GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Research Methods in Educational Administration/4120006
Course Title: Research Methods in Educational Administration
Credits 3 ECTS 8
Semester 1 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Prof. Dr. Necati CEMALOĞLU
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://www.websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/necem
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  necem@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Understand and apply basic concepts of educational research,
Formulate research problems,
Identify the appropriate research design and methodology for research problem or hypothesis,
Identify and design appropriate research instruments for data collection,
Identify and use basic descriptive statistics to analyze data,
Report findings in consistent an coherent manner.



 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Introduction – basic concepts-nature of social sciences
2. Week  Research types in educational administration and school management
3. Week  Selection and definition of a research problem
4. Week  Preparation and evaluation of a research model
5. Week  Selection of sample
6. Week  Types of measuring instruments and selection of measuring instruments
7. Week  Data collection methods and using scientific databases
8. Week  MID-TERM EXAM
9. Week  Studing on international researh reports on educatinal administration
10. Week  Alternative research methods (Action research, operation research, etnographic research)
11. Week  Alternative research methods (Meta analysis, phenomonolgy research, narrative research)
12. Week  Writing thesis proposal
13. Week  Academic writing
14. Week  Reporting research
15. Week  FINAL EXAM
16. Week  
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  1. Büyüköztürk, Ş., Kılıç-Çakmak, E., Erkan-Akgün, Ö., Karadeniz, Ş. ve Demirel, F. (2013). Bilimsel araştırma yöntemleri. Ankara: Pegem. 2. Karasar, N. (2010). Bilimsel araştırma yöntemi: Kavramlar, ilkeler, teknikler. Ankara: Nobel. 3. Tanrıöğen, A. (2013). Bilimsel araştırma yöntemleri. Ankara: Anı.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration, Drill - Practise
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  -
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
0
0
 Assignment
1
30
 Exercises
1
30
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
60
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
40
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
14
3
42
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
14
3
42
 Searching in Internet and Library
14
3
42
 Designing and Applying Materials
1
10
10
 Preparing Reports
1
20
20
 Preparing Presentation
1
10
10
 Presentation
1
9
9
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
0
 Final and Studying for Final
1
25
25
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
200
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
8
 ECTS: 
8
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1X
2X
3X
4X
5X
6X
7X
8X
9X
10X
11X
12X