Abstract:

The use of various online applications has increased rapidly during the difficult pandemic process we are experiencing today, and education has been provided through these applications in general. This distance education requirement, which includes music education, continued as an alternative to face-to-face education. In this process, both the advantages and disadvantages of distance education were encountered. In order for music education to continue with distance education, field educators have adapted to this process. In this context, various distance education applications were used in special education to ensure that the education process was not interrupted. The aim of this research is to identify the advantages and disadvantages of the current situation through the views of the music educator in distance music education with children who need special training. In the study, data was collected by semi-structured interview technique and analyzed through content analysis. According to the opinions of music educators, it has been concluded that the biggest advantage in distance music education is that it eliminates the risk of transmission in the pandemic, and the disadvantage is that applied courses are not effective enough due to the inability to perform physical intervention in instrument education. In addition, it is proposed to conduct new researchs on the possibility of conducting distance music education with children who need special education.

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