Curricular Response of Turkish Basic Education to Sustainable Development Goals

• In Event: Emerging Possibilities and Critical Educational Initiatives

Abstract

This paper portrays how well the Turkish curriculum of basic education prepares generations for a sustainable future as suggested by UNESCO. The analysis was executed on a data set consisting of 12 subject-specific and 57 grade-specific curriculum documents (484 pages) including a total of 2039 national learning outcomes through a coding scheme with 255 keywords. The questions addressed in the study include: How aligned is the national curriculum with the global framework; what school subject(s) give more prominence to sustainable development goals; and what domains of learning are predominant in the outcomes? The study is comparative in three aspects: comparison of national versus global objectives; cross-subject comparison within the curriculum itself; and comparison of learning domains prioritized in the curriculum.

Authors

• Mustafa Öztürk, Boğaziçi University

• Neşe Soysal

• Aylin Albayrak-Sarı, Hacettepe University

• Burtay Hatice İnce, Gazi University

• Secil Dayioglu Ocal, Hacettepe University

• Abdullah Bağcı, Hacettepe University