Abstract:

In the research, the aim is to find out music teacher candidates' attitudes towards piano lessons and to examine these attitudes in terms of their department, class, the high school they graduated from and gender. This research was designed using the screening model, the data related were obtained by applying "Attitude Scale Intended for Piano Lessons" to the sample group. In accordance with the data obtained, it was found out that music teacher candidates' attitudes towards piano lessons are generally positive, and the female music teacher candidates showed a more positive attitude than the male ones. It was also discovered that music teacher candidates attitudes towards the piano lessons did not show statistically significant differences according to the variables of the department and class levels.

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