A review on graduate thesis researches on internet completed in education faculties Eğitim fakültelerinde yapılan internet konulu lisansüstü tez çalışmalarına ilişkin bir inceleme

The aim of this research is to examine graduate level (master and doctorate) thesis that have the subject of internet and completed in education faculties in Turkey between 2006-2016. Theses were reviewed in terms of their distribution according to fields, perspective towards the internet, and methodological features. Document analysis was used as a data collection tool in the study. 124 graduate and doctoral theses on the subject of "internet" constituted the sample of this study. Dissertations were obtained among graduate studies completed in education faculties between 2006-2016 by scanning the Higher Education Council's Thesis Documentation search system. A descriptive analysis approach was used in the analysis of the data. As a result of the research, it has been determined that most of the studies on the internet subject were produced in educational sciences departments and in psychological counseling branch in the education faculties. In the study, it was seen that quantitative method was applied at a very high rate as a research approach, and qualitative and mixed methods were preferred in a limited manner. It has been found that students were preferred mainly as the sample in these thesis researches rather than educators and parents. It has been seen that the internet is emphasized as a technological tool for positive use, while the effects of the internet content and risks and hazards from a critical perspective been studied much less. Extended English abstract is in the end of Full Text PDF (TURKISH) file . Ozet Bu arastirmanin amaci, Turkiye’de egitim fakultelerinde 2006-2016 yillari arasinda lisansustu (yuksek lisans ve doktora) duzeyde yapilan internet konulu tezler incelenerek, bu calismalarin alanlara gore dagilimlari, internete yonelik bakis acisi, yontemsel ozellikler ve internet kavrami ile birlikte ele alinan konular acisindan nasil bir egilim gosterdigini ortaya koymaktir. Calismada veri toplama araci olarak dokuman incelemesi ne basvurulmustur. Yuksekogretim Kurulu Tez Dokumantasyon arama sisteminde egitim fakulteleri bunyesinde 2006-2016 yillari arasinda tamamlanan “internet” konulu yuksek lisans ve doktora tezleri taranarak elde edilen 124 adet tez, bu calismanin orneklemini olusturmustur. Verilerin analizinde betimsel analiz yaklasimi kullanilmistir. Arastirma sonucunda internet konusunu egitim fakulteleri bunyesi bunyesinde en cok Egitim Bilimleri Bolumlerinin ele aldigi, bu bolum icinde de en cok Rehberlik ve Psikolojik Danismanlik Ana Bilim Dalinin konu uzerine tez urettigi, calismalarda arastirma yaklasimi acisindan cok buyuk bir oranlarda nicel yonteme basvuruldugu, nitel ve karma yontemlerin sinirli oranda tercih edildigi gorulmustur. Arastirmalarda orneklem olarak daha cok ogrencilerin tercih edildigi, egitimcilerin ve ebeveynlerin cok daha az calisildigi tespit edilmistir. Incelenen calismalarin internete bakis acisi degerlendirildiginde internetin teknolojik bir arac olarak olumlu kullanim bicimine vurgu yapildigi, elestirel perspektiften internet iceriklerinin etkileri, riskleri ve tehlikelerinin ise cok daha az calisildigi gorulmustur.