This study investigated the effect of computer assisted teaching practices in piano courses in Department of Music Education of Faculty of Education on students’ success, piano playing skills and to what extent they provided permanent learning. The research was carried out with the pre-test/post-test research design with a control group, one of quasi experimental designs. In the study, the experimental group was provided computer-assisted piano instruction, while the control group received the regular curriculum instruction. There were 7 female and 6 male students in the control group and 6 male and 7 female students in the experimental group. A computer-assisted piano instruction program was developed for the experimental group. Instruction in the experimental and control groups lasted for 10 lessons. Piano Achievement Test and Piano Observation Form were used as data collection tools. Mann Whitney U test was used to test permanent learning and the success and piano skills of the groups. The results of the research show that computer assisted piano instruction applied in the experimental group is more effective than the regular curriculum instruction in increasing students’ course success and permanent learning. However, no significant difference was found between the post-test levels of the experimental and control groups in terms of piano skills.

This study aimed to examine the attitudes of pre-service music teachers towards teaching profession and their teaching self-efficacy beliefs. The attitudes and self-efficacy beliefs of pre-service music teachers towards teaching profession were compared based on the variables of gender and academic achievement. The research sample consists of 262 pre-service music teachers studying in the faculties of education in Turkey. Personal information form, attitude scale towards teaching profession and teacher self-efficacy beliefs scale were used in the research. The findings showed that the pre-service teachers’ attitudes and self-efficacy beliefs towards teaching profession are high. In addition, pre-service teachers’ attitudes and self-efficacy beliefs towards teaching profession differ according to their gender and level of academic achievement. A significant relation was found between pre-service teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs and attitudes towards teaching profession.

This study investigated the effect of online teaching and individualized instruction in piano lessons of the department of music teaching on students’ TPACK skills and achievements. The research was conducted on the basis of a pretest-posttest control group design. In the experimental group of the study, piano education was carried out with online learning and face-to-face individualized instruction, and in the control group, activities were carried out using the current distance learning method. Teaching activities lasted 20 lesson hours in the experimental and control groups. Piano Lesson Achievement Test and TPACK scale were used as data collection tools in the study. The Mann Whitney U test was used on the achievement and TPACK skills of the groups on the pretest and posttest scores. The findings of the research showed that the online learning and individualized instruction applied in the experimental group were more effective in the piano lesson achievement and some dimensions of the TPACK scale than the current curriculum. The Effect of Individualized Online Instruction on TPACK Skills and Achievement in Piano Lessons

Bu araştırmada Piyano eğitiminde 5E modeli ve öğrenme stillerine dayalı etkinliklerin öğrencilerin başarı ve kalıcılığa etkisi incelenmiştir. Araştırmada nicel yöntemlerden Kontrol gruplu Öntest-Sontest Modeli kullanılmıştır. Araştırma verilerinin toplanmasında Piyano Dersi Başarı Testi ve Kolb Öğrenme Stilleri Envanteri kullanılmıştır. Araştırma verilerinin analiziyle aşağıdaki bulgu ve sonuçlara ulaşılmıştır. Yapılandırmacı 5e modeli ve öğrenme stillerine göre öğretim yapılan deney grubu ile geleneksel öğretim metodu uygulanan kontrol grubunun piyano dersi sontest, kalıcılık ve piyano çalma becerisi puanları arasında anlamlı bir fark vardır. Deney grubundaki öğrenciler anlamlı düzeyde yüksek piyano dersi başarısı, piyano çalma becerisi ve öğrenme kalıcılığı elde etmişlerdir. 5E modeli ve öğrenme stillerine dayalı öğretim etkinliklerini bir arada uygulayan öğrenciler sistematik bir yaklaşımla kendi öğrenme süreçlerine göre etkinlikleri aktif olarak yapılandırmışlar, aşamalı bir şekilde görsel, işitsel ve kinestetik aktiviteler gerçekleştirmişler ve kubaşık stratejinin deneysel işleminde kendi öğrenme süreçlerini sorgulamışlardır. Bu bütüncül yaklaşım 5E modeli ve öğrenme stillerine dayalı öğretimin uygulamasının piyano dersi başarısı üzerinde yüksek etki oluşturmasına yol açmıştır. Yapılandırmacı ve öğrenme stillerine dayalı piyano eğitiminde her bir öğrencinin tercih, ilgi, ihtiyaç, öğrenme yaşantıları ve bireysel farklılıkları dikkate alınarak, öğretim yöntemleri, öğrenme ortamı, ölçme-değerlendirme teknikleri düzenlenmiştir. Bu anlayış çerçevesinde piyano dersinin düzenlenen öğrenme ortamlarında, öğrenciler aktif bir şekilde öğrenme sürecinde sorumluluk almışlar, kendi öğrenme stillerini uygulayarak dersin kazanımlarını elde etmeye çalışmışlardır. Tüm bunlar piyano dersinde yüksek başarıyı, kalıcılığı ve olumlu yönde duyuşsal öğrenme ürünlerini ortaya çıkarmıştır.

Self-regulatory skill is one of the important factors affecting academic orientation and performance of learners at all levels in learning-teaching processes. The aim of this study is to compare the self-regulatory skills of pre-service teachers studying in music education departments based on the variables of gender, class, overall achievement and performance in individual instruments lessons. The study was conducted with 198 Pre-service Music Teachers studying at Necmettin Erbakan University and Gazi University. Data were collected by using Academic Self-regulatory Skills Scale. Research findings showed that pre-service music teachers’ self-regulatory skills differed based on the variables of year of study, achievement levels in individual instrument lessons and overall academic achievement. It was found that students with high academic achievement levels had effective self-regulatory skills. However, no significant difference was found between the self-regulatory skills of male and female pre-service music teachers.