Çiftçi, Ersan

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.

Kurtuldu, M. Kayhan; Çiftçi, Ersan

In this study, the performance evaluation scale developed for the string instrument classes was analysed in terms of validity and reliability. The scale, constructed with the help of the evaluation degrees designed by the researchers; was used in evaluating students in final examinations in two different departments by 6 instructors in total. Statistical measurements related to the resulting data were made and reliability of the scale was tested. In the statistical process, firstly alpha factors of reliability related to the lower and the overall degrees of the scale, and then the correlation factors between the scores given by the instructors were calculated.As a result of this study, it is found out that the measurement presents significantly valid and reliable results.