Examining the problems of early childhood teachers working at preschools in Ankara in music education

This reseach was conducted to examine music education applications and the problems with of early childhood teachers working at preschools in Ankara city center. The study included randomly selected 212 early childhood teachers from 166 schools. Data were gathered via questionaires. The questionaire was developed from literature search and presented to 7 university academic lecturers who are the experts in their fields. Based on the suggestions, the questionaire was revised. Demographic informations of teachers were presented on tables with disturibution of frequency and percentage. The answers about the variables of sub- purpose of the research were analyzed with disturibition level and percentage and listed in terms of the importance. Assesments were made in terms of the cumulative percents and listed on the tables. When data were analyzed, the followings were determinated; 80, 2 % of teachers received music education during their occupational training; 80, 7 % of teachers need in-service education, 57,1 % of teachers do not use instruments during the activities; 57, 3 % of teachers do not have original instruments in their classrooms; 55,7 % of teachers do not have enough instruments for each child in their classroom. Data also suggested that; teachers do not do musical activities primarily; 37, 5 % of teachers primarily ask children to imitate objects, such as animal or etc. in order to support creative dance activities. 35,2 % of teachers first give the rhytm for the rhytm activities and ask children run, walk and jump with the music. In addition, teachers expressed that they do not have any problem with sound listening and discrimination, rhytm activities and creative dance activities. When choosing a song, teachers initially take into consideration to the songs which words are clear and simple. When teaching a song to the children, teachers initially sing the song in parts and ask children to join to the song. When the teachers? level of work satisfaction was analyzed, the results showed that their satisfaction levels were medium. Consequently, the study suggested that teachers apply the activities which they are knowledgable but their knowledge is insufficient. Therefore, the teachers need in-service education in different areas of music.