Classification of researches related with violoncello education, contribution and practicability of their results on the field

The primary objective of this thesis is to analyse the trends in violoncello education research in terms of their quality and to assess the contribution of these research results to violoncello education and the practicability of the proposed recommendations. In this context, the thesis is a case study. The thesis was carried out in two phases with two qualitative data collection techniques. At first, the theses and articles regarding the violoncello education were compiled and analysed. At this stage, the data were obtained from Council of Higher Education Documentation Centre database and the national and international peer-reviewed journals. In this study, 42 theses and 10 articles related to violoncello education published by the music education departments of faculties of education between 1992-2007 were assessed. These 52 resources were evaluated with content analysis method according to predetermined categories. Then, the findings and suggestions of these research related to violoncello education were presented to 10 violoncello trainers to be evaluated for their contribution to the field and practicability of the recommendations. Interview data were analysed with the descriptive method. In conclusion, it was observed that research on violoncello education focus on some specific issues, confirm the recognized issues of the field or methods/ techniques that are already in use, and some of the novel suggestions are not practicable to violoncello education in Turkey. Based on these results, the following recommendations could bring novelty to the field: repetition in future research could be avoided by evaluating previous studies in detail; researchers could focus on experimental studies involving new methods, techniques, and approaches; studies on violoncello education should also aim both basic and volunteer music education. Keywords: Violoncello education, literature review