Classroom Management Through Lesson Design: Considering Some Often-Overlooked Variables to Prevent Issues Before They Start. (October 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Robison, Tiger
• Is Part Of: General music today. Volume 32:Number 1(2018)
• Page Start: 33
• Page End: 35
• Publication Date: 2018-10
• Subjects: classroom management -- elementary music -- general music -- lesson design -- lesson plans; School music -- Instruction and study -- United States -- Periodicals; Music teachers -- Training of -- United States -- Periodicals; 780
• DOI: 10.1177/1048371318793147
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1048-3713

Abstract

Classroom management skills and related issues are usually top concerns of preservice and new in-service music educators. This column, the first in a series about classroom management issues, is about designing lessons to avoid common behavior issues. There are many more variables to consider besides curriculum when designing a lesson, such as the students' experiences directly prior to music class, the culture set by the classroom teacher, and dozens of others. This column contains a detailed examination with applicable strategies concerning two such variables: time of day of the lesson and students' physiological needs.