Müzik öğretim yöntemlerinden, orff müzik öğretisine genel bir bakıs

Education plays a significant role in instructing people and societies. Education is a process. A teacher’s duty is to develop teaching strategies that are appropriate to students’ learning styles. As in many areas, education materializes itself in music education as well. An individual gains musical behaviours via music education. Music education is defined as in Uçan’s words as ‘providing individuals with particular musical behaviours methodologically by way of individuals’ own lives. In other words Uçan explains music education as a process in which the individuals recycle and improve musical behaviours through their lives methodologically and purposefully. The objective of music education course is to raise children’s appreciation of music, to improve their creativity, and to facilitate their awareness of musical skills. Various opportunities to use musical instruments should be provided. Game elements in music education should be given priority in order to draw young learners’ attention in particular. Improving children’s musical skills helps them to express their feelings and opinions. Music fosters children’s social skills and makes them conscious music listeners. In order to reach the contemporary level in Music Education field, we need to acknowledge various methods and approaches in music teaching. This study aims at presenting methods in music teaching briefly followed by elaborating on Orff music teaching method.