A COMPARISON OF CONTENTS OF THE UNDERGRADUATE MUSIC EDUCATION COURSE TITLED AURAL TRAINING, SOLFEGE AND DICTATION

Abstract

This research was carried out to analyse in a comparative manner of the contents of Aural Training, Solfege and Dictation (ATSD) course taught in music education departments across Turkey at undergraduate level. The research population consisted of undergraduate curricula used in music education and the sample contained only some of them, which are the curriculum introduced by the YOK (Turkish Council of Higher Education) in 1998-1999, another one introduced by the same organ in 2012-2013, the curriculum developed and implemented by Gazi University during 2012-2013, and the revised curriculum of 2018-2019. Data were collected by means of interviews and analysed by using document analysis and tabulated in the end. During data collection, opinions and recommendations were obtained from 9 lecturers teaching the course titled Theory and Practice of Western Music in music education departments of education faculties as a part of the 2018-2019 curriculum at 5 different universities. Data analysis revealed that ATSD course was covered by the YOK’s curriculum of 2012-2013 and Gazi University’s curriculum with identical duration and contents, while the other two curricula in question offered the course with different duration and contents. Apart from this, a number of facts were spotted that need revising concerning the content and duration of the course contained under the 2018 curriculum, according to expert opinion. Finally, several recommendations were proposed in line with the research findings.