Lexical bundles are one of the important characteristics of academic discourse which tell readers to know whether the writer is professional or novice. Inevitably, studies on lexical bundles in ...scientific essays are important to do. This study identifies the most frequent, structural characteristics, and the functional categorization of lexical bundles in the Master Theses in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL), specifically in the Findings and Discussion section. There were 651.083 words from 74 different theses compiled to create the corpus by using Antconc 3.5.8. The results found 117 different lexical bundles and the sequences ‘the result of the’ and ‘on the other hand’ dominate the section. Noun phrase + of structure which covers one third of overall forms in the corpus were the most lexical bundles’ structural types in the findings and discussion section followed by other noun phrase structures (22% out of overall bundles). Functionally, research-oriented bundles (45% of overall bundles) were the most frequent ones followed by text-oriented (40%) and the least frequent bundles were participant-oriented. Reported findings are further discussed with related theories.
Few studies have been published on thesis completion experiences of master's degree students. However, for doctoral students, dissertation completion has been found to be dependent on individual, ...relational, and institutional factors. The aim of this study was to examine dental hygienists’ perceptions of their experiences completing a thesis as a requirement for an advanced degree. A qualitative phenomenological research design was used utilizing virtual focus groups with a national purposive sample of dental hygienists (n=25) who had graduated from a degree program in which a thesis was a requirement for the degree. Data analysis used an inductive approach to identify themes using Liechty et al.'s framework of individual, relational, and institutional factors impacting completion of a dissertation. Liechty et al.'s framework is based on Vygotsky's sociocultural theory of learning. In the results, individual factors identified included family/work responsibilities, lack of understanding of the thesis process, time management, health issues, and reaching personal and professional goals. Relational factors focused primarily on positive and negative experiences with the thesis advisor/committee and support from expert peers/family. Institutional factors included the thesis structure, financial concerns, and challenges in recruiting research participants. This study found many factors influencing the thesis experience that may help guide the process in graduate degree programs. In addition, the findings suggest a need to provide mentoring and support for thesis advisors and committee members to more effectively guide students through the thesis process. Effective modifications of these may improve retention of students and facilitate timely completion of thesis research.
The disciplinary identity and self-image of communication science have recently been objects of intense discussion and reflection in scholarly journals and conference panels. These debates focus on ...the questions of the objects, theories, methods, and thus also on the social role of communication science in times of digitalization. From a Swiss perspective, it is also necessary to ask about the role of different language and cultural areas as well as the strongly positioned universities of applied sciences on the subject’s repertoire of theories and methods and thus the existence of a communication science “Helvetian Manner.” So far, these discussions have been led through the lens of researchers’ own professional experience and their preferred theoretical and conceptual approaches. However, they lack empirical data. Based on a diachronic and synchronic quantitative analysis of the theories, methods and objects used at Swiss communication science institutes, this article derives propositions regarding the current debate and submits them for further discussion. The analysis draws on an original sample of graduate theses of different qualification levels. This study thus enriches current discussions with empirical findings on the discipline’s “lived” research and teaching practice.
Bu araştırmanın amacı Youtubeplatformu üzerine yazılmış eğitim araştırmalarını raporlayan tezleri yöntem ve içerik bakımından incelemek ve eğilimlerini ortaya koymaktır. Bu amaç doğrultusunda Yüksek ...Öğretim Kurulu Başkanlığı Tez Merkezi veritabanından erişilen ve belirlenen kriterlere uygun24 tez çalışması analiz edilmiştir. Tezlerin anabilim dallarına, yıllara, araştırma modellerine, üniversitelere, veri kaynaklarına ve araştırma konularına göre dağılımları incelenmiş ve eğilimleri ortaya konulmuştur. Analize dahil edilen tezlerin tamamı yüksek lisans düzeyindedir. Eğitimde Youtube kullanımı üzerine henüz doktora düzeyinde tez hazırlanmadığı görülmüştür. İlgili tez çalışmaları 13 farklı anabilim dalında yapılmıştır.Youtube üzerinde yapılan çalışmalar 2014 yılında başlamakla birlikte özellikle 2020 yılından itibaren artış eğilimi belirgin şekilde görülmektedir. Yazılan tezlerin yaklaşık yarısının alanyazın incelemesi üzerine olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Bu çalışma kapsamında incelenen tezlerde en çok görüşme ve doküman incelemesi gibi nitel yöntemler ile veri toplanmıştır. Bunun yanı sıra çalışmaların çoğunun Youtube üzerinde yer alan videoların içerik incelemesi olduğu görülmektedir. Benzer şekilde, tezlerin araştırma konuları da Eğitim amaçlı Youtube videolarının içerik analizi üzerinde yoğunlaşmıştır. Bu sonuçlara göre; Youtube’u bir eğitsel müdahale aracı olarak kullanan ve etkilerini inceleyen gelecek ampirikaraştırmalara ihtiyaç vardır. Son olarak çalışmaların K-12 düzeyinde yoğunlaştığı, açık ve uzaktan öğretim de dahilolmak üzere yükseköğretim düzeyinde, hayat boyu öğrenme ile informal öğrenme ve mesleki gelişim kapsamında henüz çalışma yapılmadığı görülmüş ve bu alanlardaki araştırma ihtiyacına vurgu yapılmıştır.
This study aims to examine the theses reporting educational research on the Youtube platform in terms of method and content and to reveal their trends. 24 thesis studies, accessed from the Thesis Center database of the Council of Higher Education and in accordance with the inclusion criteria, were analyzed. The distribution of the theses according to departments, years, research models, universities, data sources and research topics were examined and their trends were revealed. All of the theses included are at the master's level and no doctoral thesis was accessed yet on Youtube in education. Related studies were conducted in 13 different departments. Although the studies started in 2014, an increasing trend was observed especially starting with 2020. -Approximately half of the written theses reportedthe relevant literature. Data used in the theses were collected mostly by qualitative methods such as interviews and document analysis. Besides, most of the studies covered the content analysis of the videos on Youtube. Similarly, the research topics of the theses focused on the content analysis of Youtube videos for educational purposes. These findings showed that future empirical studies using YouTube as an educational intervention and examining its effects are needed. Finally, the studies were concentrated at the K-12 level, and there is no study yet in the scope of lifelong learning, informal learning and professional development at the higher education level, including open and distance education, and the need for research in these fields was underlined.
Yarn and spinning technology is a complex process that is a combination of raw materials, machinery, and automation technology where continuous improvements, researches and innovations run ...progressively. For the evolution of spinning technology, academic publications, postgraduate theses, and technological contributions of related shareholders must be considered as adherent supplements. Aim of this study is to examine the accomplished 236 postgraduate theses related to conventional and novel textile fibre types, staple spun/filament yarn technology and machinery, yarn types with structural and functional varieties, and modified spinning technologies in Turkish Universities. Moreover, it is aimed to reveal any trend in theses on yarn technology and the regional textile clusters in Türkiye. The methodology of the pursuit is a quantitative assessment where postgraduate level, thesis subject, year of thesis defence, and raw materials used in the theses are concerned. The findings showed that researchers focussed on conventional spinning systems and yarns in parallel with the spinning capacity and import potential of the country. Other extractions of the study are; classical ring system is mostly studied by the researchers, modern spinning technologies are included in many theses, reflections of global circumstances are distinguished in theses with keywords of manmade/recycled fibres, and blended yarns.
ÖZ: Bu çalışmada Türkiye’de uluslararası ticaret ve yeşil lojistik alanında yazılmış lisansüstü tezlere ilişkin bir durum değerlendirmesi amaçlanmıştır. Bu doğrultuda, Yüksek Öğretim Kurumu (YÖK) ...ulusal tez merkezi veri tabanında yer alan “uluslararası ticaret ve yeşil lojistik” konu başlıklı tezler taranmış ve çalışmaya 198 tez dahil edilmiştir. Veri toplama aracı olarak, uluslararası ticaret ve yeşil lojistik konulu tezleri inceleme formu kullanılmıştır. Söz konusu form aracılığıyla, örneklem çerçevesinde ele alınan tezler, yayınlandıkları yıl, anahtar kelime, tez türü, tez dili, araştırma yöntemi, veri toplama aracı, hipotezler, örneklem yöntemi, analiz yöntemi ve programı kategorilerine göre incelenmiştir. Bu araştırma kapsamında elde edilen verilerin değerlendirilmesinde içerik analizi yöntemi kullanılmıştır. İçerik analizinde nitel ve karma yöntemler için geliştirilmiş “MAXQDA Analytics Pro 2022” paket programından yararlanılmıştır. İlk olarak, verilere ilişkin kod ve temalar belirlenmiştir. Daha sonra, verilerin nasıl bir dağılım gösterdiğini tespit edebilmek için kod bulutu oluşturulmuştur. Verilerin yüzde ve frekans dağılımları tablo ve grafiklerle görselleştirilmiş ve yorumlanmıştır. Ayrıca, kodların ve temaların görselleştirilmesinde “kod matrisi” ve “hiyerarşik kod-alt kod modeline” yer verilmiştir. Bu araştırmada elde edilen bulguların, söz konusu alanda gelecekte yapılması planlanan araştırmalara ön fikir sağlayacağı düşünülmektedir. ABSTRACT: In this study, it is aimed to evaluate the situation of postgraduate theses written in the field of international trade and green logistics in Turkey. In this direction, the theses entitled with "international trade and green logistics" in the national thesis center database of the Higher Education Council (YÖK) were investigated and 198 theses were included in the study. As a data collection tool, the thesis review form on international trade and green logistics was used. By means of this form, the theses which were handled within the framework of the sample were examined, according to the year they were published, keyword, thesis type, thesis language, research method, data collection tool, hypotheses, sampling method, analysis method and analysis program. Content analysis method was used in the evaluation of the data obtained within the scope of this research. In content analysis, the "MAXQDA Analytics Pro 2022" package program developed for qualitative and mixed methods was used. First, the codes and themes related to the data were determined. Then, a code cloud was created to determine how the data was distributed. Percentage and frequency distributions of the data were visualized and interpreted with tables/graphs. In addition, "code matrix" and "hierarchical code-subcode model" were included in the visualization of codes and themes. It is thought that the findings obtained in this study will provide a preliminary idea for future research in the field in question.
Birçok alanda olduğu gibi Türkçe eğitiminde de dijital öğrenme konulu çalışmalar yapılmaktadır. Bu çalışmada Türkçe eğitimi alanında yapılmış dijital öğrenme konulu tezlerin farklı açılardan ...incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Bu şekilde alanın bir profili çizilerek alanda çalışacak araştırmacılara yol gösterilmiş olacaktır. Çalışma, YÖK Ulusal Tez Merkezi aracılığıyla araştırmanın amacı doğrultusunda yapılan tarama neticesinde elde edilen 41 tez ile sınırlandırılmıştır. Türkçe eğitimi alanında yapılmış dijital öğrenme konulu tezlerin incelendiği bu çalışma nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden durum çalışması ile desenlenmiştir. Verilerin toplanmasında “Tez İnceleme Formu” kullanılmıştır. Toplanan ham verilerin araştırmanın amacı doğrultusunda belirlenmesi için “Tez Sınıflama Formu” oluşturulmuştur. Verilerin çözümlenmesinde betimsel analizden faydalanılmıştır. Sonuç olarak dijital öğrenme tezlerinde daha çok öğrencilerin pasif olduğu, uygulamalarda araştırmacı tarafından hazırlanan materyallerin kullanıldığı tespit edilmiştir. Buradan hareketle öğrencilerin aktif olduğu, dijital kanalları doğrudan kullanabildiği çalışmaların yapılması gerektiği söylenebilir. Öğrencilerin tutum, görüş, akademik başarılarının yanı sıra dijital yeterliklerinin de geliştirilmesine yönelik çalışmalar yapılmalıdır.
Studies on digital learning are carried out in Turkish education as is the case in various other fields. This study aims to investigate digital learning in Turkish education through surveying the theses completed in the field. The goal is to create a profile of the field to guide researchers who will work in the field. The study is designed as a case study and is thus qualitative by design. In line with the goals of the study, the Higher Education Council National Thesis Center was surveyed and 41 theses on digital learning in Turkish education were found. A Thesis Review Form was used to collect data. A Thesis Classification Form was created to classify the collected data. Descriptive analysis was used for data analysis which revealed that students were mostly passive and that materials prepared by researchers were used. Based on the findings, it may be stated that studies that use digital channels directly and involve active student participation should be conducted to improve students' attitudes, opinions, and academic achievements as well as their digital competencies.
A high number of both qualitative and quantitative research studies have been conducted on inclusion practice in Turkey. In postgraduate theses focusing on inclusion practice via a qualitative design ...to comprehensively describe and understand the issue, the goal is mostly to determine teachers’ opinions. The aim of this research, on the other hand, is to examine postgraduate theses investigating the opinions of teachers who work in inclusion classes. For this purpose, five researches were focused. It has been designed in line with meta-ethnography design to study the postgraduate theses conducted in Turkey employing semi-structured interviews—one of the qualitative data collection techniques. A comparative and exploratory analysis process has been administered to identify the shared and different themes in the aforementioned studies. Accordingly, three themes have been determined, which are a) current situation of inclusion practice, b) problems in inclusion practice, and c) teachers’ expectations as to improving the quality of inclusion practice. Based on the findings of research studies completed around inclusion practice and teachers’ opinions, it is possible to conclude that there is a need for development-centered action research at inclusion schools and classes.
A high number of both qualitative and quantitative research studies have been conducted on inclusion practice in Turkey. In postgraduate theses focusing on inclusion practice via a qualitative design ...to comprehensively describe and understand the issue, the goal is mostly to determine teachers’ opinions. The aim of this research, on the other hand, is to examine postgraduate theses investigating the opinions of teachers who work in inclusion classes. For this purpose, five researches were focused. It has been designed in line with meta-ethnography design to study the postgraduate theses conducted in Turkey employing semi-structured interviews—one of the qualitative data collection techniques. A comparative and exploratory analysis process has been administered to identify the shared and different themes in the aforementioned studies. Accordingly, three themes have been determined, which are a) current situation of inclusion practice, b) problems in inclusion practice, and c) teachers’ expectations as to improving the quality of inclusion practice. Based on the findings of research studies completed around inclusion practice and teachers’ opinions, it is possible to conclude that there is a need for development-centered action research at inclusion schools and classes.
Bu çalışmanın amacı, Türkiye’de tarih eğitimi, öğretimi ve yazıcılığı alanında yapılmış lisansüstü tezleri incelemek ve bu çalışmalardan elde edilen sonuçlardan hareketle tarih eğitimi, öğretimi ve ...yazıcılığı ile ilgili çeşitli öneriler geliştirmektir. Çalışmanın tarih eğitimi, öğretimi ve yazıcılığı alanında hazırlanmış olan lisansüstü tezlerin; cinsiyetlerine, yıllarına, üniversitelerine, enstitülerine, danışman unvanlarına, türüne, yöntemine, konularına (temalarına) göre inceleyerek bu alanda yapılan tezlerin genel çerçevesini görmek bakımından yararlı olacağı düşünülmektedir. Araştırmada nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden durum çalışması yapılmıştır. Bu çerçevede doküman incelemesi yapılan bu çalışmada dokümanlara ulaşma, orijinalliğin kontrol edilmesi, dokümanların anlaşılması, verinin analiz edilmesi ve verinin kullanılması şeklinde beş aşama izlenmiştir. Araştırmanın ilk aşamasında Ulusal Tez Merkezi’ndeki ayrıntılı tarama seçeneğiyle “tarih eğitimi”, “tarih öğretimi”, “tarih yazımı”, “tarih yazıcılığı”, “tarih ders kitapları”, “lise tarih”, “ortaokul tarih”, “ilkokul tarih” ile “tarih ve öğretmen” anahtar kelimelerinde geçen toplamda 345 teze ulaşılmıştır. Tezlerin hepsi tek bir Excel dosyasında birleştirilmiş, farklı anahtar kelimelerde tekrarlanan tezler, özeti olmayan ve konuyla ilgisi olmayan 40 tez çıkarılmıştır. Toplamda 251’ı yüksek lisans, 54’i doktora olmak üzere toplam 305 tez çalışma kapsamına alınmıştır. Bulgulara göre; ilk yüksek lisans tezinin 1991 yılında, doktora tezinin ise 1997 yılında yapıldığı belirlenmiştir. Yüksek lisans tezlerinde en çok işlenen tema “Strateji-Yöntem-Teknik”, doktora tezlerinde ise “Strateji-Yöntem-Teknik”, ”Beceri Eğitimi”, “Tarih Yazıcılığın Tarihçesi” ve “ Diğer Ülkelerin Tarih Eğitimi” temalarının olduğu görülmüştür. Lisansüstü tezlerin %28’inin çalışma desenlerinin belirsiz olduğu tespit edilmiştir.
The aim of this study is to examine the graduate theses made in the field of history education, teaching and writing in Turkey and to develop various suggestions related to history education, teaching and writing based on the results obtained from these studies. It is thought that the theses repared in the field of history education, teaching and writing will be useful in terms of examining according to their gender, years, universities, istitutes, advisor titles, type, method, subjects (themes) and to see the general framework of the theses made in this field. Case studies were conducted from qualitative research methods. Within this framework, five stages were followed in the form of reaching documents, checking authenticity, understanding documents, analyzing data and using data. During the first phase of the research, via the detailed scan opting on the homepage of the National Thesis Center, 345 theses including the key words “history education”, “teaching history”, “history”, “historiography”, “history textbooks”, “high school history”, “secondary school”, “primary school history ” and “history and teacher” were reached. All of the theses were combined in a single Excel file, scanned again for different key words and 40 theses with no summary and no relevance to the subject were taken out. A total of 305 theses, 251 of which are masters and 54 of which are PhD, were included in the scope of the study. According to the findings; the first master's thesis was made in 1991 and the doctoral thesis was made in 1997. The most common theme in the master’s theses is “Strategy-Method-Technique”, in the PhD these the most common themes are “Strategy-Method-Technique”, ”Skill Training”, “History of Historiography” and “ History Education In Other Countries”. It was found out that in 28% of the post-graduate theses the study patterns were uncertain.
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