Information Package / Course Catalogue
Research Methods and Techniques in Education
Course Code: EPÖ505
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 2
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

To get the students to have the knowledge of basic concepts about research methods. To be able to prepare a research proposal according to research desing principles. To be able to evaluate a study according to the research methos principals To obey research publication ethics

Course Content

Basic concepts in research, science-research relations, the classification of researchs, research models, the basic process of a research, problem and aim of a research, research models, sampling and data collecting tecniques, basic statistic tecniques, data analysis, interpretation and evalutation, findings and interpreation, abstract, judgement and recommendations, how to develop scientific attitude and behavior, research publication ethics, to write a reseach proposal and report.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Nurtaç ÜSTÜNDAĞ KOCAKUŞAK
Learning Outcomes
1.Knowledge of the fundamental concepts about research methods
2.To be able to recognize the stages of scientific methods
3.To be able to recognize the research ethics of the scientific research
4.To be able to define the qualities of scientific approach
5.To be able to prepare a research proposal according to research desing principles
6.To be able to evaluate a study in terms of the research methos principals
7.To be able to develop scientific attitudes and behaviors in the research and research plans
8.To be able to report a research proposal approprite to research design and research ethics principles
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Erkuş, A. (2005). Bilimsel Araştırma Sarmalı. İstanbul: Seçkin Yayıncılık.
2.Karasar, N. (2005). Bilimsel Araştırma Yöntemi (14. baskı). Ankara: Nobel Yayın Dağıtım.
3.Karasar, N. (2005). Araştırmalarda Rapor Hazırlama(11. baskı). Ankara: Nobel Yayın Dağıtım.
4.Yıldırım, C. (2007). Bilim Felsefesi (11. basım). İstanbul: Remzi Kitabevi.
5.Ekiz, D. (2009). Bilimsel araştırma yöntemleri: Yaklaşım, yöntem ve teknikler. Anı Yayıncılık.
6.Arıkan, R. (2011). Araştırma yöntem ve teknikleri. Nobel Yayın Dağıtım.
7.Balcı, A. (2001). Sosyal Bilimlerde Araştırma Yöntem ve Teknikleri. Pegem Yayınevi, Ankara.
8.Kothari, C. R. (2004). Research methodology: Methods and techniques. New Age International.
9.Cassell, C., & Symon, G. (Eds.). (2004). Essential guide to qualitative methods in organizational research. Sage.
10.Corbetta, P. (2003). Social research: Theory, methods and techniques. Sage.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Resources of information, the practical bases of solving a problem, science, scientific research. ethics, publication ethics
Week 2 - Theoretical
How to make a research? Making report of the research appropriately to scientific publication ethics
Week 2 - Preparation Work
Reading about "How to make a research"
Week 3 - Theoretical
Research training and how to prepare a bibliography within the framework of ethics rules
Week 3 - Practice
Making citation and preparing bibliography
Week 3 - Preparation Work
Reading about research training and how to prepare a bibliography
Week 4 - Theoretical
How to determine problem and to write a problem sentence
Week 4 - Practice
Writing a problem sentence
Week 4 - Preparation Work
Reading about problem and problem sentence
Week 5 - Theoretical
Aim, importance, assumptions, limitations, descriptions
Week 5 - Practice
Writing "aim, importance, assumptions, limitations, descriptions"
Week 5 - Preparation Work
Reading about how to determine and write "aim, importance, assumptions, limitations, descriptions"
Week 6 - Theoretical
Method- Research model
Week 6 - Preparation Work
Reading about how to determine and to write method-research model
Week 7 - Theoretical
Method- Research model
Week 7 - Practice
Determining and writing method-research model
Week 8 - Preparation Work
Review of the topics studied
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Mid term
Week 9 - Theoretical
Sample and target population
Week 9 - Practice
Determining and writing sample and target population
Week 9 - Preparation Work
Reading about sample and target population
Week 10 - Theoretical
Data and data collection
Week 10 - Preparation Work
Reading about data and data collection
Week 11 - Theoretical
Measuring and scaling types
Week 11 - Preparation Work
Reading about measuring and scaling types
Week 12 - Theoretical
Observation, interview, correspondence, document analysis
Week 12 - Preparation Work
Reading about observation, interview, correspondence, document analysis
Week 13 - Theoretical
Findings and interpretation
Week 13 - Preparation Work
Reading about findings and interpretation
Week 14 - Theoretical
Summary, judgement and suggestions
Week 14 - Preparation Work
Reading about summary, judgement and suggestions
Week 15 - Theoretical
The evaluation of the term
Week 16 - Preparation Work
Review of the topics studied
Week 16 - Final Exam
Final exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%20
Final Examination1%30
Attending Lectures7%10
Assignment7%10
Term Assignment1%30
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141242
Lecture - Practice143270
Term Project1112
Reading2204
Midterm Examination1516
Final Examination1617
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)131
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026