Examination of postgraduate theses on technology literacy in the field of science education

New pedagogical approaches, a new set of digital technologies and learning and teaching practices integrated with them are needed. For this reason, technology literacy as an important concept needs to be reviewed in terms of educational processes and a special understanding of what the concept of technology literacy means in learning environments needs to be adopted and developed. It is very important to define the concept of technology literacy correctly and to evaluate, interpret and present it according to the correct definition and to conduct academic research on it. When evaluated from this perspective, it seems meaningful to examine and analyze postgraduate theses related to technological literacy in the field of science education. In the study carried out for this purpose, "Digital Literacy", "Technology Literacy" and "Technological Literacy" in the imprint information of the postgraduate theses published by the National Thesis Center of the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) and whose imprint information and summaries have been made accessible until July 1, 2024. Regarding 489 postgraduate theses on this data set; Distribution of theses according to subject areas, distribution of theses in the field of "education and training" according to their fields of study, distribution of theses in the field of "science education" according to whether they were made at master's and doctoral levels, distribution according to the years they were made, distribution according to the universities where they were made, distribution to thesis advisors and authors was studied. Also it tried to evaluate their distribution according to the languages in which they are published and their keyword preferences. As a result of the research, the study was completed by offering a number of suggestions to increase the interest and value in technology literacy both in academic studies and educational processes.