A Comparison of the Multiple Intelligence Profiles of Trainee Music Teachers in Respect of Music Genre Preference

Yuksel Pirgon

doi:10.5539/ies.v14n7p36

Abstract

The aim of this study was to compare the multiple intelligence profiles of students in the Music Education Department of Necmettin Erbakan University, Ahmet Kelesoglu Faculty of Education, Department of Music Teaching of Fine Arts Department, in relation to the variable of music genre to which they preferred to listen. The data collection tool used in the research was the 80-item &ldquo;Scale for the Evaluation of Multiple Intelligence Areas&rdquo;, developed by Armstrong, and to obtain the relevant variables, a structured interview form was prepared. The scale was applied to 106 trainee music teachers. Conformity of the data obtained to normal distribution was assessed with the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, and in the comparisons of multiple groups, the One Way ANOVA test was applied as the data showed normal distribution. The most general result that emerged was that there was a difference between the points of the multiple intelligence profiles that the students have developed according to the music genre to which they listen. A striking result was that there was a significant difference between all the intelligence profile points of the students who preferred to listen to rap/hip-hop music and those of the students who preferred other music types.

Highlights

For many years intelligence has been one of the most researched fundamental topics in the field of Psychology and Educational science
Consistent with the findings of several other studies, the results of this study demonstrated that in parallel to the starting point of the Theory of Multiple Intelligences, students have more than one developed intelligence profile
At this point it is extremely important to define an approach within that framework by revealing the other developed intelligence profiles of students with a developed/highly developed musical intelligence profile

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Introduction

For many years intelligence has been one of the most researched fundamental topics in the field of Psychology and Educational science. To the question of what are the indicators of the intelligence of an individual, the most common responses are the abilities in problem-solving, use of logic, and critical-thinking. This traditional approach in the past gave rise to the idea that to create appropriate educational environments, it was necessary to identify the abilities of individuals and separate them into classes . After the Parisian educator, Alfred Binet, developed the Intelligence Quotient (IQ) test, which can measure the intelligence level of a child, students could be classified as high or low intelligence and on the basis of these levels, gifted and special education classes were formed (Talu, 1999)

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