Instructional Design and Implementation for Educational Skills Program Based on Constructivist Learning Approach

A lecturer is a person who, after completing his/her undergraduate education, specializes in the same or a different discipline through postgraduate education and works at a university. The main responsibilities of lecturers are teaching, research, leadership and community service. The training skills program includes adult education and characteristics of adult learners, basic concepts of education, teaching methods and techniques, instructional technologies, communication skills, curriculum development, implementation and evaluation and aims to improve participants' training skills. Teaching is among the main responsibilities of lecturers. Instructors need to receive training to improve their teaching skills during their graduate education and after their appointment as instructors. In this study, it is aimed to design and implement an Educational Skills Program based on the Constructivist Learning Approach. The design of the training program was based on the Dick, Carey and Carey (DCC) Instructional Design Model, which is widely known among instructional design models and influenced by constructivism theory. It is aimed that the training skills training program will be carried out by taking adult education into consideration and will be learner-centered. In this study, the training plan is based on the Constructivist Learning Approach 5E model, which is proven to be effective in the literature and widely used. The training program will be conducted through distance education in order to reach instructors living in different cities and to create common time.