Abstract:

Teacher training is one of the issues that needs to be examined in a multidimensional and broad way. much discussed issue that the quality of teacher training in education in Turkey still keeps the current title. When we look at the rapidly expanding literature in teacher education, it is seen that article writing occupies a lot of space, whereas there is not enough tendency in thesis writing. The purpose of this study in Turkey teacher made a thorough examination of the dissertation in the field of training and teacher training to do is shed light on the works. The qualitative research method is used in this study and case study model is adopted. The universe of the study consists of the doctoral thesis in the field of science education in Turkey. The number of theses in the study was 15 in the study because 10 of the 25 theses reached from YÖK national thesis center were not allowed to be used and published. Thematic structure determination form developed within the scope of the research was used as data collection tool; and data analysis was done with frequency analysis and categorical analysis technique. The findings for teacher training shows that there is an adequate level of doctoral studies in Turkey. More in-depth and more research on this topic will improve the quality of teacher training, which will directly increase the level of education of future generations

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