Abstract
This study was carried out in order to analyze attitudes of primary school 4 th grades students related to music class. This study using the general survey model was come out with 619 students who took course at five primary schools affiliated to Ministry of National Education in spring term of 2014-2015 academic years. In the study, data has been collected by using “personal information form and “Music Lesson Attitude Scale” developed by Nacakci (2006). The data obtained has been analyzed by using statistical methods and presented in tables. According to study results, it can be said that attitudes of students related to music class are generally positive, primary school 4 th grade students attend the class with love, find the lessons interesting and useful including lesson content and subjects, attend the lesson willingly, consider these lessons get them adopt pleasure and selection habit of listening music and accordingly they do not study lessons not only for passing the class. Additionally, it can be considered among the results obtained by this study that students who take music lesson out of school time and have another family member interested in any kind of music are statistically significantly different compared to students who do not take music lesson out of school time and have not another family member interested in any kind of music.
Highlights
Primary school is one of the most important stages of formal education
In 1980, Taebel & Coker, in the study conducted with a group of primary school students, demonstrated that variables such like socio-economic status, class level, class environment, time and music lessons taken out of the school time have an influence on attitude related to the lesson and success statistically (Taebel & Coker, 1980)
In direction of the data obtained, it can be considered that half of primary school 4th grade students attended the study want to present the acquisitions, which have been experienced in music lesson, at the activities in and out of the school and want to play a part willingly in such activities
Summary
Primary school is one of the most important stages of formal education. This period of education is composed of many important formations from learning the basic school skills such like reading, writing, calculating to characteristics modeling considering sense of conscience, system of values, acquisition of gender roles and personal freedom (Aydın, Can, Eraslanlı et al, 2003). It is known that these lessons have important contributions to hand-brain, hand-eye coordination development of child, acquisition of the creative thinking and problem solving skills, formation of self-confidence – self-respect sense to him and environment, and acquisitions related to the language (Aykut, 2004). In this period, music lesson is one of those lessons given to children within the scope of art education. Apart from the music education, there isn’t any other education program that allows students to learn by playing, trying, experiencing, singing songs and thumping out, that ensures formation of products which
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