Investigation of Postgraduate Theses on Environmental Education in Preschool Field

This study aimed to determine the general tendency of postgraduate theses on environmental education published in the field of preschool education in Türkiye in 2022 and 2023. The data in the study were postgraduate theses on environmental education in the field of preschool education published in full text in the Higher Education Council (YÖK) Theses Center database. The data collected using the transcript analysis method was reported using the PRISMA. The sample of the study was 20 graduate theses accessed from the YÖK Thesis Center database according to the convenience sampling method. A thesis review form was used within the scope of the literature to determine the general tendency of the theses. Descriptive content analysis was used to analyze the data. The reliability of the analysis was ensured according to the consensus of the researchers. According to the findings, it was determined that theses on environmental education were produced equally in both 2022 and 2023, and the majority of these theses were master's theses. In the other findings, the most common topic in the theses was environmental education. According to the findings of the research design, qualitative and mixed (qualitative + quantitative) research design was mostly preferred in theses. The findings of the research group consisted mostly of teachers and preschool students. According to the findings of the sample selection method, the purposive sampling method was mostly used, and according to the data collection tool, the scale was mostly used. The findings of the study were discussed in the light of the literature.