The Opinions of Students in Secondary School About Music Lesson (Niğde Province Sample)

Abstract

The aim of research is to determine the opinions of secondary school students in Niğde District
about music lesson, and show the current status of available music lessons and also bring forward a proposal
for music lessons. Research is descriptive quality. Related data has been collected through unstructured
interview form that was developed by researchers according to ideas of specialists. In the analysis of
qualitative data, content analysis has been used. The universe of research consists of secondary school
students who keeps learning during the education periods of 2012-20013/2013-2014 in secondary schools
of Niğde Province under authority of Directorate of National Education; the sample of research consists of
644 students, who have been randomly selected and study in 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th classes from secondary
schools Alparslan, Kemal Aydoğan, 19 Mayıs, 23 Nisan Havacılar, Selçuk, Atatürk and Cumhuriyet. According
to findings in this research, the majority of students in 5th class of secondary school finds music lesson
pleasurable, loves music lesson and music teacher; the majority of students in 6th class likes music lesson and
finds music lesson important and funny; the majority of students in 7th class of secondary school likes music
lesson, finds music lessons funny and music lessons related behaviors they see as positive; the majority of
students in 8th class likes music lesson and finds music lesson relaxing and important. Moreover, the
opinions of students from classes 5, 6, 7 and 8 of secondary school depend on lesson, teacher and student, so
that these ideas focus on affective field