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The purpose of this study is to find out the views of the instructors and students of Music Teaching Department on the content of school instruments lesson, the extent to which this content meets the needs of prospective music teachers, the extent of the efficiency the instructors obtain from this lesson and the things that can be done to increase the functionality and efficiency of this lesson and to offer solutions to these issues. The sample of the study is students studying in their third and fourth years at the Fine Arts Teaching departments of universities in Turkey during the academic year 2012-2013 and the instructors teaching school instruments in these universities. The sample consists of 451 students in their third and fourth years studying at Ondokuz Mayıs University, Abant İzzet Baysal University, Uludağ University, Harran University, Marmara University, Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Dokuz Eylül University, Atatürk University, Niğde University and İnönü University and 15 instructors teaching at Ondokuz Mayıs University, Abant İzzet Baysal University, Uludağ University and Marmara University. The study uses quantitative and qualitative descriptive research method with an integrated approach. The data was collected through “Survey for School Instruments Lesson” and “Interview Form for Instructors” developed by the researcher. The statistical analysis of the quantitative data was made by SPSS 15.0 package program and the analysis of the qualitative data was made through content analysis. The findings of the students’ survey indicated that the students thought three semesters of school instruments lesson in only the first and second years was insufficient. Moreover, it was concluded that one semester period for baglama was not sufficient enough to attain the skill of playing the instrument and the students did not have sufficient information about the literature on school instruments. It can be said that these insufficiencies may be resulting from factors such as the syllabus, instructors and the readiness level of students. Prospective music teachers stated that school instruments had a great contribution to their professional lives; study times, pieces and exercises were ideal for their levels; the subjects in the content were organized in a useful way; school instruments were effective on the music taste of primary school children; the assessment and evaluation results for school instruments reflected the truth and the inclusion of orff instruments, accordion and oud in the school instruments lesson would be useful. The findings of the instructors’ interview forms showed results such as one semester period for guitar and baglama was insufficient; including traditional instruments in school instruments lesson could be useful but some researches were needed to do this; regulations were needed for the class levels in which school instruments were taught and school instruments should be more varied and the time allocated to them should be extended. Within the framework of these results, suggestions were made to increase the functionality of the school instruments lesson.

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