Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
4th International Turkic World Congress on Social, Humanities, Administrative, and Educational Sciences, 7 - 09 Kasım 2025, ss.1022-1038, (Tam Metin Bildiri)
The STEM education approach, in its most general form, can be defined as a teaching philosophy that
enables students to apply the theoretical knowledge they acquire in their daily lives and allows them to
use the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics in an integrated and simultaneous
manner. STEM education has become an increasingly important and necessary field both in Turkey
and worldwide. In order for the STEM approach, which has developed in parallel with technological
advances, to be implemented more effectively in teaching programmes, it is crucial to evaluate its
strengths and weaknesses through scientific research and to make it more functional within the
education system. The aim of this research is to comprehensively examine all postgraduate theses
conducted in the field of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education in
Turkey. In this regard, studies related to STEM education in the Higher Education Council (YÖK)
National Thesis Centre database were evaluated using the document analysis method from qualitative
research designs. Theses obtained by searching using the keywords ‘STEM education’, ‘STEM
activities’ and ‘STEM applications’ during the data collection process were analysed using content
analysis. Findings indicate that the number of master's theses prepared on STEM education is higher
than that of doctoral theses. Additionally, it was found that there are more master's theses than doctoral
theses related to STEM education.