Abstract
This study aims to investigate music teachers’ views on the education of special needs students (inclusive) in their classes. The study was carried out within the qualitative research approach and designed as a case study. Views of five middle and one high school music teachers who have special needs students in their classes were taken for investigation. The purposeful sampling method was used for creating the study group. Qualitative data was collected through the use of a semi-structured interview technique which was designed by the researchers. During the interviews, teachers were asked open-ended questions such as how they integrate special needs students into music classes, what they think about the environment of schools for special education needs students, the sufficiency of education taken during faculty years about special education. Obtained data was analysed through content analysis. In the analysis themes and categories were created and findings were presented in tables. In order to support findings, direct quotations from teacher conversations were also included. According to the results of the study, it is determined that music teachers are inadequate in terms of having related knowledge and skills for educating special needs students in their classrooms. In addition, it was found that music teachers do not prepare individual education programs for special needs students but carry on with the present curriculum and they mentioned that the training on special needs given during faculty years was inadequate. At the end of the study, some recommendations were made for improving the quality and productivity of music lessons of music teachers for special education needs students.
Highlights
Individuals forming a society have various characteristics, needs, and roles that need to be fulfilled
According to Ataman (2006:19) special education "is a training offered to children who have special needs, which is capable of providing the maximizing of the capacities of those with superior characteristics in the direction of their capabilities, preventing inefficiency from converting to disability and equipping disabled people with skills to make them independent, productive and integrated in society through equipping them with self-sufficiency.”
This research is designed within the framework of qualitative research approach and a case study method is used in the study
Summary
Individuals forming a society have various characteristics, needs, and roles that need to be fulfilled. In 2017, it was decided upon that only "Teaching Proficiency General Competencies" should be prepared, considering that there was no need for the preparation of individual field competency for each course separately (URL-3, 2017) For this reason, "General Competencies of Teaching Profession" has recently been revised by the Ministry of National Education, General Directorate of Teacher Training and Development in 2017 and the definition for general sufficiency is stated as "In order to be able to perform a business effectively and efficiently one must possess knowledge, skills, attitude, and value". "General Competencies of Teaching Profession" has recently been revised by the Ministry of National Education, General Directorate of Teacher Training and Development in 2017 and the definition for general sufficiency is stated as "In order to be able to perform a business effectively and efficiently one must possess knowledge, skills, attitude, and value" Later sections of this published document include expressions for individuals who need special education. What are the opinions of the other students in the music teacher's classrooms on communication and connections with the inclusive students?
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