Özet:

In this study, graduate theses in geography education are to be taken into consideration through a holistic view so that they could be focused from different standpoints. Graduate theses in this study have been reached as an outcome of searching in national thesis center (http://tez2.yok.gov.tr/). This study includes 422 graduate theses (360 master theses and 62 Ph.D. theses) in geography education. Names and s of the theses have been used in classifications which have been categorized in accordance with topics and target groups. It has been found out that there has gradually been an increase in terms of number and variety in graduate theses, “Teaching approaches, methods, techniques and strategies” have been among the most popular thesis topics, more than half of these theses are about secondary education and the rest is successively about primary and higher education and more than half of these theses have been completed in the institute of educational sciences. In this respect, tendencies and progresses along with deficiencies and needs have been revealed, and new suggestions have been offered.

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