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ERIC Number: EJ1466760
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 14
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1559-5692
EISSN: EISSN-1559-5706
Available Date: 0000-00-00
Are Syrian Children Integrated into Our Education?: Turkish Teachers' Perspectives on the Inclusive Education Project
Tugba Çelik Keskin1; Derin Atay1
Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, v19 n2 p126-139 2025
Integrating Syrian children into the Turkish national educational system has been one of the most recent and significant discussion issues in educational research and policy making areas. With a primary objective of alleviating Syrian refugees' linguistic difficulties, a nationwide inclusive education project; Promoting Integration of Syrian Kids into Turkish Education System (PIKTES), has been implemented since 2016 in 26 cities all over Turkey. The current study was designed with the aim of listening to the voices of Turkish teachers, participating in the integration program of Syrian students into the Turkish education system and community life. Seven teachers at primary level schools shared their experiences during the project, and the thematic analysis of the data revealed the challenges of implementation due to school-related factors such as language barrier, social adaptation, teachers' attitudes, and teaching materials; family-related factors as violence, financial problems and social integration; and teacher development.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Turkey; Syria
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Author Affiliations: 1English Language Teaching Department, Bahçesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey