An Action Research: Creating A Song Repertoire towards Primary School Third Grade Music Lesson Outcomes

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to determine the current situation of the song syllabus used in the implement of the outcomes of the primary school 3 rd grade music lesson, to understand the effectiveness of this song repertoire in the learning-teaching process by creating a new song repertoire and to contribute to improving the quality of teaching. Research is designed as an action research from qualitative research designs. The action plan consists of the songs that the researcher composed according to the outcomes, lesson plans and songs recorded. In the framework of the research, the action plan was applied in a total of 8 weeks and music lessons between March 27, 2014 – May 21, 2014. Practice of the research was carried out with the participation of 30 students and class teachers in the third grade of an elementary school in the Central District of Isparta Province in the spring term of the 2013-2014 academic year. The research data were collected by using data collection tools consisting of personal information forms, semi-structured interviews, student, teacher and researcher diaries. QSR-Nvivo 10, a computer-aided qualitative data analysis program, was used in the audio recordings of semi-structured interviews and in the analysis of video recordings of implementation lessons. The analysis of qualitative data was carried out with descriptive analysis and content analysis, and the findings were interpreted in the direction of the research questions. According to the results of the study, singing is performed in music lessons. It is seen that students remember songs but the achievements haven’t been reached. However, during the implementation period and afterwards, it has been seen that the lessons were carried out in accordance with the action plans, that the teacher awareness of the lesson outcomes was expanded, that the students can reach to the lesson outcomes desired to be given in the music lessons with the song repertoire prepared according to the outcomes in this process. In addition, it has been determined that the students' ability to singing, listening, playing and coexisting improve with their song recordings and become aware of the areas of composition and performance during the implementation process. Findings are discussed within literature framework, suggestions offered for implementation and future research.