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Analysis of the Textbooks Utilized in Higher Education on Local Government in Terms of Their Physical Characteristics and Contents
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Author(s): Elvettin Akman (Suleyman Demirel University, Turkey), Çiğdem Akman (Suleyman Demirel University, Turkey)and Pelin Babaoğlu (Isparta University of Applied Sciences, Turkey)
Copyright: 2022
Pages: 13
Source title:
Public Affairs Education and Training in the 21st Century
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Onur Kulaç (Pamukkale University, Turkey & University of Southern California, USA), Cenay Babaoğlu (Selçuk University, Turkey)and Elvettin Akman (Süleyman Demirel University, Turkey)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-8243-5.ch020
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Abstract
Education on local government taken into consideration within the scope of the study was from the higher education domain offering in programs/majors in associate, bachelor, and graduate degrees in Turkey. Today, there are a number of textbooks studied in local government program, which contained 43 associate, 3 bachelors, and uncounted non-thesis or thesis master studies and a doctorate program. Therefore, it is crucially important to analyze local governments textbooks taught across these departments. Especially when significance of visual design of textbooks in student success and learning process is considered, materiality of this study could clearly be recognized. In the study, the concerned resources were accessed through library and internet, and then document analysis was carried out on masthead of textbooks and their physical and content characteristics. Also, NVivo 12 Quantitative Data Analysis Software was utilized in analysis of content characteristics.
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