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Examining the Problems of the Teachers Appointed within the Scope of Supporting the Integration of Syrian Children into the Turkish Education System (PIKTES) Project
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Pervin Oya Taneri; Nevruz Ugur – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2024
PIKTES is an education project carried out by Ministry of National Education (MoNE) to contribute to the access of children under temporary protection to education in Türkiye. This qualitative study examines the challenges faced by teachers assigned to the Integration of Syrian Children into the Turkish Education System (PIKTES) project. Guided by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers
Becoming the Teacher of a Refugee Child: Teachers' Evolving Experiences in Turkey
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Karsli-Calamak, Elif; Kilinc, Sultan – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2021
Anti-immigrant discourses are sweeping across the globe while forced displacement brings educational, political, economic, and social challenges in many countries. Turkey's latest initiative is the inclusion of almost one million school-aged Syrian children into the public education system. In this research, we aim to understand the evolving…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Refugees, Teaching Experience, Inclusion
Navigating University Spaces as Refugees: Syrian Students' Pathways of Access to and through Higher Education in Turkey
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Cin, F. Melis; Dogan, Necmettin – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2021
This paper aims to explore how refugee students construct pathways of access to higher education by drawing on interviews with 15 Syrian university students studying at different universities across Turkey. The research is located within a capabilities-based human development paradigm from which it outlines the factors that enable students'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Refugees, Access to Education, Higher Education
Ecology of Social Justice Leadership: How Schools Are Responsive to Refugee Students
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Caliskan, Omer – Multicultural Education Review, 2020
Witnessing a tremendous influx of refugees in the last years, Turkish schools have turned into a multicultural environment with various ethnic, racial, and religious student populations. Given that there may be cases of marginalization or injustices for the refugee students at Turkish schools, this study seeks to explore to what extent school…
Descriptors: Social Justice, School Administration, Principals, Leadership Role
A Holistic Look at Education of the Syrians under Temporary Protection in Turkey: Policy, Leadership and Practice
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Khalid Arar; Deniz Örücü; Gülnur Ak Küçükçayir – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2020
We sought to provide a holistic view of education of the Syrians under temporary protection by exploring two schooling models in terms of policy and practice for integration. Relying on social justice (SJ) framework as redistribution, recognition and representation, and on ecological framework, we adopted qualitative phenomenological approach with…
Descriptors: Refugees, Foreign Countries, Social Integration, Teacher Attitudes
Current Conditions and Issues at Temporary Education Centres (TECs) for Syrian Child Refugees in Turkey
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Gümüs, Emine; Kurnaz, Zeynep; Esici, Hasan; Gümüs, Sedat – Multicultural Education Review, 2020
Since the outbreak of Syrian conflict 2011, Turkey has received more than 3.5 million refugees, including a great number of school-aged children. Providing education to Syrian child refugees has therefore become important in Turkey. To effectively deal with this issue, Turkish government has developed educational policies and legal arrangements.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Refugees, Access to Education, Educational Policy