Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Acta Educationis Generalis, cilt.13, sa.2, ss.63-81, 2023 (Hakemli Dergi)
Introduction: In our current century, technology continues to exist in almost all
domains of human life. In this day and age, technological changes and
developments make a great contribution to the rapid production of information and
easy access to it. As a result of rapidly developing and changing needs, it is
considered essential to organize education in line with these needs and to
incorporate technology within the education system. In the present study, it was
aimed to identify the use of technology supported educational tools in general music
education and their contribution to the process of music education.
Methods: The convergent parallel design, which is one of the mixed research
methods, was used in this study. Based on this particular point in mind, it was
attempted in this study to establish the opinions of music teachers about the level of
use of technology-supported educational tools in general music education through
both closed-ended and open-ended questions. In this study, homogeneous sampling
was used and it was attempted to reach out the teachers who taught general music
knowledge in Turkey. The study group of the research was formed with 59 music
teachers teaching at different institutions who agreed to participate in the study on a
voluntary basis.
Results: In line with the data obtained, it was concluded that teachers found
themselves partially sufficient and willing to improve themselves in terms of using
the technology-supported educational materials more effectively and efficiently in
the process.
Discussion: From the results of the research, it is seen that technology-supported
applications are used especially in the listening and expression stages of the teacher,
and it is preferred in the sampling, song teaching and showing and telling stages. In addition, it was determined that these applications were used by only 1
participant during the evaluation phase. It has been determined that technologysupported applications contribute positively to learning speed, permanent learning
and the realization of more effective lessons. Throughout the music education
process, which includes abstract concepts, the students' acquisition of the
knowledge and making sense of this knowledge will contribute positively to their
academic success. It is believed that it is essential to draw students' attention and
include them effectively within the education process by getting them to gain new
experiences. In this sense, it is crucially significant that teachers have the
competence to use different applications in today's age of technology.
Limitations: The research was limited to 59 music teachers who voluntarily agreed
to work during the data collection process. The research was carried out in the
spring term of the 2020-2021 academic year.
Conclusions: In accordance with the findings obtained from the study, it was found
that the participants utilized the technology-supported teaching tools especially in
listening and lecturing, and they did not use these tools throughout the process. It
was revealed that these tools had positive effects such as increasing students’
attention and contributing to their permanent learning, as well as negative effects
such as the tendency (to expect everything to be handed to one on a silver plate) and
reducing the teacher's remedial role.