Evaluation of master's theses related to Primary Education Religious Culture and Ethics curriculum in Turkey in terms of subject and method (2000-2021)

Religious education and training, is the process of guiding individuals in understanding religion and learning the way of life recommended by religion. This guidance process should be given in line with certain principles and methods on the axis of the need to believe in the human nature. Questions such as which subjects will be taught in line with the behaviors aimed at the individual, which resources and tools and equipment will be used, which methods and techniques will be used to teach the lessons, necessitate order and planning in religious education. Religious education and training program meets this requirement. From this point of viewi master's theses related to Primary Education Religious Culture and Moral Knowledge curriculum were examined in terms of subject and method in our study, taking into account the importance of curriculum in formal education. Our aim in the research is to give a holistic view to the subject by making an evaluation of the master's theses related to the primary education DKAB curriculum, to help the researchers to produce original studies on this subject. Documentation method, one of the qualitative methods, was used in the research. As a result of our study, 67 master's theses related to IDKAB teaching programs were reached and based on the low number of these theses, it was seen that the studies in this scope in Turkey were not sufficient and diverse.