Investigation of Professional Music Education Students’ Attitudes and Self-Efficacy Perceptions Towards Modal Hearing in Terms of Various Variables

The aim of this study is to examine the attitudes and self-efficacy perceptions of students who receive professional music education towards modal hearing in terms of various variables (gender, age, class level, faculty of education). In the study, attitude and self-efficacy perception scales were used as data collection tools towards modal hearing developed by researchers. The Cronbach’s alpha internal consistency coefficients of the scales were determined as 0.871 for the attitude scale and 0.901 for the self-efficacy perception scale. The study group of the research consists of 259 undergraduate students in their 3rd and 4th grade who were enrolled in courses related to Modal Hearing and studying in the Music Departments of Faculties of Education, Faculties of Fine Arts, and Conservatories in 12 randomly selected universities in Turkey during the 2021-2022 academic year. As a result of the research, it was determined that the students who received music education had positive attitudes towards modal hearing and considered themselves sufficient in modal hearing. On the basis of faculties, it was determined that the lowest attitude score belonged to the students of the faculty of fine arts, and the highest attitude score belonged to the students studying at the conservatory. There was no significant difference in self-efficacy perception scores between the three faculties. In addition, when the attitudes and self-efficacy perceptions of the participant students towards modal hearing were examined, it was seen that male students exhibited more positive attitudes than female students. It was determined that there was no difference in the attitudes and self-efficacy perceptions of the participating students towards modal hearing based on age and grade level variables.