Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
JOURNAL OF EDUCATION AND FUTURE-EGITIM VE GELECEK DERGISI, sa.9, ss.139-153, 2016 (ESCI)
Rap music is a musical tool that lets the knowledge to be constructed via rhyme and rhythm. Participants' opinions on the effect that this type of tools do in lessons is an essential issue to be determined. For this reason it is necessary to do a research including the opinions of the students on educational use of rap music. This research is designed in two parts. The first part is a descriptive survey model in which a questionnaire filled by participants (N=85). The second part of this research is designed as a course activity to inquire the availability of using rap music at school environment. Then interviews were conducted with participants to get their thoughts about the event. The participants who use the t-shirt shop and its' surroundings as a place to meet and socialize were found to be rap listeners in a very large proportion (90,5 %). The participants found to be mainly rap listeners and internet users. They could afford to have basic technological equipment for listening to music that probably let them socialize on rap music at school. They all participated in the course event willingly, and created rap lyrics coinciding with the course content. All participants sung along their own lyrics with the prepared musical beats. They all had fun, learned basics of music theory, and thought of transferring the knowledge of other lessons to rap lyrics. This propensity for transferring the knowledge is an attitude towards the creativity. As a result, rap music is found to be a useful educational tool if there are students familiar with the genre. For this purpose music clubs should be established firstly to detect the musical potential in the schools.