Abstract:

Professional teaching is considered by the community in a prestigious professional group category. It plays a leading role in the change, transformation and development of societies in the process of education from past to present. Teaching; It is a profession that requires attitudes and regular habits as well as knowledge and skills. This research is a descriptive study using the relational screening model, which aims to determine the reasons why students of music education department preference to music teaching and whether these reasons differ according to gender, age, class and graduated high school variables. In order to provide data for the research, a questionnaire for teaching profession reasons was used. 110 students were participating in this study in the Department of Music Education. Survey data are presented in tables, independent sample t test and one-factor analysis of variance (Anova) were applied to determine whether there is a significant relationship between gender, class and graduated high school variables and their preferences. As a result of the research, it has been concluded that there is no significant difference between the students of Music Education Department according to their reasons for choosing music teaching, and gender and high school types they graduated, and there was a significant difference according to the class variable. In addition, it was concluded that they made their consciousness of music teacher preferences, they did not have any economic expectations, they considered the possibility of social security in their preferences, and that they did not intend to choose any other department in the university.

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