Abstract
Many reasons such as social exclusion, economic insufficiency, and prejudice make it difficult for Gypsy children to reach qualified education and cause their expectations for the future to be minimized. Yet, it is considered that the property of “inclination to music”, linked especially with Gypsies, will positively affect the motivations of Gypsy children for the school and their academic achievement and thus music education and chorus education performed in this context will make considerable contributions to the education process of the children.In this context, with a pilot classroom selected from the 4th grades in a primary school all of whose students consist of Gypsy children, chorus education studies have been carried out for an academic year. In accordance with the results obtained from the research, it has been reached the end of the fact that chorus education studies have made positive contributions to the general education, cultural awareness and socialization process of Gypsy children included in the disadvantageous groups and presenting Gypsy children with the opportunities that they can turn the music permanently present in their daily lives into an advantage in educational terms is quite important.
Highlights
IntroductionOne of the groups facing social exclusion and poverty in Turkey is by Gypsies having cultural norms different from the society
3.2 Results Regarding the Contribution of the Chorus Activities Performed within the Context of Music Workshop Programme to the General Education Process of the Students in the Disadvantageous Group
Conclusions obtained from the research were discussed and some recommendations were created as follows: The place of the Gypsy children in the social structure must not be ignored, continuity in the compulsory education process and their completing this education process in the same conditions with the other members of the society in a good way must be provided
Summary
One of the groups facing social exclusion and poverty in Turkey is by Gypsies having cultural norms different from the society. It is accepted that Gypsies set foot in Anatolia over Syria and Armenia, they reached the east borders of jel.ccsenet.org
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