ERIC Number: EJ1078664
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Publication Date: 2015
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Research Trends in Turkish Distance Education: A Content Analysis of Dissertations, 1986-2014
Bozkurt, Aras; Kumtepe, Evrim Genc; Kumtepe, Alper Tolga; Aydin, Irem Erdem; Bozkaya, Müjgan; Aydin, Cengiz Hakan
European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, v18 n2 p1-21 2015
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.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Doctoral Dissertations, Higher Education, Content Analysis, Educational Research, Trend Analysis, Information Retrieval, Intellectual Disciplines, Research Methodology, Models, Data Collection, Agenda Setting, Classification, Reliability, Coding, Research Design, Statistical Analysis, Interests, Qualitative Research, Participation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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