The State of the Educational Administration Research in Turkey: The Case

Abstract

It has been observed that the discussions on educational researches have generally focused on the methodology. The present study aimed at evaluating educational administration researches in the context of the empirical research articles on educational administration vis a vis methodology. The articles dating between 2000 through 2006 were selected from Educational Administration in Theory and Practice Journal. The sample comprised of 20 randomly selected empirical research articles. It is seen that most of the evaluated researches were about the causes of the administrator behaviors and next came the researches about the administrator behaviors. The population-sampling levels of the articles included in the sample were found to be moderate. The designs of the research articles were predominantly survey type and quantitative in nature. It was seen that the statistical techniques used in the evaluated articles were rudimentary.

Keywords

• educational administration , educational administration research , the state of the educational administration researches in Turkey

Türkiye’de Eğitim Yönetimi Araştırmalarının Durumu: Kuram ve Uygulamada Eğitim Yönetimi Dergisi Örneği

Öz

Eğitim araştırmaları hakkındaki tartışmaların genelde onların yöntemleri üzerinde yapıldığı görülmektedir. Bu çalışmada egitim yönetimi ile ilgili ampirik arastırma makaleleri kapsamındaki egitim yönetimi arastırmalarını, yöntemsel açıdan degerlendirmek amaçlanmıstır. Kuram ve Uygulamada Egitim Yönetimi Dergisi'nde 2000- 2006 (dahil) yılları arası yayımlanan ampirik arastırma makaleleri degerlendirilmistir. Arastırmanın örneklemini yansız olarak seçilen 20 ampirik arastırma makalesi olusturmaktadır. Degerlendirilen arastırmaların çogunun yönetici davranıslarının nedenleri konusunda oldugu, onu yönetici davranısı ile ilgili çalısmaların izledigi görülmektedir. Örnekleme giren arastırma makalelerinin evrenörneklem düzeyleri, arastırmacılar tarafından orta bulunmustur. Arastırma makalelerinin arastırma desenlerinin, agırlıklı olarak tarama türünde nicel çalısmalar oldugu tespit edilmistir. Degerlendirilen makalelerin veri analizinde kullanılan istatistiksel tekniklerinin gelismemis teknikler oldugu görülmüstür.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• eğitim yönetimi , egitim yönetimi araştırmaları , Türkiye’de eğitim yönetimi araştırmalarının durumu

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