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This study aims to determine educational philosophy adopted by music teacher candidates and to examine in terms of different variables. The sample for the study consist of music teacher candidates who were enrolled in Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University Faculty of Education, Department of Music Teaching in 2015- 2016 academic year. For the data collection, “Philosophy Preference Assessment Scale” by Wiles and Bondi (1993), which was adapted to Turkish by Doğanay and Sarı (2003), is used in order to determine music teacher candidates’’ educational philosophies . “Personal Information Form”, developed by the researcher, is used in order to collect data about the demographics of the music teacher candidates. The data obtained were analyzed by using SPSS program and percentage, standard deviation, mean "Single Factor ANOVA" and the “Independent Group t Test" statistics were run. The results showed that “experimentalism" was the most widely adopted by music teacher candidates. Additionally, a significant difference was found between type of school and “perennialism” sub-factor. However, a statistically significant difference was not found between gender and class variables. Keywords: Philosophy of education, philosophy, music teacher candidates

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