An Analysis of the Metaphorical Perceptions About the Piano by Fine Arts High School Students - Academic Study

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The study determines, through metaphors, the attitudes of music department students at Fine Arts High School during the 2019–2020 academic year. Data were collected from 37 music students in grades 9 and 12 using a phenomenological approach with a prompt of the form “The piano lesson is like… Because…”. Content and frequency analysis categorized students’ metaphorical meanings about the piano, yielding 34 positive and 3 negative definitions, indicating predominantly positive metaphoric perceptions.

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Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research Volume 15, Issue 2 June 2020 [epasr.penpublishing.net](epasr.penpublishing.net)[ ](epasr.penpublishing.net)ISSN: 1949-4270 (Print) 1949-4289 (Online) An Analysis of the Metaphorical Perceptions About the Piano by Fine Arts High School Students Ayca Avci To cite this article Avci, A. (2020). An Analysis of the Metaphorical Perceptions About the Piano by Fine Arts High School Students. Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 15(2), 271-283. doi: 10.29329/epasr.2020.251.15 | Published Online | June 20, 2020 | | --- | --- | | Article Views | 16 single - 22 cumulative | | Article Download | 47 single - 73 cumulative | | DOI | [https://doi.org/10.29329/epasr.2020.251.15](https://doi.org/10.29329/epasr.2020.251.15) | Pen Academic is an independent international publisher committed to publishing academic books, journals, encyclopedias, handbooks of research of the highest quality in the fields of Education, Social Sciences, Science and Agriculture. Pen Academic created an open access system to spread the scientific knowledge freely. For more information about PEN, please contact: [info@penpublishing.net](info@penpublishing.net) This document downloaded from [96.253.117.48](96.253.117.48) [2 times] Midlothian / United States on Wed, 12 Aug 2020 21:10:00 +0300 Pen Academic Publishing, Canakkale/Turkey Telephone: +90 286 243 06 66 | Fax: +90 286 213 08 [00 | info@penpublishing.net | www.penpublishing.net](00 | info@penpublishing.net | www.penpublishing.net) An Analysis of the Metaphorical Perceptions About the Piano by Fine Arts High School Students Ayça AVCI1 Adıyaman University Abstract The aim of this study is to determine, as expressed in metaphors, the attitudes ofthe students of music department in the Fine Arts High School (FAHS) in the 2019-2020 academic year. The study was carried out with 37 music students in 9th and 12th grades of Mersin Adıyaman Fine Arts High School. In line with the phenomenological research design, a form including the statement “The piano lesson is like… Because...” was used to collect the data for the study. Determining the attitudes of the students of the music department towards the piano is critical in terms of increasing the quality of piano learning and music education. Since metaphors are crucial in determining the student's attitude towards a musical instrument, the metaphors that are used by the student are extremely important. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the metaphorical meanings assigned to the piano by FAHS music students. The data were categorized by using content and frequency analysis techniques, which revealed 34 positive and three negative metaphorical definitions about the piano instrument. The findings indicate that most of the participants have positive metaphoric definitions ofthe piano. Keywords: Piano, Fine Arts High School, Metaphor DOI: 10.29329/epasr.2020.251.15 1Ayça AVCI, Assist. Prof. Dr., State Conservatory, Adıyaman University, Adıyaman, Turkey, ORCID: 0000-0002-9887- 1722 Correspondence: [aavci@adiyaman.edu.tr](aavci@adiyaman.edu.tr) 271 This document downloaded from [96.253.117.48](96.253.117.48) [2 times] Midlothian / United States on Wed, 12 Aug 2020 21:10:00 +0300 Introduction According to Palmquist (2001, p.1), "Metaphor, which is a linguistic tool that connects two objects or concepts, is regarded as a symbolic language structure in which two different ideas or concepts are linked to make a transition or comparison from one field of life to another.…Metaphors appear in our daily language as nouns, verbs, or modifiers." Metaphor is to understand and experience anything from another point of view (Lakoff and Johnson, 1980, p.5) . The metaphor helps us in other ways as well: It allows us to connect the object or phenomenon that we try to understand to a network of concepts that belong to another meaning, to see it from different perspective

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What is the main purpose of the study?

To determine, as expressed in metaphors, the attitudes of Fine Arts High School music department students toward the piano in the 2019–2020 academic year.

How were the data collected?

Using a phenomenological research design, students responded with statements framed as “The piano lesson is like… Because…”, producing metaphor-based statements.

What do the findings show about students’ metaphorical perceptions?

Content and frequency analysis produced 34 positive and 3 negative metaphor definitions, indicating that most participants hold positive metaphoric views of the piano.

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