METAPHORIC PERCEPTIONS OF TEACHER CANDIDATES ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF "MUSIC"

Abstract

In this study, the perceptions of pre-service teachers in different branches towards the concept of "Music" were determined through metaphors. The study is studying at Mersin University Faculty of Education in the 2019-2020 academic year; It was carried out with 144 students taking Turkish Art History and Art and Aesthetics courses. In the study carried out in phenomenology, one of the research designs in accordance with the qualitative research methodology, the data collection technique is one of the metaphors; as a data collection tool ?Music is like ??????; because a form with the expression ??????? has been used. Through this form, it was tried to determine the metaphors that teacher candidates developed regarding the concept of "Music" and the common features of these metaphors. The data of the research were analyzed with content analysis and frequency analysis techniques. As a result of the study, it was determined that the metaphorical perceptions towards the concept of music lesson were mostly in the category of "music as an expression of feelings" and at least "music in the negative sense"; In addition, negative metaphorical perceptions such as alcohol and drugs, coronavirus, death for the music lesson were also detected.