A Study On Master And Doctoral Thesis Studied In The Field Of Science Education During The Pandemic Period

Abstract

The aim of this research is to analyze and evaluate the studies conducted in the field of science during the pandemic period. To achieve this, the descriptive analysis method was utilized.

The research is limited to master's and doctoral theses written in Turkey between March 2020 and 2022. The scope of the research includes accessing the database of the Higher Education Council (YÖK) National Thesis Search System by using keywords such as science, science and technology, science teaching, and science. As a result of the research, 18 master's theses were reached. Theses in the study; thesis number, university, department, title, author, client, date, number of pages, keywords, type of research, research model, number and level of sample, data collection and analysis tools, types of sources (domestic-foreign), according to their purpose analyzed and data were obtained. These data were evaluated under certain headings, frequency and percentage values ​​were calculated and turned into a chart. From the research findings; Most of the theses were written in 2021, men completed more theses, more theses were written than Kırıkkale University, more theses were published than the primary school science education department, qualitative research was done more, data obtained from domestic sources were used more, researches were more frequent. It was revealed that it was applied to students, scales were used a lot in data collection, SPSS programs were used a lot in data analysis, and the quasi-experimental research model was used a lot.