education  to  provide  

teacher  training  for  English  teachers  in  schools  around  Turkey  • UCLES  accredited  CELTA  Tutor,  Drama  in  ELT,  NLP  Trainer,  Teacher  Development  

Academic  Coordinator   • Academic  Coordinator  and  Course  Development  for  Young  Learners  English  Teacher   • English  teacher  (young  learners,  general,  speaking  skills,  exams)  

• IELTS  examiner,  Young  Learners  Examiner  • Syllabus  and  materials  design  for  young  learners  

 

Stafford  House   June  –  November  2000,  May  1999  –  July  1999,  January  1999  –  April  1999  English  Teacher,  Canterbury      

• English  teacher  (general  English,  multilingual  teenage  classes)  • Syllabus  design  and  teaching  • Teaching  summer  school  courses  • Organising  social  activities  

Course  Designer  and  Teacher,  Taiwan  and  Austria  

• General  English  and  project  courses  in  high  schools  • Syllabus  design  for  Taiwanese/Austrian  courses  (12-­‐16)  • Organising  English  language  performances  for  parents  

 

The  English  Institute,  Portugal October  1999  –  March  2000 English  Teacher  Westgate  Corp.,  Japan May  1999  –  July  1999 English  Teacher  The  English  Centre,  Istanbul November  1996  –  December  1998 English  Teacher  

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