The Use of Music to Teach Life Skills to Students with Emotional Disabilities in the Classroom

Autor/in	Obiozor, Williams Emeka
Titel	The Use of Music to Teach Life Skills to Students with Emotional Disabilities in the Classroom
Quelle	7 (2010) 1, S.17-26 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1548-6613
Schlagwörter	Classroom Techniques; Music; Attendance; Individualized Instruction; Creative Teaching; Daily Living Skills; Teaching Methods; Special Needs Students; Emotional Disturbances; Popular Culture; Self Control; Student Behavior; Social Behavior; Student Motivation; African American Students; Males + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Klassenführung; Musik; Anwesenheit; Individualisierender Unterricht; Creative thinking; Teaching; Kreatives Denken; Unterricht; Alltagsfertigkeit; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Sonderpädagogischer Förderbedarf; Gefühlsstörung; Popkultur; Selbstbeherrschung; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; Schulische Motivation; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Male; Männliches Geschlecht
Abstract	This article discusses the teaching of life skills to urban American youths who are highly fascinated with the hip-hop culture--songs, raps, miming, lyrics, dressing and musical rhythms, especially individuals with emotional disabilities in the public schools. This is an instructional curriculum strategy to encourage positive and active participation of these students, promote perfect school attendance, encourage good behaviors, deal with anger management and motivate committed learning in the classroom. The instructors' understanding of students' culture, learning needs and styles, and using such background knowledge to educate them become imperative in this setting. These urge for innovative and leadership projects in the author's special education classroom necessitated the application of hip-hop music to teach life skills, reading and other functional skills in the classroom. The outcome was positive and rewarding to both the teachers and students. There are recommendations for interested teachers to devise creative teaching methods, differentiated instruction and appropriate classroom management practices to attain student achievement. (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10