Academic Freedom and the Problem of Obtaining permission to Collect Data in Scientific Research in Türkiye
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: A significant portion of the scientific knowledge produced in educational sciences is realized through research conducted by academics. In order to conduct research in educational institutions, it is necessary to obtain permission from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Ethics Committee of Universities and Provincial Directorates of National Education. While there are problems in terms of time in fulfilling the procedures for data collection in research, the content of some studies is also interfered with. This study tries to explain the situation experienced in obtaining permission from national education directorates to collect data for research in the field of educational sciences. In this framework, it is evaluated why permission is not given for research to be conducted in schools. Document analysis method, one of the qualitative research methods, was used in the study. In data analysis, discourse analysis was conducted on the statements in the documents analyzed. The documents analyzed were official letters in which the Provincial Directorate of National Education responded negatively to the researchers' request for data collection. In the study, it was determined that the requests to apply the measurement tools to school administrators, teachers and students in schools in order to collect data for postgraduate thesis studies in the field of educational sciences were not approved by the research permission commission of the national education directorate because some question items or expressions in the scale were not deemed appropriate.
Author: Şahin, İdris
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7124465221