Computer-assisted music teaching in music teacher education departments: Marmara üniversity sample

Abstract

The fundamental objective of Music teacher education departments in universities is to have qualified and successful while educating their students. For this purpose, it is very important to apply the programs which will result in having well-educated graduates with pedagogical formation lessons. The aimed graduates are mastered by their instruments, able to use their voices individually and collectively, competent in the field of harmony, solfege and music theories and strengthened with music literature based on cultural lessons. In today's computer-assisted music world, current softwares have been used by both the musicians and music educators inside and outside the classroom. Today, there are many softwares not only to make music and but also to provide and improve music education and teaching. Softwares aiming teaching harmony, solfege, ear training and music theories together with the programs supporting music creation such as composition, editing and note writing programs provide great benefits to music educators. For future teachers to be able to successfully use the evolving music technologies in their fields, it is important to emphasize that the courses for computer-assisted music education are effective and should be coordinated with other courses. In this article, studies on computer-assisted music education in Marmara University, Atatürk Faculty of Education, Department of Fine Arts Education, Department of Music Teacher Education were examined.