Extended Abstract
Purpose: In this study, it was aimed to analyze the dissertations in the field of educational administration in the USA for ten-year period, 2000-2009. For this purpose, it was determined the topics upon which the dissertations focused and some quantitative data within the thesis (thesis method, title, abstract, keywords, references and thesis itself).
Method: As being a descriptive research model, this study is mixed type having qualitative and quantitative dimensions. Qualitative data were analyzed using content analysis, while quantitative data were analyzed using frequency, percentage and Kruskal-Wallis test. The number of dissertations, in ProQuest database, in educational administration in the USA between 2000-2009 is 299. Excluding one thesis in French and another in Spanish, all other 297 dissertations were included in the study.
Findings: In dissertations in the field of educational administration in the USA, it was determined that mostly focused topics were “Woman Principals” and “Leadership”; next came “Principal Competency”, “Educational Administration Programmes” and “School Improvement”; also there seems to be an increasing trend in main themes such as “Leadership”, “Educational Administration Programmes”, “Woman Supervisors”, “Teacher Competency” and Special Education”
According to the methods of thesis, mixed method rate was 12%, whereas quantitative and qualitative rates were nearly equal, 44%, 43% respectively. However, for the last five years, there has been an increase in using mixed method.
It was determined that the most frequent words in thesis titles were “school” and “education/al”, next came “administration”, “leadership” and “study; yet there was no significant difference ( (2)= 5,736; p>0,05) between number of words in title and the method of the thesis.
It was also determined that the most frequent words in abstracts were “study, research, survey”, “school” and “ education”, next came “leader/ship” and “administration; there was significant difference ( (2)= 8,434; p<0,05) between number of words in abstracts and the method of the thesis. The number of words in abstracts of mixed thesis was higher than that of abstracts of quantitative and qualitative thesis.
It was determined that the most frequent words in keywords were “administrator/administration” and “education/al”, next came “leader/ship” and “school” and “principal/ship”; yet there was no significant difference ( (2)= 1,387; p>0,05) between number of words in keywords and the method of the thesis.
It was also determined that the number of references varied between 26-582, average reference was 124; there was no significant difference ( (2) = 0,70; p>0,05) between number of references and the method of the thesis.
Total page of theses varied between 66-848, and the average thesis had 200 pages. There was significant difference ( (2)= 44,261; p<0,05) between total page and method of the thesis. It was determined that total page of mixed-method theses was 25% higher than the general average of total page.
Suggestions: The focused topics of US Educational Administration dissertations could be a source of inspiration for researchers in determining a research topic; The frequency and the trend of thesis methods, average number of words in title, abstract and keywords, average reference number and total page of the thesis could be a reference for doctoral students preparing to write a doctoral thesis.
Keywords: USA, Education, Educational management, Dissertations
Bu çalışmada, ABD’de Eğitim Yönetimi alanında yapılan doktora tezlerinin analizi yapılmıştır. Bu amaçla, ABD’de Eğitim Yönetimi alanında yapılan doktora tezlerinin (2000-2009 yılları arası) hangi konularda yoğunlaştığı ve tezlere ait bazı nicel verilerin (tezin yöntemi; başlık, özet, anahtar kelimelerdeki sözcük sayıları; kaynakça ve tezin sayfa sayısı) dağılımı belirlenmeye çalışılmıştır. Betimsel tarama modelindeki bu çalışma, nitel ve nicel boyutları olan karma (mix) türü bir araştırmadır. Araştırmanın nitel boyutundaki veriler içerik analizi ile nicel boyutundaki veriler ise frekans, yüzde değerlerinden ve Kruskal Wallis testinden yararlanılarak analiz edilmiştir. 2000-2009 yılları arasında ABD’de Eğitim Yönetimi alanında yapılan ve ProQuest’in veri tabanında yer alan doktora tezi sayısı 299’dur. Bunlardan biri Fransızca diğeri İspanyolca olan iki tez dışındaki 297 tezin tamamı araştırma kapsamına alınmıştır. ABD’de Eğitim Yönetimi alanında yapılan doktora tezlerinde, en çok “kadın yöneticiler” ve “liderlik” konularında yoğunlaşıldığı, bunları sırasıyla “yönetici yeterliği”, “EYD programları” ve “okul geliştirme” konularının izlediği belirlenmiştir. Tezlerin yöntemine göre nicel (% 44) ve nitel (% 43) yöntemler neredeyse eşit sayıda kullanılmışken, karma yöntem % 12’de kalmıştır. Ancak son 5 yıla bakıldığında karma yöntemde bir artış eğilimi görülmektedir. Ortalama olarak tezlerin başlığında 14, özetinde 306 ve anahtar kavramalarında ise 5 sözcük kullanılmıştır. Tezlerin kaynakça sayısı ortalaması 124 ve sayfa sayısı ortalaması ise 200’dür. ABD’de yapılmış doktora tezlerinin ele aldığı, yoğunlaştığı konular, araştırma konusu belirleme aşamasındaki araştırmacılara esin kaynağı olabileceği gibi; doktora tezlerinde kullanılan araştırma yöntemlerinin yoğunluğu ve eğilimi; başlık, özet ve anahtar kavramlardaki sözcük sayısı ortalamaları; tezlerde kullanılan ortalama kaynakça sayısı ve tezlerin sayfa sayısı ortalaması, doktora tezi yapacaklara bir referans olabilir
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Subjects | Studies on Education |
Journal Section | Educational Sciences and Sciences of Field Education |
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Publication Date | March 28, 2013 |
Published in Issue | Year 2013Volume: 4 Issue: 1 |
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