A Study on Department of Fine Arts Education Students’ Level of Aca- demic Motivation according to Some Variables the Relation between Their Academic Motivation and Academic Success

Aim of this study is to examine Faculty of Education Department of Fine Arts Students’ level of academic motivation difference according to some variables (department, grade, gender) and to research the relation between their academic mo- tivation and academic success. In this sense, academic motivation scale (AMS), con- sisting of a motivation, internal motivation and external motivation, was applied to 219 fine arts teacher candidates (123 arts teaching, 96 music teaching).Relational screening model, one of the quantitative research methods, was used in the study. Mann Whitney U. test was used to compare the academic motivation according to department and gender variables also Kruskal Wallis H test was applied to test the academic motivation difference. In the study, Sperman correlation test was also used to test the relation between academic motivation and academic success. Significant difference was found in teacher candidates’ level of academic motivation according to department, gender and grade variables. therewasnosignifi- cantdifference in the relation between the academic motivation and academic suc- cess.