Popular culture, populer music and music education

At the present day, music stands as the first of the most important elements which have an influence on cultural life. With its' peculiar genres, it has features which influence cultural life and the process of education. In this study; the relationship between popular music,- which is thought to have a considerable place in the music genres- and music education has been attempted to be evaluated . Concepts such as popular music and popular culture were tried to be explained and the popular musics performed in our country were examined. After the investigation of popular music concept, the relationship between popular music and music education was displayed, practices related to popular music in music education were analysed and along with given suggestions, some evaluations were made.