ACADEMIC MOTIVATIONS OF PRESERVICE MUSIC TEACHERS

Abstract

The purpose of the present study is to determine the difference between preservice music teachers’ levels of academic motivations and their genders, their high schools, lessons that they were failed, lessons that they were failed for the reason of absenteeism, and their career choice. Also, the relationship between the preservice music teachers’ academic motivations and their instrument scores was investigated in the study. A total of 349 students who receive education from Faculty of Education Music Teaching Departments in Aydın, Denizli, İzmir, and Muğla attended the study. The data was gathered in the 2017-2018 academic year. The Academic Motivation Scale which was developed by Vallerand et al. (1992) and translated into Turkish by Karagüven (2012) was used in order to determine the levels of academic motivations of the participants. Six significant results were found in the study. There are significant differences between participants’ academic motivations and their genders, their states of absenteeism, their high schools, the number of lessons they have failed, and their career choice. Also, positive significant but weak relationships were found between the participants’ academic motivations and their instrument scores. The results were discussed in the light of the literature.