Abstract:

In the research, it was aimed to examine the attitudes of middle school students towards music lessons in terms of different variables. For this purpose, the attitudes of the students who are educated at the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grade levels of general, private, boarding and imam hatip secondary schools towards the music course; different situations were evaluated according to the type of school, class, gender, parental education status, taking a private music lesson, having an instrument of its own, having different classes for music lessons in school and participating in activities related to music lessons. In the research, a screening model of a descriptive nature was used. Middle school students studying in Hatay province in the universe of research; Kumlu Aktaş and Altinözü Altinkaya Secondary School, Arsuz Ascension and Defne TED College, Hassa Juniper Istanbul Stock Exchange and Reyhan Boarding District Secondary School, Kırhan Beyzid-i Bestami and Antakya Martyr Mehmet Şenol Farmer Imam Hatip Middle School, whose sample was determined by simple random sampling from Hatay province in the 2019-2020 academic year, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grades. The data related to the research were collected using the "Attitude Scale for Music Lesson" developed by Özmenteş (2006). In line with the research findings, it was concluded that the attitudes of the students towards the music course differed significantly according to the type of school studied, the class studied, the gender, the parental learning status, having their own instrument, having different music classes for music lessons in the school and participating in activities related to the music lesson, and that there was no significant difference according to the variable of taking a private music lesson.

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