Research Article

A comparison of secondary education English curricula of Türkiye and Germany in the context of inclusive education

Number: 78 April 30, 2026
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A comparison of secondary education English curricula of Türkiye and Germany in the context of inclusive education

Abstract

Sustainable peace and social harmony can be achieved if education systems become inclusive and include individuals with different needs equally and fairly. In inclusive education, the compatibility of curricula with an inclusive structure is an important issue. This research aims to analyze and compare the Turkish and German secondary education English curricula in the context of inclusive education. The study was designed as a qualitative case study. During data collection, document analysis was applied. The data were analyzed by using descriptive and content analyses. The results show that 8.1% of the learning outcomes in the Turkish curriculum are related to inclusive education, while in the German curriculum, this figure is 17.9%. Moreover, in the Turkish curriculum, among the learning outcomes related to inclusion, the most outcomes are related to recognition of differences, and the fewest outcomes are related to the dimension of interaction. In the German curriculum, the most outcomes are in the dimension of interaction and the fewest in the dimension of recognition. Furthermore, the Turkish curriculum includes sub-dimensions of inclusive education but lacks a certain depth. On the other hand, the German curriculum includes only some sub-dimensions of inclusive education, but these are covered in depth.

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Ethical Statement

This research is based on a part of the first author’s doctoral thesis titled “A Comparison of Secondary Education English Curricula, Textbooks and Educational Practices of Turkey and Germany Within The Context of Inclusive Education”, which was defended in May 2025 under the supervision of the second author (Kırşehir Ahi Evran University, Graduate School of Social Sciences, Department of Educational Sciences, Curriculum and Instruction). A part of the thesis was presented at the 10th International EJER Congress (as an abstract paper/oral presentation), but the full text was not published. This study is based on document analysis and therefore does not fall within the scope of research requiring ethics committee approval. However, as the study was derived from a part of the first author’s doctoral thesis, ethics committee approval for the entire thesis was obtained from the Kırşehir Ahi Evran University Social and Human Sciences Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Committee pursuant to the decision dated 15.02.2024 and numbered 2024/02/09. The ethics approval document has been uploaded to the system together with the manuscript. The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest in relation to this study.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Comparative and Cross-Cultural Education , Inclusive Education

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

April 30, 2026

Submission Date

December 11, 2025

Acceptance Date

April 30, 2026

Published in Issue

Year 2026 Number: 78

APA
Çiçek, Y., & Şimşek, H. (2026). A comparison of secondary education English curricula of Türkiye and Germany in the context of inclusive education. Mehmet Akif Ersoy University Journal of Education Faculty, 78, 87-106. https://doi.org/10.21764/maeuefd.1839386

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