Türkiye'de Öğrenim Gören Uluslararası Öğrencilerin Eğitimsel Engel Algıları Üzerine
Abstract
This study aims to determine international students’ perceptual barriers in Türkiye. The study is a case study, which is qualitative. The universe of the study is international students studying in Türkiye in 2021, and the sample is 422 students chosen randomly. These students are from 34 different countries. The results of the study show that 39,57% of the students do not have any perceptual barriers. The results also show that 53,80% of the students perceive only one situation as a barrier, and they perceive these barriers are “language”, “economic barriers”, “curriculum”, and “assessment and evaluation system”. Only 0,24% of the students perceive racial and religious differences as a barrier. The results, on the other hand, show that the biggest barrier for students is “language” with a rate of 31,51%, and the second biggest barrier is “economic barriers” with a rate of 16,27%. One of the critical research results is that the rate of students who perceive more than one barrier is 7,57%. Among the barriers perceived by these students, some barriers can be defined as “academic barriers” such as “curriculum”, “teacher”, “assessment and evaluation method”, and “education system”. In other words, “academic barriers” for students are the biggest barriers after “language” and “economic barriers”.
Keywords
Barrier perception, International students in Turkey, Language barrier, Educational barriers