Music Education: Learning Module on Classroom Management

Instructor:

Rack, John

Instructor:

Hickman, Joe

Instructor:

Johnson, Dan

This guide provides resources, terms and techniques to assist students completing the learning module on classroom management for licensure in music education.

Examples of teaching materials will be found in the Curriculum Materials Center in the Education Building. For more information, see http://library.uncw.edu/cmc/

Articles & eResources

The key database for education literature is ERIC (linked below.) While you can use any keywords that describe the topic, using the terms that ERIC uses to describe topics (called descriptors) can make a big difference in finding useful articles and other publications. These terms can be identified using the ERIC Thesaurus. See the link to the Thesaurus in the dark green bar at the top of the search screen.

MUSIC EDUCATION is a descriptor.

For classroom mangement, consider searching:
CLASSROOM TECHNIQUES
CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT
DISCIPLINE
STUDENT BEHAVIOR
TEACHER-STUDENT RELATIONSHIP

For misbehavior, consider searching:
BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS. See the Thesarus for specific types of behavior problems.

URBAN EDUCATION is a descriptor, but so is URBAN SCHOOLS and URBAN TEACHING.

For legal issues, consider searching:
EDUCATIONAL LEGISLATION
SCHOOL LAW
SCHOOL POLICY
STUDENT RIGHTS
TEACHER RIGHTS

For culturally responsive teaching, consider searching:
CULTURALLY RELEVANT EDUCATION

ERIC (via EbscoHost)

Music Index Online

Academic Search Complete

This database provides articles on most topics. While ERIC and Music Index Online specialize in education and music, using this database will help you tap into other disciplines, e.g., sociology, psychology and public opinion periodicals.

WorldCat

This union catalog of over 9,000 libraries will help you identify books and other materials to request through interlibrary loan. See "Using the Library Catalog" below for advice on search terms to use.

Using the Library Catalog

Click here to search the Library Catalog

Just as the ERIC database uses a controlled vocabulary of search terms to improve the quality of your search, the library catalog (and the WorldCat database, a union catalog of over 9,000 libraries including Randall Library) uses Library of Congress Subject Headings to indicate the subjects covered by books, media and other cataloged resources.

Instead of music education, subject heading to use are:
MUSIC -- INSTRUCTION AND STUDY
SCHOOL MUSIC -- INSTRUCTION AND STUDY
MUSIC IN EDUCATION

[Type of musical composition] -- INSTRUCTION AND STUDY, e.g., INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC -- INSTRUCTION AND STUDY

[Musical instrument] -- INSTRUCTION AND STUDY, e.g., PIANO -- INSTRUCTION AND STUDY

[Musical groups] -- INSTRUCTION AND STUDY, e.g., BANDS (MUSIC) -- INSTRUCTION AND STUDY

CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT is a subject heading. Also consider searching:
CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT
SCHOOL DISCIPLINE
TEACHER-STUDENT RELATIONSHIPS

For urban education or urban schools, use EDUCATION, URBAN.

For legal issues in education, use EDUCATIONAL LAW AND LEGISLATION.

For culturally responsive teaching, use:
MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION
EDUCATIONAL EQUALIZATION

Journals

These journals specialize in music education. The links in the records describing the journals will take you to the full text. In some cases, older issues are available in paper copy or microfilm.