Examining the Songs in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Grade Music Course Books in Terms of Values Education

AbstractMusic course aims to develop children's abilities in all aspects. In order to have individuals who possess certain ethical and moral values, maintain a consciousness of national unity, and feel responsible for themselves and their countries, value education should also be given importance in the music course. The aim of this study is to examine the songs included in the music course books of primary level 2nd, 3rd and 4th grades in delivering certain values. Content analysis was used since it was aimed to examine the songs in the music course books. In the study, by examining the songs in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade music course books in detail, it was tried to identify the target values exposed to students. The values that were included in the texts were identified, and the sentences including these values were typed and saved on computer. The identified values were grouped using certain codes and categories were made up based on these codes. It was determined that 19 different values were used in lyrics referred in music education course books. Love of country, love of animal, and enjoy life were most frequently repeated values