Prof.Dr. Michael F. Shaughnessy is currently Professor of Educational Studies at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales, New Mexico USA. He has served as Editor in Chief of Gifted Education International and can be reached electronically at Michael.Shaughnessy@enmu.edu. His orcid i.d. is 0000 0002 1877 1319. His current research interests include talent development and intellectual assessment as well as the role of personality in giftedness, talent and creativity.

Professor of Science Education, Associate Director of STEM Education Center, her research and teaching interests are centered on understanding how teachers translate national and state standards into teaching events and curriculum in their classrooms. Teachers’ knowledge and beliefs about teaching and learning directly influence the specific teaching practices implemented by teachers. Of particular interest is how teachers, from preservice through induction and into the inservice years, represent “science as inquiry” in their teaching and how different induction and professional development programs can influence teachers’ knowledge, beliefs, and classroom practices.

In addition, with the current national and state focus on K-12 engineering, my work focuses on STEM integration. This includes teacher professional development and curriculum development to prepare teachers for integrating engineering into their science classrooms.

Research interests

STEM Integration; Teacher Professional Development; Teacher Induction

Awards and honors
Outstanding Faculty Award, Council of Graduate Students, 2010
Institute on the Environment Resident Fellow
Award IV: Innovations in Teaching Science Teachers, Association for Science Teacher Education, 2014
Outstanding Mentor Award, Association for Science Teacher Education, 2013

Albert Ziegler, PhD, is Chair Professor of Educational Psychology and Research on Excellence at the University of Erlangen Nuremberg, Germany. He is the Founding Director of the Statewide Counseling and Research Center for the Gifted. He has published approximately 400 books, chapters and articles in the fields of talent development and educational psychology. He developed the Actiotope Model of Giftedness, which promotes a systemic conception of giftedness. In his research, his main interests are learning resources and effective learning environments, self-regulated learning, mentoring, and gifted identification. Presently, he serves as the Vice President of the European Council for High Ability (ECHA), and as Chairman of the European Talent Support Network (ETSN). In 2017, he was appointed Director of the World Giftedness Center in Dubai.

Assoc. Prof. Hasan Said TORTOP has his masters and doctoral degrees on science and physics education. After working as a gifted learners’ educator in the Turkish Ministry of National Education, he started working as assistant professor at Bulent Ecevit University in 2011 at Science Education Department. He established Special Education Services Application and Research Center (SESRAC) at Bulent Ecevit University. He has also established Education Program for Gifted Students Bridge with University (EPGBU) at SESRAC. He has received the title of associate professor in 2014. He is head of Special Education Department in Gifted Education Division at University of Istanbul Aydin, Turkey. He has several articles about gifted learners and science education in academic journals. He is the editor of two journals; Journal for the Education of Gifted Young Scientists (ISSN: 2149-1410) and Journal of Gifted Education and Creativity (ISSN: 2149-360X). His two books entitled Differentiated Instruction in Gifted Education, Differentiation Models and Education Program for Gifted Students Bridge with University, EPGBU Model have been published. His research interests are gifted learners’ education, science education, teacher training, higher education, and renewable energy education.