Affiliation:
1. Hacettepe University, Turkey
2. Adiyaman University, Turkey
3. Bartin University, Turkey
Abstract
Inclusive education, without excluding anyone regardless of his/her physical features, gender, or any other reasons, is considered a powerful instrument in achieving an inclusive society. The study aims to investigate the literature on inclusive education in K-12 classes in Turkey. In the study, document analysis method, one of the qualitative research designs, was adopted. The data were collected online via typing variations of the key words “problems, suggestions of inclusive education in Turkey” into several databases including Google Scholar, ProQuest, EBSCOhost, ERIC, and the search engine of the Higher Education Institution's thesis archive for the years of 2009-2022. The results have revealed that there are needs for a better inclusive education in Turkey, such as improving of educational facilities and reducing class sizes, developing inclusive education policies and approaches, increasing the quantity and quality of special education personnel, and more financial support.
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