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The aim of this study is to examine the postgraduate theses (master's) published in the field of drama education in Turkey. The research was conducted inductively as a document review. 342 postgraduate theses (master's) published between 2010-2022 and made available to access at the Higher Education Council (YÖK) national thesis center were included in the scope of the study. The sample of the study was determined by the criterion sampling method, which is one of the purposive sampling strategies. In order to examine the theses reached, the "Thesis Review Form" was developed by the researchers for the purpose of the study, including university, year, gender, study group, method and data collection tool. The data were analyzed in terms of frequency (f) values according to the categories in the graduate thesis review form prepared in Microsoft Excel. The findings obtained from the theses, full texts of which were reached, were compared in terms of similar and different results, and a common conclusion was revealed. As a result of the analysis, the findings were presented in tables in order to provide better understanding. The results obtained from the research are as follows: Gazi University (15.5%) ranks first among 70 universities that have published postgraduate theses (master's) in the field of drama education. The most postgraduate theses (master's) on drama education was written in 2019 (27.5%). Female researchers (74.6%) worked more in this field than male researchers. Quantitative research method (44.4%) is the most preferred research method in postgraduate theses (master's). Those who wrote thesis in the field of drama education preferred secondary school students (33.3%) more as the research group. Scale (26.9%) and achievement test (28%) are the most used data collection tools in research.

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