Analysis of Postgraduate Theses Related to STEM Education in Turkey: A Meta-Synthesis Study

Autor/in	Sarica, Rabia
Titel	Analysis of Postgraduate Theses Related to STEM Education in Turkey: A Meta-Synthesis Study
Quelle	In: Acta Didactica Napocensia, 13 (2020) 2, S.1-29 (29 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2065-1430
Schlagwörter	Masters Theses; Doctoral Dissertations; STEM Education; Educational Research; Research Methodology; Data Collection; Secondary School Students; Preservice Teachers; Questionnaires; Skill Development; Academic Achievement; Educational Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Doctoral dissertation; Doctoral thesis; Doctoral theses; Dissertationsschrift; STEM; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Data capture; Datensammlung; Sekundarschüler; Fragebogen; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Schulleistung; Educational attitude; Bildungsverhalten; Erziehungseinstellung; Ausland; Türkei
Abstract	Importance and prevalence of STEM, which is a holistic educational approach that includes science, technology, engineering and mathematics, has been increasing in recent years. It is stated that STEM is very important for countries to compete and stand out in the new world order and economy. In this study, postgraduate theses on STEM education in Turkey were investigated by meta-synthesis method. In this context, 58 theses, 9 of which were doctoral and 49 of them were master's thesis were examined. Topics covered in the theses, research methods used, preferred sample groups, data collection tools and results presented in theses, similar and different aspects were examined in detail. It is understood that various skills, opinions, academic achievement, learning approaches, career, attitudes, and interest/perception are studied in the theses. In the studies, it was determined that mostly mixed, quantitative and qualitative methods were preferred respectively, middle school students and teacher candidates were frequently studied groups, and questionnaire/scale and interview (form) tools were frequently used as data collection tools. The results, similarities and differences of the theses were expressed with key statements and some suggestions were presented. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Babes-Bolyai University. Kogainiceanu 1, Cluj-Napoca, 400084 Romania. e-mail: submit_adn@yahoo.com; Web site: http://adn.teaching.ro
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01