Examination of postgraduate theses made between 2018-2022 in the field of science education in Turkey

In this study, postgraduate studies conducted in Turkey on Science Education in the years 2018-2022 were examined. The aim of the study is to provide resources for other researchers who will conduct scientific studies and to analyze the theses written about science education. In the study, data collection tools were determined by searching for the keyword "Science Education" in the National Thesis Center, and postgraduate studies conducted between 2018-2022 were used. According to the types, years, universities, institutes, number of pages, research methods, sample group, sample size, data collection tools and data analysis methods of postgraduate studies conducted in Turkey in 2018-2022 on science education. distribution was investigated. Within the scope of the study, it was determined that 84 postgraduate theses were conducted in the field of science education in Turkey between 2018 and 2022. It was determined that 79 master's theses and 5 doctoral theses were completed among the years examined, and the most postgraduate study was determined to be 2019 with 35 theses. When we look at the universities where the studies were carried out, Mersin University is the university where the most studies were conducted with 7 theses. On the basis of the institute, 47 of the postgraduate theses were made in the institute of educational sciences. 31 of the postgraduate theses examined were in the range of 101-150 pages, 12 of them used the scanning method, the population and sample of 34 of them consisted of secondary school students, the sample size of 38 of them was in the range of 31-100 people, 46 of them used the scale/survey method as a data collection tool and 71 samples were used. The data obtained in the graduate thesis are given using frequency/percentage tables. Keywords: Science Education, National Thesis Center, Post Graduate Thesis