The American educational scientist John Dewey, who was invited to Turkey upon Atatürk's request, stated in his report that there were not enough educators and teachers in the field of art and business education. In order to fill this gap, it was decided to send teacher candidates abroad for training. Aksel, who was among the first five graduates of the “teacher training school” to be sent to Europe after winning the exam, went to Germany in 1928.
He studied “art pedagogy” and “business education” at the Higher Teacher Training School in Berlin. On the other hand, he continued his oil painting and engraving classes at Rudolf Grossmann's studio at the Berlin High School of Art.
In 1932, when he returned home, he started to work as a teacher of The American educational scientist John Dewey, who was invited to Turkey upon Atatürk's request, stated in his report that there were not enough educators and teachers in the field of art and business education. In order to fill this gap, it was decided to send teacher candidates abroad for training. Aksel, who was among the first five graduates of the “teacher training school” to be sent to Europe after winning the exam, went to Germany in 1928.
He studied “art pedagogy” and “business education” at the Higher Teacher Training School in Berlin. On the other hand, he continued his oil painting and engraving classes at Rudolf Grossmann's studio at the Berlin High School of Art.
In 1932, when he returned home, he started to work as a teacher of painting and art history at the newly opened “Painting Teacher Training School” in Ankara, which would later turn into Gazi Education Institute.
Founded in 1943, Aksel became a member of the Union of Turkish Painters and Sculptors, chaired by İbrahim Çallı, and began to participate in the Galatasaray Exhibitions again in the second half of the 1940s. In 1951, he was appointed to Istanbul Çapa Education Institute, which would later become Atatürk Education Institute. He retired in 1968....more
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