Abstract
Determining the Cognitive Structres of the Middle School and High School Students Related to the “Music Teachers” Concept Through Word Association Test
Being a qualitative research, this study was executed to identify secondary school and
high school students’ cognitive structure oriented to “music teacher” concept.
In the study, Word Association Test was used as data collection tool. Data was processed
with content analysis method. 210 students who took music class in İzmir Selçuk Şehit
Ömer Halis Demir İMKB Anadolu High School and İsa Bey Ortaokulu in spring term of
2017-2018 school year participated in the study. Students were asked to write the first
five words they think of about “music teacher” in one minute and then to form a sentence
about these words. In the research, obtained words concerning the concepts were studied
in detail. Data obtained from test results were categorized and frequency tables were formed. The most used words by students oriented to “music teacher” concept were identified, then classified as seven categories and frequency values were given.
Keywords
Music Teacher, Secondary School, High School, Student, Word Association Test, Cognitive Structrure.
