Group Lessons in Suzuki Method

10. INTERNATIONAL EUROPEAN CONGRESS ON ADVANCED STUDIES IN BASIC SCIENCES, Amsterdam, Hollanda, 26 - 28 Temmuz 2024, ss.99

Shinichi Suzuki is a violin educator who discovered that children can learn and speak their native

language naturally, without any effort, and that they can also develop different talents with the same

method. With this discovery, he added a new dimension to early age instrument training and called it

"Talent Education". One of the most important elements that distinguishes the Suzuki Method,

developed under the name Talent Training, from other traditional approaches is group lessons. Group

lessons are seen as one of the reasons why Suzuki Talent Training has attracted great attention and

become widespread around the world. Group studies carried out within the framework of the common

Suzuki repertoire bring together all Suzuki students around the world and provide the opportunity to

perform various events such as concerts, recitals and festivals. When looking at the literature, it can be

seen that the studies on group lessons, which are an important part of Suzuki Talent Training, are limited

and few in number. For this reason, explaining all aspects of group lessons in Suzuki Talent Education

and contributing to the literature guided the formation of this study. The survey model, one of the

qualitative research methods, was used in the study. The data was obtained from sources obtained as a

result of literature review regarding group lessons. In the study, explanations were made about the place

and importance of group lessons, how they are taught, and various in-group activity suggestions were

made.