RESEARCH INTO THE FACTORS LEADING TO ACADEMIC SUCCESS OF HONOUR STUDENTS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC TEACHING

Abstract

The reinforcement of the right behaviour, the desire to learn and the enthusiasm for learning in the student through rewarding, and gaining the habit of studying in a regular way are the key to academic success. In the study, we aimed to determine what make honour students in the department of Music Teaching successful in their courses. We used focus group interviews, one of the qualitative research methods, to obtain necessary data. We interviewed with 12 honour students in the department of Music teaching to find out their learning styles and what make them successful and honour students. We obtained the data through face to face interview with the participant students. The data were analysed in terms of gender, the students’ learning styles, the effect of their parents on their success, their interest in music, environment and job preference. We concluded that the gender, parents, interest in music, learning styles such as auditory and visual learning could play important roles in academic success of the honour students at the department of music teaching in higher education.