%0 Journal Article %T AN ANALYSIS OF FINE ARTS HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC DEPARTMENT STUDENTS¡¯ UNIVERSITY PREFERENCE TENDENCIES AND THEIR PERCEPTIONS TOWARDS TURKISH BAND NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER VOCATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION SCHOOL %A Levent Deniz %A Mehmet Ali A£¿£¿ks£¿z %A Mehmet K£¿lba£¿ %J - %D 2019 %X The aim of this study is to examine the perceptions of Fine Arts High School (HS) Music Department (MD) Students¡¯ perceptions towards Turkish Band Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) Vocational Higher Education (HE) School, their knowledge level/sources and their tendency of preference over higher school/university. For this purpose, with respect to variables of gender and grade, it was set forth whether the students¡¯ perceptions differ over Turkish Band NCO Vocational HE School, their knowledge level, sources of information and their tendencies towards higher school/university. The participants of the study consist of 137 music department students currently continuing their education at Fine Arts HS in 5 different cities. The data was gathered through a (5 section - 28 question) questionnaire developed by the researchers. Within the scope of this questionnaire, another valid and reliable scale was developed in order to measure the perceptions of Fine Arts HS-MD students towards Turkish Band NCO Vocational HE School. The results revealed that the perceptions of Fine Arts HS-MD students towards Turkish Band NCO Vocational School was moderately positive (medium-level), and differ according to the variables of gender and grade. More specifically, boys rather than girls and senior students rather than the juniors have more positive perceptions towards Turkish Band NCO Vocational HE School. Additionally, it was found out that Fine Arts HS-MD students have little knowledge about Turkish Band NCO Vocational HE School. Accordingly, the study showed that Fine Arts HS-MD students would like to pursue their higher education at departments of music teaching at Faculties of Education or music departments of Fine Arts Faculties at the highest rate and Turkish Band NCO Vocational HE School at the lowest rate %K Bando %K Bando Astsubay Meslek Y¨¹ksekokulu %K G¨¹zel Sanatlar Lisesi %K Alg£¿ %K Y¨¹ksekokul/¨¹niversite E£¿ilimleri %U http://dergipark.org.tr/smead/issue/42722/515536