Music Education: Learning Module on Classroom Management

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.

You can find more resources in the tabs menu, but below is a short list of some of the top go-to resources for this course.

Suggested Keywords for Searching

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, found inside the ERIC database.

General:

• MUSIC EDUCATION

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 
• 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

Use the search box below to look for books, videos, journals, and other items held in Randall Library's collections. Note that this search can't be used to find journal articles--for that you'll need to either use a database or go to the library's main search at https://library.uncw.edu/.

Just as the ERIC database uses a controlled vocabulary of search terms to improve the quality of your search, the library catalog uses Library of Congress Subject Headings to indicate the subjects covered by books, media and other cataloged resources. 

Instead of music education, some suggested subject headings 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  

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