Students’ opinions on the online teaching of the Music subjects during the COVID-19 pandemic at the Faculty of Education — Skopje

The COVID-19 initiated the replacement of classical with online teaching education in the RN Macedonia. The educational system faced challenges
and uncertainties in organizing and implementing online teaching since Macedonia does not have a developed information infrastructure, especially in rural areas.
This research was initiated to detect the problems and improve online teaching at the Faculty of Pedagogy “St. Kliment Ohridski” UKIM in Skopje. The case study
examined the Turkish student’s (N14) attitudes about studying the group of music subjects (The fundamentals of music art education with musical instruments,
Music art education with didactics, and Creative music workshop). In this case study, data was collected through semi-structured interview questions and was processed through content analysis. Results show the benefits of online teaching in terms of cost reduction for transport and living expenses (100%), ability to re-watch recorded lectures, presentations, and video materials (71%). The disadvantages are in sufficient socialization, interaction, and communication (78%), opportunity to do an internship (100%). The respondents had problems in playing pitches (42%) and rhythm (36%) correctly when playing. As a result, teachers and students should undergo training on innovative technology for developed music software and special programs for virtual internship in school classes.
Keywords: COVID-19, online teaching, music, Student conditions for online classes, Effect of online music lessons, Student attitudes.