Music Teaching

My name is Esra Züleyka Baltacı. I am a student of The Department of Music Teacher Education at Inonu University, Faculty of Education. Our department was established in 1989 as 2 departments; Painting Teaching and Music Teaching. From 1997 onwards, it has been continued as fine arts educational sciences. Our department is located on the central campus of Inonu University. Our department aims to train teachers who will work full-time by providing undergraduate level education. In addition to the courses such as Playing, Singing and Hearing, which are field courses in the fields of Western Music, Turkish Folk Music and Turkish Art Music courses are also given in our department. In our department, we have study rooms that every student can easily use for every instrument. We also have 1 room for school instruments and 1 concert hall for concert events. Since our school provides undergraduate level education, 1st and 2nd semester internship training is given to our senior students within the Faculty of Education in the 4th grade. Students who graduate from our department can take part in any field such as government institutions and private institutions, and also they can pursue postgraduate education. They can also work as musicians because they have graduated from the field of music. I wanted to choose music teaching because it suits my interests and abilities. After graduating, I think I can work in this field with pleasure. I wanted to choose Inonu University because of its well-equipped academic staff. I also wanted to study here because of the green campus and social activities. After graduating, I aim for a field of study where I can easily transfer my knowledge in any government institution and also perform my profession passionately as a good instructor. My advice to students who will prefer our department and university is that they should come here willingly and prepared, and they should show perseverance. In the preparation stage, they must have the competencies of reading music, writing dictations, and having basic knowledge of any instrument they choose. I look forward to meeting prospective students who will choose our department. It’s a privilege to be a part of İnönü University I wish everyone a nice day full of music.