The Analysis of the Graduate Theses Related to Values Educations

In this study, it is aimed to examine the graduate theses made for the education of values between the years 2011-2016 in Turkey. In the research conducted by adopting the qualitative research approach, 98 postgraduate theses registered in the Dissertation Center Database of Higher Education Council Publication and Documentation Department were examined. Data collected by document analysis (analysis) technique were analyzed by content analysis technique. The study was conducted in the year 2013 with the most number of graduate education theses and it was seen that the most number of graduate theses were prepared in Atatürk University and Necmettin Erbakan University. Doctoral theses are fewer than master's theses and most of the studies were conducted using qualitative research methods. In addition, it has been determined that most of the researches used in the thesis are using the analysis of the documents as the data collecting tool and the most researching as the sample-study group is carried out using the students, teachers and written sources