Abstract:

This study aims to study graduate theses written on "Critical Thought" according to "universities, institutions, main disciplines of science, disciplines of science, years, program type, method and subjects." The research is limited to the years 2015-2019. In the study, a visual scan method was used. The data of the research is obtained from 165 sub-graduate theses obtained from the National Thesis Center of the Higher Education Institution and written on "Critical Thought". 123 of these theses are master theses, while 42 of them are doctoral theses. The data of the research was analyzed using the visual analysis technique. According to the research findings, the thesis over critical thinking was written at the University of Gazi. In the theses, it is seen that most of the studies are carried out with visual emphasis, and the experimental studies are fewer. The theses have increased over the years, and too much thesis has come to the conclusion that it was written in 2019. The texts are mostly written in the Institute of Education Sciences. The main science department is a thesis written in the field of education as a science department, as a science department. Research data analyses are visualized with the visual maping program VOSviewer (Version 1.6.9) and these analyses are presented in the findings section in the form of tables and intensity maps.

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