THE ANALYSIS OF THE GRADUATE THESES RELATED TO REFUGEE CHILDREN IN TÜRKİYE

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the graduate theses between the years of 2010 and 2022 about refugee children in Türkiye. In this regard, 157 theses that are accessible at the Council of Higher Education's Databases of the National Thesis Center were examined. The method of this research was case study, and content analyses were used. The theses included in the study have been analyzed concerning the years they were published, the kind of thesis, the research techniques, the purpose of the research, the sample size, the age, gender, and ethnicity of the sample, as well as the cities where the data was gathered. The findings of the research are presented in the tables in the form of percentages and frequencies. According to the results, it was seen that most postgraduate-level theses about refugee children were made in 2019. As a method, it was determined that the most qualitative research method was used. The aims of the research were examined in five categories: education, social cohesion, psychology, health, and others. When the ethnic identities of the study groups in these theses were examined, it was seen that most Syrians were present. As a result of the research, it was also determined that most of these were conducted for refugee children in İstanbul.



Keywords

Refugee children, dissertations, Türkiye, doctoral dissertations, master’s thesis, theses examination.


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