USAGE OF PICTOGRAMS TO INTRODUCE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS TO EDUCABLE MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN AS AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD

Year 2013, Volume: 3 Issue: 2, 525 - 531, 01.12.2013

Gunsu Yılma Bahadir Ucan

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to examine and investigate the perception ability of musical
instruments of educable mentally retarded children with the support of visual elements. The research is
conducted for every children individually in a special education and rehabilitation centre. The problematic of
this research is the level of perception ability of musical instruments with visual support on mild mentally
retarded children. In this research, perception ability of defining pictograms by music is introduced as an
alternative method. It is researched that how educable mentally retarded children perceive pictograms by music
tools. In this case, it is aimed to introduce musical instruments to educable mentally retarded children by
pictograms with music. The research is applied with a qualitative approach. Data were obtained with the
recorder, then they were turned into texts and analyzed with content analysis method.

Keywords

Mentally retarded children, pictogram, 2d character design, computer aided drawing, auditory perception, visual perception, music

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