INVESTIGATION OF SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN WITH MUSIC MADE BY APPLICABLE GRADUATE THESIS IN TURKEY

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine been involved with music education for children with special needs graduate theses in Turkey. be addressed in this context, Turkey made until 2018 and in terms of access to the National Council of Higher Education Thesis Center is open 19 graduate theses different variables, grouped in variables being considered. The study is a qualitative research and the data is obtained by document analysis. The sample of the study was determined by criterion sampling which is one of the purposive sampling strategies. For the purpose of this study, each thesis was subjected to content analysis by using en Graduate Thesis Examination Form c which was developed by the researchers. Music education graduate theses about children with special needs; (1) according to the types of thesis, (2) according to years, (3) according to the gender of the researcher, (4) according to the geographical area of study, (5) according to the city where the study was carried out, (6) according to the university, (7) according to the institutes (8) according to the type of inability, working group hearing, vision, mind, orthoprdics etc., (9) according to the method, (10) according to data collection tools, (11) according to the sample selection method, (12) according to sample size is collected on twelve main headings. According to the results of the study, there is only one PhD thesis on the subject; most of the study was done in 2010 in Istanbul and Marmara University; Between 1997 and 2003, and in 2015, there were no post-thesis studies on the subject of study; In the Aegean Region and the Southeastern Anatolia Region, there is no study on the music education area composed of children with special needs; In the theses, it was concluded that most of the children with intellectual disabilities were employed.