The Study of Thesis Made on Lifelong Learning in Turkey by Document Analysis

Abstract

The aim of this study is to analysee the content of postgraduate theses on lifelong learning in Turkey between the years 2007-2022. Only the thesis studies that are in the national thesis center database and that are open to the access of other researchers by the researchers who carried out the thesis studies were included in this study. A total of 212 theses related to lifelong learning were identified in the detailed search conducted in the national thesis data center. However, one of these theses was not included in the scope of the study because there was no access permission and 7 of them were out of the field, and the remaining 204 theses were examined. Content and frequency analysis methods were used. Data on the year of publication, subject area, working group, method and findings of the examined theses were created. According to the results of the research, it was seen that the postgraduate thesis studies were mostly in the field of competence development and gaining proficiency between the years 2007-2022, the quantitative research method was mainly used, and the teachers were mostly preferred as the sample group.