Abstract
The purpose of this study is to examine the trends of studies about primary-school teaching published in the journals of faculties of educational sciences. Within the scope of this general purpose, answers were sought for the questions below: What is the distribution of the studies published in journals of faculties of educational sciences in terms of; the subject of the study, the population and the study group, data collection tools and data analysis techniques. The criteria determined for this study are that the articles should be published in the journals of the faculties of educational studies accepted to the ULAKBIM database between 2010 and 2016 and should be open-access and related to primary-school teaching. When these criteria were considered, a total of 21 journals and 311 articles published between 2010 and 2016 were accessed. Document analysis method was utilized for collecting the data. Descriptive analysis technique was used to analyze the collected data. It has been observed that the most dealt subject in the articles are evaluation, thinking abilities, self-efficacy, first-reading and writing, and affective traits.
Highlights
The function of universities is to nurture qualified individuals needed by the public and to contribute to scientific and technological advances by carrying out research as well
The purpose of this study is to examine the trends of studies about primary-school teaching published in the journals of faculties of educational sciences
Summarizing scientific research leads to important findings as well as revealing how big is the gap in the literature (Keselman et al, 1998)
Summary
The function of universities is to nurture qualified individuals needed by the public and to contribute to scientific and technological advances by carrying out research as well. The examination of earlier scientific research is of importance in terms of having a potential to affect later research, applications and education policies. Through this way, basic scientific knowledge is obtained for individual and institutional research, master’s and doctoral theses, and future studies while this knowledge is used for necessary practices with the aim of enriching development strategies and occupational operations (Dunkin, 1996). By examining of earlier studies in educational sciences, literature assessment as researchers have the option of reading and evaluating earlier studies and determining their own field of research (Neuman, 2010).
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