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.

Empati kavramı pozitif psikolojide ve güncel hayatta oldukça kabul gören bir kavram olmasına karşın bireylerin empati düzeyini ölçmek için yeterli psikometrik özelliklere sahip güncel Türkçe ölçüm araçlarının sayısı sınırlıdır. Bu çalışmada Auyeung ve arkadaşları tarafından (2009) geliştirilen Çocuklar için Empati Bölümü Ölçeğinin Türkçeye uyarlanması ve geçerlik-güvenirlik çalışmalarının yapılması amaçlanmıştır. Orijinal formu 27 maddeden oluşan ölçek geçerlik güvenirlik çalışmaları neticesinde Türkçe formunda 14 maddelik nihai haline getirilmiştir. ÇEBÖ Türkçe formunun Cronbach alfa değeri .73 olarak hesaplanmış; psikometrik özelliklerinin geçerli ve güvenilir olduğu bulunmuştur.

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The purpose of this study is to determine whether music preferences differ in terms of drug abuse tendencies and personality traits with regard to the type of music that music teacher candidates listen to. The research group of the study was comprised of 141 university students. Research data were collected using the Substance Use Tendency Scale, the Adjective-Based Personality Test (ABPT), and the Personal Information Form developed by the researchers. Pop music (93.6%) was determined to be the music type most listened to, and Heavy Metal music (21.3%) music the type least listened to. While the students were determining their music preferences, they indicated that the moods (99.3%) and the melody of the music (98.6%) were primarily important. The results of the analysis show that there are significant differences in music preferences based on the tendency for drug abuse and on personality traits. Findings have been discussed in the light of the relevant literature, and proposals have been made to professionals working in the fields of research, music therapy and music education.

Keman eğitimi kursuna katılan bireylerin "müzik'' kavramına yönelik metaforik algılarının incelenmesi. 47 bir araç olmasının yanı sıra aynı zamanda bir bilim dalı, insanlara tedavi kaynağı, şifa veya bir birey (insan) olarak görüldüğü tespit edilmiştir. Katılımcıların en fazla metafor ürettikleri iki temel kategori müziğin hayat kaynağı olması ve duyguları ifade eden bir araç olmasıdır.