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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Emotional Differences between Early and Late Degree Program Music Teacher Education Students Using a Concise Emotional Inventory
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Fredrickson, William E.; Madsen, Clifford K. – Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 2010
Teaching music can be a stressful profession. How current and future teachers perceive stress, and the personal emotions that result from stressful situations, raises many questions. This study investigated differences in perception of levels of emotional stress between early and late program students in music teacher education using a concise…
Descriptors: Music Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Differences, Anxiety
The Value of Professional Organizations
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Madsen, Clifford K. – Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 2010
This article begins with the author's personal experience within The National Association for Music Education (MENC) and stresses the importance of professional organizations by addressing issues that have a consequential benefit to both students and teachers. Additionally, issues are addressed that seem problematic for some individuals within…
Descriptors: Music Education, Teacher Associations, Music Teachers, Periodicals
Pre-Internship Fears of Student Teaching.
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Madsen, Clifford K.; Kaiser, Keith A. – Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 1999
Investigates the fears pre-internship student teachers have and compares the students rated as having "outstanding" versus "good" teaching potential. Reveals that the top two fears are inadequacy in discipline and failing as a teacher; both groups demonstrated the former while the "good" students expressed the latter twice as frequently as the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Discipline, Failure, Fear