Abstract:

In this study, the aim is to study the doctoral theses completed on the teaching of social fields in the educational sciences institutions of the universities in Turkey using visual analysis of the quality research methods. For this purpose, according to the measurement sample method of target sample types, the 217 doctoral thesis, which is achieved to the full text of the teaching subject of social fields between 2015-2018 years in the Turkish Higher Education Council's Thesis Documentation Center, has been studied. The research included the findings related to the doctoral theses, university, anatomy/science, year, types of methods used, data collection tools, sample level, reason and selection method, data analysis techniques and measurement tools development conditions. At the end of the study, an important part of the doctoral theses studied was completed at the Gazi and Atatürk Universities, the theses in terms of the fields in which they belong, the Turkish Education, Turkish Teaching and Primary Education departments came to the forefront, the most theses in the years were completed in 2015 and finally the methodological trends in terms of the karma method came to the forefront.

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