Eğitim Alanında Okuryazarlık Üzerine Yapılan Lisansüstü Tezlerin Analizi (Analysis of Postgraduate Theses on Literacy in the Field of Education)

Abstract

Literacy is a complex structure that covers the process of acquiring knowledge and acquiring skills required by the age. There isn’t the field education in a study comprising an general assessment of the studies relating to literacy in Turkey. In this context, the aim of the research is to examine the postgraduate theses on literacy in the field of education in terms of various criteria. Qualitative research method was used in the research. The data of the study was obtained by document review. Within the scope of the research, postgraduate theses registered in the official website of the National Thesis Center of Higher Education Council in the field of literacy in education are examined. In the research, a total of 308 postgraduate thesis (208 master's and 100 doctoral theses) were evaluated. The data obtained was analyzed by descriptive analysis. According to the findings obtained from the research data, it has been determined that the master's and the doctoral theses published between 1998-2019 were mostly prepared in 2018 and it is determined that most of the postgraduate theses were made in Gazi University. When the distribution of postgraduate thesis according to the gender of the researcher is examined, it is observed that women researchers are more involved. When the graduate thesis is examined within the scope of the subject, it is seen that “media literacy” is mostly a subject studied. When the sample group of the studies are examined, the secondary school students in the master thesis; It is seen that the researches on the prospective teachers in the doctoral dissertations are high. It is seen that quantitative method is generally used in the studies. In line with these results, various suggestions have been made.