CURRICULA FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS IN R. MACEDONIA AND R. TURKEY

Abstract

Special education system is designed to enable education of students with special educational needs. The curricula for children with disabilities are complex need in every education system. In this paper, we analysed the primary curricula for five categories of disabilities; intellectual disability, visual impairment, hearing impairment, physical disability and autism; between two countries; Republic of Turkey and Republic of Macedonia. Our aim was to represent the curricula in the special education systems and understand the differences between these two countries. Our main research question is: What are the differences in curricula for children with special educational needs in R. Macedonia and R. Turkey. In order to be able to provide answer to this question, we had to set five associate questions linked with the type of disability and country. The results showed that R. Macedonia has 7 compulsory subjects that we can find in all special schools, while others are either adapted according to category of disability or available with another title. In Turkey, 16 subjects are the same for all special schools. This qualitative research has theoretical, modern, comparative and descriptive character. We used the method of descriptive and comparative analysis and our technique was Analysis of documentation on data received from relevant institutions. The collected data was analyzed according to the research questions, giving the appropriate conclusions and suggestions.