HE EFFECTS OF CREATIVE DANCING ACTIVITIES ON MOTIVATION, SELF-ESTEEM, SELF-EFFICACY AND DANCING PERFORMANCE

This research has been realized in order to study the effects of the creative dancing activities performed in the "Play, Dance and Music" course on motivation, self-esteem, body language- and dance-related self-efficacy and dancing performance. The study has been carried out in the 2007-2008 education year on the fourth-year Music Education Major students in the Department of Education of Fine Arts and in Dokuz Eylul University, Buca Faculty of Education. In this research the time-series model has been utilized. The research data have been collected via the Play, Dance and Music Course Motivation Scale, the Self-Esteem Evaluation Questionnaire, the Body Language- and Dance-Related Self-Efficacy Questionnaire and the Dancing Performance Test. The results of the research have shown that creative dancing activities have a meaningful effect on the Play, Dance and Music course motivation, self-esteem, body language- and dance-related self-efficacy and dancing performance of prospect music teachers.