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Message from the Guest Editors It is the great honor for us to edit proceedings of “8th Cyprus International Conference on Educational Research (CYICER-2019)” 13-15 June 2019, Cyprus Science University in North Cyprus. This privileged scientific event has contributed to the field of educational research for seven years. As the guest editors of this issue, we are glad to see variety of articles focusing on arts education, college and higher education, creativity, curriculum and instruction, democracy education, developmental psychology, distance education, education and culture, educational administration, educational planning, educational technology, environmental education, foundations of education, geography education, guidance and counseling, health education, history education, human resources in education, human rights education, ınnovation and changing in education, instructional design, language learning and teaching, learner needs in 21 century, learning and teaching, learning psychology, life long learning, mathematic education, measurement and evaluation in education, mobile learning, multi-cultural education, music education, new learning environments, nursery education, pre-school education, primary school education, professional development, science education, secondary school education, social sciences teaching, special education, sports and physical education, teacher training, technology-based learning, the role of education in the globalization world vocational education and etc. Furthermore, the conference is getting more international each year, which is an indicator that it is getting worldwide known and recognized. Scholars from all over the world contributed to the conference. Special thanks are to all the reviewers, the members of the international editorial board, the publisher, and those involved in technical processes. We would like to thank all who contributed to in every process to make this issue actualized. A total of  42  full papers or abstracts were submitted for this conference and each paper has been peer reviewed by the reviewers specialized in the related field. At the end of the review process, a total of 13 high quality research papers were selected and accepted for publication.   I hope that you will enjoy reading the papers. Best Regards Guest Editors   Prof. Dr. Huseyin Uzunboylu, Near East University, North Cyprus Editorial Assistant Zeynep Genç, Msc. Istanbul Aydin University, Istanbul, Turkey Assist. Prof. Dr. F. Sülen Sahin Kiralp, Girne American University, North Cyprus