Social Work Research in Turkey: An Overview of Social Work Theses in the Last 10 Years
Abstract
Social
work research intend to promote efficient practice, develop new service models
and make social policy through producing knowledge for understanding and
resolving social problems. For this reason, social work research has to
determine research topics according to the dynamic structure of social
problems. The theses at the graduate level, which have an important place among
the social work researches, make a considerable contribution to the social work
literature at the academic level. In this study, a total of 213 graduate thesis
documents produced in the last 10 years were examined, including 171 master and
42 doctorate theses of all social work departments in Turkey.
Keywords
Social Work Research,Research,Thesis. Graduate Education,Social Work Department
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