Jonathan Middleton, a professor of music at EWU, is a champion of the fine arts. He is not, strictly speaking, a business person. But after a recent conference he may need to update his CV.<\/p>\n In September, Middleton and Jeff Culver, an information systems and business analytics lecturer, attended a three-day clinic at the University of Tampa designed to help them take advantage of a program called the \u201cexperiential classroom.\u201d The idea behind the experiential classroom clinic was to help scholars to develop creative and innovative ways to teach entrepreneurship and develop entrepreneurship programs.<\/p>\n The attendees from EWU are developing curriculum for the new bachelor of arts in music technology and entrepreneurship degree at Eastern, a collaboration between the Music Department and the College of Business.<\/p>\n On day one of the program, Middleton found himself in unfamiliar territory: tasked with teaching a business-related class. \u201cNothing more daunting for a music teacher,\u201d he says. But Middleton figured he could get by with focusing on the fundamentals of pedagogy, an area he knows well after more than 20 years at EWU.<\/p>\n \u201cThere has to be a common place where all great teaching starts\u2014no matter what the subject is,\u201d Middleton explains. \u201cIn my music classes, I ask a lot of questions and this creates engagement with students; it draws them in and draws out solutions to problems. In this manner, the students claim some ownerships and they become more attached to the learning process.\u201d<\/p>\n The next day, Middleton and his peers taught a 45-minute business case study. The team placed first among the 14 groups taking part in the workshop. \u201cWhile I did not know the subject matter, I did know how to structure an engaging classroom experience. That paid off,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" An Eastern arts expert masters the business case study. By Eastern Magazine Jonathan Middleton, a professor of music at EWU, is a champion of the fine arts. He is not, strictly speaking, a business person. But after a recent conference he may need to update his CV. In September, Middleton and Jeff Culver, an information…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":484,"featured_media":360,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-257","stories","type-stories","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","stories_categories-campus","stories_categories-research","stories_tags-fall-winter-2019","stories_tags-music"],"acf":{"featured_video":"","subheading":"","display_byline":false,"display_date_published":false,"Links":false,"Resources":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories\/257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/stories"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/484"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories\/257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":379,"href":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories\/257\/revisions\/379"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Jonathan](\"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/01\/FOB_Middleton-201x300.jpg\")