{"id":14624,"date":"2013-04-10T12:00:10","date_gmt":"2013-04-10T17:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=14624"},"modified":"2013-04-10T04:27:48","modified_gmt":"2013-04-10T09:27:48","slug":"austin-peay-state-university-prepares-future-music-teachers-with-home-school-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2013\/04\/10\/austin-peay-state-university-prepares-future-music-teachers-with-home-school-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Peay State University prepares future Music Teachers with Home-School Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AustinClarksville, TN<\/strong> – On a recent Wednesday morning, about 60 children packed into a small music classroom in the Austin Peay State University Music\/Mass Communication Building. They sat wide-eyed, staring at a piano and a table full of violins and other orchestral instruments.<\/p>\n

In the front of the room, an APSU music student tuned a cello, and the strange sound caused some of the students to kick their feet excitedly back and forth. In a few minutes, they\u2019d actually get to touch one of those expensive instruments.The children were all home-schooled students, and they came to campus that Wednesday for their weekly music lesson. For the last three weeks, the APSU Department of Music has hosted the program as a way of providing music education for home-schooled students while also helping to train the next generation of music educators.<\/p>\n

The program is part of the Elementary Music Methods course, taught by APSU assistant professor of music Dr. Eric Branscome, and prepares APSU students for teaching careers in elementary schools.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s just a huge market for home-schoolers looking for opportunities like this, and I figured this would be a great way for our students to teach real kids, rather than participate in mock-teaching scenarios,\u201d Branscome said.<\/p>\n

The APSU students spent the first seven weeks of the semester studying elementary music teaching methods and developing lesson plans for the home-schooled students. Then, on a Wednesday in late March, those students dressed in professional attire, put on name tags and welcomed the young home-schoolers into APSU classrooms for fun, interactive music lessons.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter each lesson, my students watch a video of themselves teaching and they complete a self-reflection,\u201d Branscome said. \u201cListening to them talk about what they feel they did well and what they need to improve, I know it\u2019s serving its purpose. And it\u2019s getting a lot of positive feedback from the parents.\u201d<\/p>\n

APSU will continue hosting the home-schooled music program throughout the semester.<\/p>\n

For more information on the program, contact Branscome at branscomee@apsu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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