Examination of the Articles on the Life Studies Course in Turkey
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to provide an overview of the Life studies course in Turkey by examining the articles. Qualitative research method was used to this end. 96 articles written from 2005 to 2018 that were chosen through purposeful sampling were analyzed. The studies were selected from the international articles included in SCI, SCI-Expanded, SSCI, AHCI, Educational Index, ERIC, Ebscho, Ulakbim and Google Scholar databases. The publication classification form was used after its revision for the studies on the Life Studies course in order to evaluate the said publications. Each publication was subjected to content analysis and the data concerning the publications were recorded in a database. It is seen that mostly the documents are preferred as the sample group of the studies examined, the sample size usually varies between 0-50 people, and qualitative research designs are preferred more in the studies. When the findings are examined in terms of data collection tools, it is observed that mostly documents, interviews and open-ended questionnaire opted. As a data analysis method, it is concluded that the content analysis studies expressed by frequencies and percentages are predominant and t-test is a type of analysis which is frequently applied.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Studies on Education
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Nur Ütkür
This is me
0000-0003-2062-5430
Türkiye
Publication Date
December 20, 2019
Submission Date
February 11, 2019
Acceptance Date
December 18, 2019
Published in Issue
Year 2019 Volume: 9 Number: 4
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