Abstract
<p style="text-align:justify">The purpose of this study was to examine the postgraduate theses that focused on history textbooks between 1989 and 2017 in Turkey. The population was composed of 126 postgraduate theses (master’s and doctoral) which were obtained from Thesis Center of Higher Education Council (HEC), Republic of Turkey. The document review method was used to evaluate the theses in the study. Thesis analysis form, which was developed by the researcher, was used as the data collection tool. This form involved items related to the theses’ levels, years, universities and institutes, title of the advisors, focus countries, and research design. The findings were interpreted making use of percentages and frequencies. The results showed that some universities in Turkey such as Gazi University distinguished themselves in terms of the number of theses on history textbooks. The fact that there were 108 master’s theses and 18 doctoral theses raises the importance of the current study. As a result of this study, discussion and some recommendations were presented about the theses on history textbooks.</p>
Highlights
Being the written source of conveying knowledge to the students in a classroom environment, textbooks maintain their indispensability despite the changing and advancing technology (Altun, 2013)
The population was composed of 126 postgraduate theses which were obtained from Thesis Center of Higher Education Council (HEC), Republic of Turkey
The results showed that some universities in Turkey such as Gazi University distinguished themselves in terms of the number of theses on history textbooks
Summary
Being the written source of conveying knowledge to the students in a classroom environment, textbooks maintain their indispensability despite the changing and advancing technology (Altun, 2013). “European Association of History Educator (EUROCLIO)” was founded under the body of “Council of Europe (CE)” in 1992 and supported the activities similar to UNESCO of UN This association conducts studies on history education and teaching in cooperation with different countries, especially European countries. In 1991, “Turkish Economic and Social History Foundation” was founded and changed its name to “History Foundation” in 2005 This foundation has publications with the contributions from national and international researchers and organize symposiums and congresses on history education (Turan, 2016). History textbooks are a significant theme for the national and international studies on history education At this point, postgraduate theses become important because they aim at presenting scientific solutions to the missing parts and problems in literature. In this study aiming at making contributions for national and international researchers studying in this field, postgraduate theses on history textbooks were examined in terms of the distribution of their levels, accepted years, universities, institutes, titles of supervisors, focus countries, and research designs
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