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The Effect of Educational Leadership on Students’ Achievement

In this meta-analysis study, different leadership styles were combined, and the relationship between educational leadership and student achievement was analyzed. In the literature review, 57 research articles/dissertations, independent from one another, were brought together, and 28,964 study subjects were included in the sample group. The results of the analyses performed with a random effects model revealed that educational leadership has a medium effect on students’ achievement. As was expected, the most comprehensive effect among leadership styles was found in distributive and transformational leadership. Considering the effect of educational leadership on students’ achievement, it is recommended to examine the effect of leadership on other components of school and shareholders in future studies.

Türkiye’de Eğitim Bilimleri ve Öğretmen Yetiştirme Alanındaki Bilimsel Yayınların Atıf Analizleri

Bu arastirmada, Turkiye’nin egitim bilimleri ve ogretmen yetistirme alanindaki bilimsel yayinlarin atif analizlerinin yapilmasi amaclanmistir. Bu amac dogrultusunda, ilgili alanda faaliyet gosteren 32 hakemli dergide 2005-2014 yillari arasinda yayimlanan 7.681 makale uzerinden kapsamli bir atif analizi gerceklestirilmistir. Arastirmada elde edilen sonuclara bakildiginda; incelenen 7.681 makalenin kaynakcasinda yer alan farkli turlerdeki kaynaklara toplam 249.335 atif yapilmistir ve atiflarin yarisindan fazlasini dergiler olusturmaktadir. Yapilan atif sayilarinda yillara gore bir artis gorulmekte olup soz konusu artisin kaynagi dergilere yapilan atiflardir. Makalelerde toplam 65.537 farkli kaynaga atif yapilmis olup en fazla atif yapilan ilk uc eser arastirma yontemleri kitaplaridir. Atif yapilan kaynaklarin yari yasami 9,64 olup makalelerin yari yasam yili ile yazar sayisi, bildiri ve diger atif sayilari arasinda negatif; toplam atif, kitap atif ve dergi atif sayilari arasinda pozitif iliski saptanmistir.

Eğitim Yönetimi Alanında Bilgi Üretim Süreci: Eğitim Yönetimi Kongrelerinin Rolü ve Serüveni Üzerine Bir Değerlendirme

This study aims to assess the presentations/papers presented at the Annual Congress of the Turkish National Educational Administration and the knowledge produced based on these presentations/papers in terms of various variables and to make interferences on the obtained findings. The study was a case study conducted through qualitative research methods and techniques. Content analysis technique was used on the basis of qualitative data collection and analysis principles during the analysis of the data conducted through the document review. Findings of the current study revealed that abstract texts mostly took place in proceedings and that half of the studies were not completed. Authors of papers were mainly men and papers were generally written by two authors. The subjects taking place at congresses were related to organizational subjects, management processes, educational reform-policies and leadership, respectively. Studies which took place in proceedings were mostly conducted with quantitative research methods or techniques. Survey/scales were used as the basic data collection method. The subjects of the studies were generally teachers.

Scientific Publication Map of Journals Published in the Field of Educational Sciences in Turkey: An Analysis Impact Factors of Journals

In this study, it is aimed to determine the reference analysis of scientific journal published in educational sciences field in Turkey and their impact factors. In accordance with this purpose, a detailed reference analysis was made on 7681 articles published in 32 peer- reviewed scientific journal between 2005-2014 and then impact factor of each journal was determined. While deciding the journals to be used as data source in the study, the criteria was that contents and names of journals should have the words ‘education’, ‘instruction’, ‘educational sciences’, ‘teacher education’, and ‘teacher training’. A code number was given to each data of 7681 articles and 15052 references which was taken within the scope of the study and data removing and correction procedures were followed. Before bibliometric and impact factor analysis, descriptive analysis were conducted to measure frequencies (f) and percent (%) values of the articles by years and journals and impact factor coefficient was used to assess the impact factors. . The first three journals that are most referred in the articles which were investigated within the scope of the study are: (i) Hacettepe University Journal of Education, (ii) Educational Sciences: Theory & Practice (iii) Ankara University Journal of Faculty of Educational Sciences. When the year 2014 impact factor coefficients of the journals in the study were investigated, the highest impact factor coefficients were seen in (i) Educational Sciences: Theory & Practice, (ii) Educational Administration: Theory & Practice and (iii) The Journal of Theoretical Educational Science.