Systematic Analysis of the Theses Conducted in the Field of Classroom Teaching in Turkey

Abstract

This study aims to reveal the bibliometric and contextual features and problems of postgraduate theses (master's and doctoral theses) made in the field of classroom teaching in Turkey between 2010-2019. The study was carried out with a content analysis method, one of the synthesis research methods. The scope of the study included 1083 postgraduate theses related to classroom teaching in the database of the Higher Education Council (HEC) National Thesis Center (NTC). In determining the theses to be included in the scope of the study, the following criteria were taken into account: the theses would be related to classroom teaching, and the publication date of the theses would be between 2010-2019. Data analysis in content analysis research is different from qualitative data analysis. In this study, which was carried out with content analysis, firstly, the theses were handled as the analysis unit. The basic features of the theses were digitized, and codes and categories were determined to examine the theses in depth. Of the 1083 doctoral theses examined, 956 were master's theses and 127 were doctoral theses.With 181 theses, the year with the most theses was 2019. The year with the fewest theses was 2017. With 181 theses, 2019 was the year with the most completed theses. The year with the fewest completed theses was 2017. Among the theses studied, it was found that the course "Turkish Language" was studied the most and the course "Leisure Activities" was studied the least.In addition, it was revealed that there were mistakes in method, sampling, data collection tool and content in some of the theses examined.