AN INVESTIGATION OF THE SONGS CREATED BY STUDENT- TEACHERS IN MUSIC VIA AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH BASED ON THE RASCH MEASUREMENT MODEL AND THE MAXQDA ANALYSIS PROGRAM
The study aimed to investigate the songs created by the student teachers in music in the focus of special education through an interdisciplinary approach based on the Rash measurement model and the Maxqda analysis program. This case study adopted the mixed research design. The participants consisted of 12 student teachers in music and 10 jury members in 2018-2019 academic year. In the quantitative analysis of the study, 10 expert jury members in the field of Music Education evaluated 12 songs using an evaluation form consisting of 8 items via the Rasch measurement model, and in the qualitative context, the views of the jury members on the songs were examined through the Maxqda analysis program. The jury members were selected in accordance with the maximum diversity sampling model on voluntary basis. All the songs focused on the achievements in the special education course. The results revealed that the most difficult item was the 'musical creativity level', whereas the easiest item was ‘the degree of suitability for purpose in the creation of lyrics’. In the study, it was recommended that field courses and didactic courses should be integrated in the field of music education
