The purpose of this study was to examine the educational meaning of non-disabled students in middle school inclusive class by listening to their experiences. Participants were 16 non-disabled students in an inclusive class in the first grade of a middle school, and data were collected through semi-structured individual interviews, and the data collected were analyzed by constant comparison method.
As a result, three higher categories, six subcategories, and 19 semantic units were derived; “Near but unfamiliar inclusive education,” “Beyond familiarity, to understanding,” and “Let s walk together, friends!”. In order to improve inclusive education in the middle school environment, firstly, it is necessary to make efforts to improve awareness through the ecological approach from the social model point of view, rather than from the medical point of view of disability. Therefore, it was necessary to provide a more dynamic inclusive education program, and third, it was confirmed that more inclusive education programs should be provided for non-disabled students and students with special needs to communicate using non-academic time.