Gurbet KIZILTAN

He was born in the Genç district of Bingöl. He completed his primary, secondary and high school education in Genç. He graduated from Bursa Uludağ University, Faculty of Theology in 2003. In the same year, he completed his master's degree in the Department of Religious Education of the Philosophy and Religious Sciences of the Institute of Social Sciences of Bursa Uludağ University with his thesis titled "Religious Education and Religious Pluralism." He started working as a teacher in the Ministry of National Education in 2006. He worked as a DİKAB teacher, IHL vocational course teacher and assistant principal in different provinces and in schools of various types and grades. In 2021, he completed his doctorate with his thesis titled "Social Science Approach in Religious Education: The Example of James Michael Lee" in the Department of Religious Education of the Philosophy and Religious Sciences of the Institute of Social Sciences of Bursa Uludağ University. Between August 25, 2018 and August 25, 2019, he worked as a visiting researcher at Boston College School within the scope of the "2214/A International Doctoral Rank Research Fellowship Program" of Theology and Ministry (USA) conducted research on religious education/teaching approaches. In July-August 2019, he took part in the "Religious Literacy Summer Institute for Educators, 2019" project conducted by Harvard Divinity School. While continuing to work as a teacher at the Ministry of National Education, he continues his academic studies in the fields of religious education/teaching approaches, religion and values ​​education in primary, secondary and high schools, educational psychology and philosophy. He speaks fluent English and intermediate Arabic.