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Yarn and spinning technology is a complex process that is a combination of raw materials, machinery, and automation technology where continuous improvements, researches and innovations run progressively. For the evolution of spinning technology, academic publications, postgraduate theses, and technological contributions of related shareholders must be considered as adherent supplements. Aim of this study is to examine the accomplished 236 postgraduate theses related to conventional and novel textile fibre types, staple spun/filament yarn technology and machinery, yarn types with structural and functional varieties, and modified spinning technologies in Turkish Universities. Moreover, it is aimed to reveal any trend in theses on yarn technology and the regional textile clusters in Türkiye. The methodology of the pursuit is a quantitative assessment where postgraduate level, thesis subject, year of thesis defence, and raw materials used in the theses are concerned. The findings showed that researchers focussed on conventional spinning systems and yarns in parallel with the spinning capacity and import potential of the country. Other extractions of the study are; classical ring system is mostly studied by the researchers, modern spinning technologies are included in many theses, reflections of global circumstances are distinguished in theses with keywords of manmade/recycled fibres, and blended yarns. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this study is to reveal the dissertations written in the Music Education Teaching Departments of the Institute of Educational Sciences, Fine Arts Education between 2014-2021 in Turkey. The study was planned as a qualitative method research and a case study was adopted. The data of the study were collected from the YOK National Thesis Center and a total of 132 dissertations were reached. The aforementioned data were analyzed by content analysis and interpreted by considering the themes of 'year, university, subjects, method, design and sample group'. The findings of the study showed that the majority of these theses were written in 2019; at Gazi University; on instrument education (violin education), adopted quantitative method and experimental design, and studied with pre-service music teachers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The gender issue is a relatively new topic in migration studies. However, with increasing awareness, it has gained growing popularity among research topics dealing with human mobility. As a research interest, it also naturally stands out in Turkiye, a destination country for large-scale immigration movements. Considering all this, one can see the importance and necessity of examining studies that address gender and migration in tandem. Such an academic endeavor could bring about key results in terms of identifying more and less focused themes by gender and migration studies, thus helping formulate functional recommendations for further research. The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the postgraduate dissertations directly focusing on gender in the context of migration in Turkiye. To this end, 57 postgraduate dissertations were examined by the years they were completed, the universities in which they were made, the gender of authors, the methods of the dissertations in general, and the sample or study groups. The findings evaluated were based on the relevant literature. The findings show that there is a growing interest in the migration issue as part of the academic studies in Turkiye. However, the studies in the context of gender and migration are still limited. There is very little research on this subject at the doctoral level. The findings highlight the need for the diversification and enrichment of gender and migration studies in certain aspects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In recent years, significant efforts have been made by Turkish researchers to contribute to knowledge production in the field of educational administration to match the scholarly endeavor of their international peers. The main purpose of these scientific studies, including dissertations, is to produce knowledge and offer original alternatives to solving problems through several philosophical approaches. Consistent with this effort, the present study aims to evaluate the dissertations produced in the field of educational administration epistemologically as well as ontologically, in respect of Habermas's knowledge taxonomy. The research was conducted using document and discourse analysis, which are qualitative research methods, and 215 dissertations prepared in 23 different universities accessed from Council of Higher Education Thesis Center database were analyzed. The results show that Eskisehir Osmangazi, Hacettepe and Ankara Universities take the lead in the production of dissertations. It was found the number of males was higher in both researcher and supervisor positions, that mainly quantitative research methods were used, and that empiricalanalytical knowledge was produced. The limitation of historicalhermeneutical/ interpretative and critically oriented knowledge types is another original finding. The dataset included only dissertations and excluded other sources from Turkey. The authors believe that this study will serve as basis for a better understanding of the current features of the field. In addition, this study, which was conducted in a non-Western country, is expected to affect the knowledge production trend in the field of educational administration and support the diversity of knowledge in dissertations, which are detailed studies shedding light on the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this study, the purpose was to reveal the content analysis of master's theses and doctoral dissertations in the field of CEIT between 2018-2020. The field of CEIT could be said to cover the fields of educational technology and distance education. A total of 156 master's theses and dissertations were examined in order to identify the keywords, academic discipline, research areas, theoretical frameworks, research designs and models, variables and related institutions. According to the research findings, it was seen that quantitative methods were mostly used in the theses and dissertations examined and that mixed methods were used in master's theses more than in doctoral dissertations. In addition, it was revealed that few of the theses and dissertations had theoretical foundations. K-12 students were mostly preferred as the type of participant, and scales and interviews were most popular as data collection tools. Moreover, the variables of academic performance and effectiveness were mostly used as dependent variables. The present study, which conducted systematic content analysis of master's and doctoral dissertations in the field of CEIT, is thought to be important in terms of revealing the current situation in the fields of Educational Technology and Distance Education and determining the research trends. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this research is to examine the dissertations in Turkey dealing with on social studies teachers. The study was carried out in the form of document analysis with an inductive perspective. The research documents were obtained by entering the keywords “Social Studies Teacher (s) in the National Dissertation Center of Turkey between 01.10.2018-12.10.2018. As a result of the screening, 144 doctoral and master's theses have been reached which are suitable to the research document criteria. The data were analyzed by descriptive analysis technique. In line with the findings, it was concluded that the research subjects were collected in the subjects related to Social Studies Curriculum, Social Studies teachers and Other Subjects, but the themes related to the program and teachers were predominant. In addition, quantitative approaches predominantly included 16796 social studies teachers and the questionnaire, semi-structured interview form and scales were the most commonly used data collection tools. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Flipped learning has been one of the most popular trends in education in the last decade. History of flipped learning dates back to 2007 when two chemistry teachers in the USA recorded videos and screencast them for enabling their students to compensate for the lessons they missed. Flipped learning emphasizes effective use of class time by changing the traditional task of teachers and students inside and outside the classroom. In flipped learning, students' roles as passive lecture listeners change to active participants in classroom activities. As its name suggests, flipping takes the presentation or lecture part which is traditionally done in the classroom and places that in pre-class work. It can be considered as a pedagogical model in which the typical lecture and homework elements of a course are reversed. Subsequent to the first implementation of this new instructional model, a lot of institutions have started to integrate the model into their education systems and research on flipped learning has begun to gain popularity. This study aims to analyse master's and doctoral research on flipped learning conducted in Turkey. As data collection tool, document analysis method was used in the study. To this end, some key words related to flipped learning were searched in the data base of National Thesis Center (NTC) provided by the Council of Higher Education. It was found that 57 master's and 31 doctoral research was conducted in different disciplines between the years of 2014 and 2019 in Turkey. The scope of majority of these studies was usually based on determining students' attitudes, perceptions, academic achievements, and selfefficacy beliefs. Some studies focused on the contribution of flipped learning to learners' development of 21st century skills as well as to general competence levels. The study also found that flipped learning was implemented in a wide range of disciplines such as history, chemistry, music, science education, social studies, accounting education, medical studies, and foreign language education which constituted the greatest proportion of the current academic research in Turkey. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this study is to perform a citation analysis of dissertations completed at the Department of Management Information Systems (MIS) in Turkey between 2006 and 2018. For this purpose, a total of 177 dissertations including 173 master's and 4 doctoral dissertations were analyzed through citation analysis to investigate general characteristics and bibliometric features. The key findings show that the average number of dissertations completed per year was 14 and there is not a common pattern for the distribution of completed dissertations by the years. Most of the dissertations were completed at Boğaziçi University (45%) and Gazi University (26%). An average dissertation was 121 pages long. The average number of citations in dissertations was 76, and journals received more than half of the citations (52%) while books did 27%, electronic publications 14%, theses 5% and other types of documents/sources 2%. More than half of the journals (61%), the most frequently used source type in dissertations, were in English. "Information Management", "Management Information Systems (MIS) Quarterly" and "Journal of Marketing" were among the most frequently cited journals. "Fred. D. Davis", "Viswanath Venkatesh" and "Icek Ajzen" were the most frequently cited authors. The mean half-life of the sources cited in the dissertations was 7,3 years. This study is the first one which has analyzed the dissertations completed at MIS Departments in Turkey through the citation analysis method. In this respect, the findings can be used to examine the intellectual features of MIS discipline/field in Turkey and to create core library collections in the field. Moreover, this study is expected to be a pioneering one for similar citation analysis and bibliometric studies related to other types of sources in addition to dissertations and for other researchers in the field of MIS in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this study is to explore the characteristics of the theses and dissertations on new media and marketing communications from 2010 to 2015 in Turkey. These characteristics cover publication year, language, research methods, sub-subjects, page total, materials used and others. In this context, first of all the issue of marketing communications is examined. It is discovered that the academics started to evaluate the subject across the 2007-2008 year. As new communication technologies emerge with globalization, communication over the internet is now moving away from the control of people or institutions and becoming more and more open to interaction with the technological developments in internet technologies. As a form of new media, social media consists of participant and interactive social communities. Today, social media covers different concepts such as blogs, social networks, forums, wikis, video sharing, virtual worlds emphasize the importance of the communication of the individual with the communities while also encompassing all online public that enables the members and participants to make their voices be heard in a free environment. Social media also On the New Media and Marketing Communications in Turkey: An Analysis of Theses and Dissertations Figen Ebren* *Associate Professor, Akdeniz University, Communication Faculty, Public Relations and Publicity Department, Campus 07058 Antalya - Turkey • Email: ebrenfigen@gmail.com Key words: Theses, Dissertations, Marketing communications, New media and Turkey Jaipuria International Journal of Management Research (Jan-June, 2016), 2(1), 03-12 has various beneficial features regarding the spreading of content and the speed of this sharing. Social media covers a wide range from blogs to social networks and different from traditional media enables brands to communicate with consumers thus forming deeper bonds. The meteoric rise of new electronic media has dramatically altered advertising and marketing communication planning in general. This is a descriptive research based on archival records in order to see the interest in new media and marketing communications issues in Turkey in the last five years. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents a content analytic approach on doctoral dissertations in the field of distance education in Turkish Higher Education context from the years of 1986 through 2014. A total of 61 dissertations were examined to explore keywords, academic discipline, research areas, theoretical/conceptual frameworks, research designs, research models, tests and analyses, data collection tools, participants, variables/research interests, and leading contributor institutions. It is believed that this study can be beneficial to the field of distance education in Turkish context to identify research trends and set a research agenda by exploring dissertations that were published between 1986 and 2014. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This study analyzes the bibliometric features of the citations of master's and doctoral dissertations completed at the Department of Information Management of Hacettepe University. Major findings of the study are as follows: The average number of dissertations completed at the Department per year was four. The most frequently used research method in the dissertations was survey. University libraries, public libraries, reading habits and user studies were the most frequently studied topics. Nilüfer Tuncer, İrfan Çakin and Yaşar Tonta were the advisors of 46% of all dissertations. Nilüfer Tuncer also served as a jury member most frequently. Monographs received 42% of all citations. On the other hand, journals, electronic publications, dissertations and other publications, such as unpublished manuscripts, received 39%, 12%, 4% and 3% of all citations, respectively. Türk Kütüphaneciliği (Turkish Librarianship), Resmî Gazete (Official Gazette), Journal of the American Society for Information Science & Technology, Library Trends and College & Research Libraries were among the most frequently cited journals. Yaşar Tonta was the most cited author. The mean half-life of sources cited in dissertations was 8.4 years. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]