Yükseköğretim Ders Kitaplarında Nitelik: Eğitim Bilimleri Alanındaki Kitaplara İlişkin Bir İnceleme

Yıl 2016, Cilt: 24 Sayı: 3, 1245 - 1262, 15.07.2016

Enes Gök Cemalettin İpek Ali Faruk Yaylacı Adem Beldağ

Öz

Bu araştırmada, eğitim fakültelerinde ders kitabı olarak okutulmak üzere 2009-2014 yılları arasında, Öğretim İlke ve Yöntemleri, Eğitim Bilimine Giriş, Türk Eğitim Sistemi ve Okul Yönetimi ve Sınıf Yönetimi adı altında basımı yapılan kitaplar, yayınevleri, yazar profili ve akademik unvanı, yazar özgeçmişi, iletişim bilgisi ve Yükseköğretim Kurulu (YÖK) içerikleri açısından incelenmiş ve akademisyenlerin kitaplara ilişkin görüşleri değerlendirilmiştir. Bu bağlamda 111 kitap incelenmiş, ayrıca araştırma grubunu oluşturan sekiz farklı üniversiteden 13 akademisyenin görüşleri alınmıştır. Veriler doküman incelemesi ve görüşmeler aracılığı ile toplanmış, doküman analizi ve betimsel analiz yoluyla çözümlenmiştir. Araştırma sonucunda; incelenen kitaplarda akademik ve estetik açıdan birçok eksiklik olduğu bulgulanmıştır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Ders Kitabı, Eğitim Bilimleri, Akademik Yayıncılık, Yükseköğretim

The Quality Of Textbooks In Higher Education: An Investigation On The Books In The Fıeld Of Educational Sciences

Öz

The textbooks entitled Teaching Principals and Methods, Introduction to Educational Sciences, Turkish Educational System and School Management, Classroom Management, published between 2009-2014 to be used in the faculties of education were examined in terms of publishers, authors’ profile, academic title, bibliography, contact information, and standardized contents by YOK; the views of academics were evaluated. 111 books were considered and the perceptions of 13 academics from 8 different universities were received. The data collected through book reviews and interviews were analyzed through document and descriptive analyses. Findings indicate the books examined in this study lack academic and esthetic quality in many ways.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Textbook, Educational Sciences, Academic Publishing, Higher Education

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