Abstract:

This study examined the doctoral theses conducted in the field of educational programs and teaching for the period of 2015-2019 for different variables Qualitative research method and document review technique were used in the research. Also documents used as a resource are 201 thesis which are written in the field of Curriculum and Instruction and opened to access between 2015 - 2019 reached through The Council of Higher Education data base. The research analyzed the data obtained from 201 doctoral dissertations by using descriptive and content analysis. According to results, it was determined that the highest number of dissertations was written in 2018, the number of male and female researchers was close, the number of male advisors was higher and advisors were mostly professors. It was identified that mixed method was preferred in theses the most while qualitative method was used the least and that survey design was used the most in terms of quantitative methods while case study method was utilized the most in terms of qualitative methods. It was found that the majority of the theses was conducted on teachers, the sample sizes were between 1-50 at the most, the research data were mostly collected with the use of scales and interview forms, and content analysis was mostly used in data analysis. The fields of study in dissertations were mostly teaching-learning approaches, teachers, curriculum development, and curriculum evaluation whereas multicultural education, internationalization, strategy teaching and comparative education were the areas that were studied the least