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Sailing through the thesis writing process within the framework of music instructional design development: An autoethnographic journey

Müzik öğretim tasarımı geliştirme çalışması çerçevesinde tez yazma sürecine yelken açmak: Otoetnografik bir yolculuk

Yasemin Aydın(HACETTEPE ÜNİVERSİTESİ)0000-0003-2620-8427
Seval Fer(HACETTEPE ÜNİVERSİTESİ)0000-0002-9577-2120
Pages
1051–1067
Publication Date
2025-06-27
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The findings highlight the critical role of advisor guidance and peer support in navigating the thesis journey, while also revealing that economic constraints and the uncertainties brought by shifting regional and global dynamics significantly shaped and challenged the research process.

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Objective & Hypothesis:This study aims to explore the researcher’s experiences during the thesis writing and the development of a music instructional design through the autoethnographic approach within the framework of narrative inquiry.
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⚙️Variables:Anlatı araştırması · Otoetnografi · Öğretim tasarımı

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This study aims to explore the researcher’s experiences during the thesis writing and the development of a music instructional design through the autoethnographic approach within the framework of narrative inquiry. The complex, multilayered problems encountered and the solutions developed throughout this process provide meaningful insights at both theoretical and practical levels. The challenges, opportunities, and learning experiences were interpreted through the lens of Vygotsky’s concept of the Zone of Proximal Development and his sociocultural perspective on learning, along with Kılıç’s notion of the culture of coexistence (yaşamdaşlık kültürü). Research data were drawn from reflective journals kept systematically by the researcher and analyzed within an autoethnographic framework. The entire process was conceptualized metaphorically as a ship voyage, and analyzed using Clandinin and Connelly’s three-dimensional narrative analysis model—comprising interaction, continuity, and situation—together with Creswell’s temporal narrative structure based on past, present, and future. The findings highlight the critical role of advisor guidance and peer support in navigating the thesis journey, while also revealing that economic constraints and the uncertainties brought by shifting regional and global dynamics significantly shaped and challenged the research process.

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Bu çalışma, araştırmacının tez yazma ve müzik öğretim tasarımı geliştirme sürecindeki deneyimlerini, anlatı araştırmasının otoetnografi türüyle incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Söz konusu süreçte karşılaşılan sorunlar ve geliştirilen çözüm önerileri, kuramsal ve uygulamalı düzeyde önemli çıkarımlar sunmaktadır. Araştırma sürecinde yaşanan güçlükler, fırsatlar ve öğrenme deneyimleri; Vygotsky’nin Gelişmeye Açık Alan ve sosyal etkileşim temelli yaklaşımı ile Kılıç’ın Yaşamdaşlık kültürü anlayışı çerçevesinde ele alınmıştır. Veriler, araştırmacının tuttuğu yansıtıcı günlüklerden elde edilmiş; bu günlükler otoetnografik yöntemle analiz edilmiştir. Süreç, bir gemi yolculuğu metaforuyla yapılandırılmış ve Clandinin ile Connelly’nin üç boyutlu anlatı analizi modeli (etkileşim, süreklilik ve durum) ile Creswell’in kronolojik deneyim dizilimi yaklaşımı (geçmiş, şimdi ve gelecek) temelinde değerlendirilmiştir. Araştırma bulguları, tez yazım sürecinde danışman rehberliğinin ve akran desteğinin belirleyici bir rol oynadığını ortaya koyarken; ekonomik koşulların yanı sıra değişen bölgesel ve küresel dinamiklerin yol açtığı belirsizliklerin, araştırma sürecini zorlaştıran önemli etmenler arasında yer aldığını göstermektedir.

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Aydın, Y., Fer, S., *, Y. A. (2025). Sailing through the thesis writing process within the framework of music instructional design development: An autoethnographic journey. Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli Üniversitesi SBE Dergisi, Cilt: 15 Sayı: 2, 1051–1067. https://doi.org/10.30783/nevsosbilen.1622475

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