Investigation of research trends of graduate theses on global citizenship in Turkey: A meta-synthesis study

Abstract

In the 21st century, The importance of the issue of global citizenship has increased and has become necessary due to cyclical reasons. For this reason, it was considered important to conduct research on the subject. The aim of this study is to determine the research trends in postgraduate theses on global citizenship in Turkey and to contribute to the researchers to produce original studies by giving ideas about new research. It was carried out in the meta-synthesis model within the scope of the qualitative research method. The research universe consists of a total of 21 theses, 16 master's and 5 doctorate, on the subject of global citizenship in the database of the YÖK National Thesis Center. Since all theses were accessed, sampling was not carried out. In the theses within the scope of the research, no distinction was made between years and branches. The database was scanned with the keywords "Global citizenship, world citizenship". All theses related to the subject; The year of publication of the thesis and the type of thesis, department, original language, theme, method, model, study group, data collection tool and data analysis variables were examined. The thesis classification form developed by the researcher was used as a data collection tool. The obtained data were analyzed by content analysis. The reliability / agreement percentage of the study was found to be .85. As a result of the research, it was determined that the most postgraduate theses were completed in 2015 and 2019, the social studies and classroom teaching departments were prominent in the theses, the theses were mostly master's thesis, and the thesis themes focus on determining a relationship with a variable, determining opinions, perceptions and attitudes. In addition, when we look at the methodological features of the theses; It was seen the most that the quantitative research method, the scanning model of the design, the teachers and pre-service teachers of the study group, the scale of the data collection tool and the statistical analysis of the data analysis. In the light of these findings, It can be recommended to increase doctorate studies and increase qualitative studies on global citizenship.