Abstract
A REVIEW OF GRADUATE THESES IN GROUP PIANO EDUCATION
In this research, graduate theses written in Turkey and the world between 1933-2019
in the field of group piano education were examined in terms of different variables and
in this context a general picture of the situation of graduate theses was presented. The
research data consists of 166 graduate theses in the field of group piano education selected
by sampling method available from the National Thesis Center of the Council of Higher
Education (CoHE) and Proquest Dissertations and Theses Global databases. The research
was intended to contribute to the creation of resources for new studies in the field of
group piano education by considering the distribution of graduate thesis studies on group
piano education. For this purpose, the distribution of theses according to their types, year
of completion, countries and universities, subject areas, research methods used, data
collection tools, sample/study groups were examined. The research is a descriptive study
and content analysis techniques are used for data analysis. Theses in the field of group
piano education were examined and classification of theses according to their subjects,
frequency (f) and percentage (%) distributions were made and the representation of the
results was explained with the help of relevant tables and figures. The data obtained in the
research show that the majority of theses published in the field of group piano education is
at the level of doctorate, that the published theses have increased systematically between
1970-2010, that the most studies have been carried out in the University of Oklahoma in
the USA, mostly in the field of functional skills in group piano education and that working
groups consisting of piano teachers are preferred in most of the researches. Suggestions
developed in line with the results have been presented.
Keywords
Group Piano, Postgraduate Education, Music Education, Piano Education, Functional Skills.
