Abstract:

Purpose of the research, the attitudes of class teacher candidates about music teaching and musical teaching self-efficacy beliefs according to variables such as gender, age, grade level, graduated school type, region where they come from, family income level, father education level and father's profession, the relationship between teaching and self-efficacy beliefs. The sample of the research is composed of 242 class teacher candidates. As a data collection tool; "Music Instruction Attitude Scale" developed by ŞEKER and SAYGI (2013) and "Music Instruction Self-Efficacy Scale" developed by AFACAN (2008) were used to determine the attitudes towards music teaching. The data obtained were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t test, One Way ANOVA and correlation. As a result of the research, there is no statistically significant difference between the attitudes of classroom teacher candidates regarding music teaching and the gender, age, high school type they graduate, father education status and father profession between 4th and 3rd grades in favor of class 4 in favor of Marmara / Aegean between Marmara / Aegean and Eastern Anatolia / Southeastern Anatolia, in the family income level variable, it was found that there were statistically significant differences between 1001-1500 TL and 1501-2000 TL in favor of 1001-1500 TL. There was no statistically significant difference between the music teaching self-efficacy beliefs of the class  teacher candidates and various variables (sex, age, grade level, graduated high school type, regions where they came from, family income levels, father education and father professions). There was a moderately significant positive relationship between the attitudes of music teachers towards music education and the music education self-efficacy beliefs of the class  teacher candidates.

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