Abstract
EXAMINING OF PROSPECTIVE MUSIC TEACHERS’ COMMUNICATION SKILLS: SAMPLE OF KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
The aim of this study is to examine communication skills of prospective music teachers with regard to varied demographic factors. General survey model was used in the study and a scale were used for collecting data; “Communication Skills Inventory” developed by Ersanlı and Balcı (1998). Collected data were analyzed with SPSS. It was determined that data hasn’t normal distribution. Hence, nonparametric statistics was used in order to analysis collected quantitative data and significance level has been accepted as p<.05 for the statistical processes. Some of the results are; the total score of communication skills of the prospective music teachers –involved in the study group- are above the average. The score of emotional, behavioral, and mental communication skills forming subfactors of scale are above the average too.There is no significant difference between communication skills and age, high school graduated, grade. There is significant difference between communication skills and gender in favor of girls
Keywords
Music education, prospective music teachers, communication skills.
