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Science education research in Turkey has grown at a rapid pace in the last decade. Increasingly, there is enhanced participation at key international conferences and publications by academics as well as junior researchers. The purpose of this chapter is to review recent trends in science education research in Turkey. The research literature reviewed includes some reference to local journals, dissertations and more widely, the national context of Turkey in terms of the higher education and research policies. The empirical aspect of the chapter is based on a study of trends in the coverage of research papers originating from Turkey in the top journals of Journal of Research in Science Teaching, Science Education and International Journal of Science Education. Trends from 1998 to 2012 will be presented in terms of authorship, institutional affiliation and topics researched among others. Results will be discussed and implications of contributions of science education research from Turkey to academic communities in Asia will be outlined.
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We would like to acknowledge and thank Yasemin Ozdem and Jee-Young Park for helping with the data collection that contributed to a separate collaboration with Sibel Erduran whose tenure at Bogazici University was supported by TUBITAK and European Union Marie Curie Co-Fund Brain Circulation Scheme Fellowship (291762/2236) when she directed a project entitled “Revisiting Scientific Inquiry in the Classroom: Towards and Interdisciplinary Framework for Science Teaching and Learning.” The views expressed reflect only the author’s and no inferences should be drawn about the funders’ input into the intellectual agenda of the paper.
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Summary of authorship and affiliation of papers published in SE, IJSE and JRST between 1998 and 2012 originating from Turkey and Turkish named authors working overseas.
Journal name | Year | Author | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
IJSE | 2008 | Ajda Kahveci | Marmara University |
IJSE | 2010 | Ajda Kahveci | Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University |
IJSE | 2011 | Ahmet Ok | Middle East Technical University |
IJSE | 2008 | Aytekin Cokelez | Ondokuz Mayıs University |
IJSE | 2007 | Bugrahan Yalvac | Nortwestern University |
IJSE | 2007 | Ceren Tekkaya | Middle East Technical University |
IJSE | 2011 | Ceren Tekkaya | Middle East Technical University |
IJSE | 2012 | Deniz Kahriman-Ozturk | Middle East Technical University, Mersin University |
IJSE | 2011 | Diba yılmaz | Middle East Technical University |
IJSE | 2005 | Dilek Ardaç | Bogazici University |
IJSE | 2007 | Elvan Kahyaoglu | Middle East Technical University |
IJSE | 2009 | Emine Adadan | Bogazici University |
IJSE | 2012 | Emine Adadan | Bogazici University |
IJSE | 2006 | Esen Uzuntiryaki | Middle East Technical University |
IJSE | 2012 | Eylem Bayır | Trakya University |
IJSE | 2012 | Fatih Çağlayan Mercan | Bogazici University |
IJSE | 2007 | Feral Ogan-Bekiroglu | Marmara University |
IJSE | 2009 | Feral Ogan-Bekiroglu | Marmara University |
IJSE | 2011 | Feyza T. Erden | Middle East Technical University |
IJSE | 2004 | Filiz Kabapınar | Marmara University |
IJSE | 2012 | Funda Savaşçı | İstanbul University |
IJSE | 2012 | Gaye Tuncer | Middle East Technical University |
IJSE | 2009 | Giray Berberoglu | Middle East Technical University |
IJSE | 2006 | Gultekin Cakmakci | Hacettepe University |
IJSE | 2003 | Gülşen Bağcı Kılıç | Abant İzzet Baysal University |
IJSE | 2008 | Ibrahim Erdogan | Muş Alparslan University |
IJSE | 2011 | Ibrahim Erdogan | Muş Alparslan University |
IJSE | 2009 | Ilker Kalender | Middle East Technical University |
IJSE | 2007 | İbrahim Erdogan | Fırat University |
IJSE | 2007 | Jale Cakiroglu | Middle East Technical University |
IJSE | 2010 | Lutfullah Türkmen | Uşak University |
IJSE | 2011 | Mehmet Erdoğan | Akdeniz Üniversitesi |
IJSE | 2007 | Murat Günel | Ataturk University |
IJSE | 2006 | Murat Sağlam | Dokuz Eylül University |
IJSE | 2008 | Mustafa Sami Topcu | Yüzüncü Yıl University |
IJSE | 2010 | Mustafa Sami Topcu | Yüzüncü Yıl University |
IJSE | 2006 | Nurtaç Canpolat | Atatürk University |
IJSE | 2009 | Omer Faruk Ozdemir | Middle East Technical University |
IJSE | 2009 | Osman N. Kaya | Fırat University |
IJSE | 2011 | Osman Titrek | Sakarya University |
IJSE | 2008 | Ozgul Yilmaz-Tuzun; | Middle East Technical University |
IJSE | 2010 | Ozgul Yilmaz-Tuzun | Middle East Technical University |
IJSE | 2006 | Ozgur Taskin | Ondokuz Mayıs University |
IJSE | 2009 | Ozgur Taskin | Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi |
IJSE | 2010 | Ömer Acar | Kocaeli University |
IJSE | 2010 | Özcan Gülacar | Southern Connecticut State University |
IJSE | 2004 | Özgün Yılmaz | Middle East Technical University |
IJSE | 2007 | Recai Akkuş | Abant İzzet Baysal University |
IJSE | 2012 | Refika Olgan | Middle East Technical University |
IJSE | 2011 | Sema Sönmez | Abant İzzet Baysal University |
IJSe | 2011 | Semra Sungur | Middle East Technical University |
IJSE | 2005 | Sevil Akaygun | Bogazici University, İstanbul |
IJSE | 2010 | Sibel Kaya | Florida State University |
IJSE | 2009 | Şebnem Kandil İngeç | Gazi University |
IJSE | 2006 | Yezdan Boz | Middle East Technical University |
IJSE | 2005 | Yilmaz Cakici | Trakya University |
IJSE | 2012 | Yilmaz Cakici | Trakya University |
JRST | 2010 | Abdülkadir Demir | University of Georgia |
JRST | 2007 | Ahmet Aypay | Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University |
JRST | 2002 | Ali Eryılmaz | Middle East Technical University |
JRST | 2004 | Ali Eryılmaz | Middle East Technical University |
JRST | 2005 | Alipaşa Ayas | Karadeniz Technical University |
JRST | 2009 | Cuneyt Ulu | Marmara University |
JRST | 2004 | Dilek Ardac; | Bogazici University |
JRST | 2009 | Gokhan Ozdemir | Niğde University |
JRST | 2008 | Hasan Deniz | University of Nevada |
JRST | 2008 | Irfan Yilmaz | Dokuz Eylül University |
JRST | 2005 | Muammer Çalık | Karadeniz Technical University |
JRST | 2007 | Mehmet Erdoğan | Middle East Technical University |
JRST | 2007 | Mehmet Sözer | Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University |
JRST | 2009 | Murat Gunel | Ataturk University |
JRST | 2008 | Nihal Dogan | Abant Izzet Baysal University |
JRST | 2010 | Osman N. Kaya | Fırat University |
JRST | 2011 | Osman N. Kaya | Fırat University |
JRST | 2004 | Selen Sencar | Middle East Technical University |
JRST | 2004 | Sevil Akaygun | Bogazici University |
JRST | 2008 | Sibel Erduran | University of Bristol |
JRST | 2004 | Sibel Erduran | University of Delaware |
JRST | 2005 | Yılmaz Sağlam | Purdue University |
SE | 2006 | Murat Gunel | Ataturk University |
SE | 2004 | Özgül yılmaz | Middle East Technical University |
SE | 2006 | Serhat İrez | Marmara University |
SE | 2009 | Serhat İrez | Marmara University |
SE | 2004 | Sibel Erduran | University of Delaware |
SE | 2006 | Şevket Gündüz | Marmara University |
SE | 2009 | Yavuz Saka | Florida State University |
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Erduran, S., Mugaloglu, E.Z. (2016). Trends in Science Education Research in Turkey: A Content Analysis of Key International Journals from 1998–2012. In: Chiu, MH. (eds) Science Education Research and Practice in Asia. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0847-4_15
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