A content analysis of the postgraduate thesis written on special education in turkey based on various variables (2009-2014)

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The aim of this study was to examine postgraduate thesis studies conducted between the years of 2009 and 2014 in special education field in Turkey based on various variables and figure out how many of these thesis is related with hearing disability. A total number of 146 postgraduate thesis have been found in the thesis scanning center of Higher Education Council (YOK) of Turkey. 126 of these thesis were master thesis and 20 of them were doctorate thesis. Data of the research were analyzed in SPSS 20.0 program. According to the results, it was revealed that quantitative method is the most preferred method in postgraduate thesis and there is much more number of master thesis than doctorate thesis. According to the distribution of thesis based on disability group, thesis are mostly related with special education and there is least number of thesis related with dyslexia. Besides, there were not much number of studies conducted with individuals with disability. Recommendations and implications for further research are also provided based on the results.


 


Keywords: special education, postgraduate thesis, individuals with hearing disability, content analysis

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A content analysis of the postgraduate thesis written on special education in turkey based on various variables (2009-2014). (2016). Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 11(2), 92–101. https://doi.org/10.18844/cjes.v11i2.901
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