Entrepreneurship at school

Entrepreneurship at School

An eTwinning project

Teachers

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Carlos Trullén Calvo

Peter Kwasniewski

Oriana Abela

• Degree in Physics. • 5 years experience as a Financial Consultant • 2 years experience as a Science/Technology Teacher

• 7 years experience as an Accounts and Economics Teacher • Previously worked as a teacher in a junior school

• Teaching Economics, English and Ethics • 4 years working experience in IT consultancy • 3 years teaching experience

Schools

Colegio Hijas de San José Zaragoza (Spain) 30 pupils. 13-14 years old 3 hours a week

Luitpold Gymnasium Munich Munich (Germany) 31 pupils. 14-15 years old 2/3 hours a week

St Dorothy’s Senior School Zebbug (Malta) 32 pupils. 13-15 years old 2/3 hours a week

Why?

“Europe faces a number of challenges that can only be met if it has innovative, well-educated, and entrepreneurial citizens who, whatever their walk of life, have the spirit and inquisitiveness to think in new ways, and the courage to meet and adapt to the challenges facing them.”

Entrepreneurship Education at School in Europe. March 2012 EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Why?

“Attention should be particularly focused on the development of entrepreneurial skills, because they not only contribute to new business creation but also to the employability of young people.”

Rethinking Education: Investing in skills for better socio-economic outcomes. November 2012 EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Framework Key competences for European citizens in the knowledge society:

Assessment of Key Competences in initial education training: Policy Guidance November 2012

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Key competences

Mother tongue

Foreign languages

STEM competences

Digital competence

Learning to learn

Social and civic competence

Sense of initiative and

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Cultural awareness and expression

They consist of:

Knowledge

Skills

Attitudes

And contribute to:

Personal fullfilment

Social inclusion and

active citizenship

Employability

Students will work in European teams to develop business ideas, assess their potential and co-orporate to put the best ones into practice.

Description Entrepreneurship at School

Pupils

Teachers

Foreign Language (English)

European Citizenship

Entrepreneurship

Teamworking

Professional development

Objectives

Getting to know each other

Develop business ideas

Putting it into reality

Ending the student company

Assessment

Phases

September October November December

2013


Presentation

Develop bussines ideas


Ending the company

Assesment

January February March April May

2014

June

Calendar

Phase 0 Introduction

Session Activity

1 Presentation of the subject and the project.

2 Every pupil with a valid email account.

3 Introduction to TwinSpace

Presentation for Pupils Presentation for Parents


Develop business ideas



Assessment

Phase 1

Phase 1 Getting to know each other

Part 1:

Students will create an image with Glogster, where they will show a lot of information about themselves, and they will get all linked together.

No personal photos in this stage.

Part 2:

Students will fill in a Form providing information about their favourite partners and some areas of interest for developing a business idea.

Phase 1 Getting to know each other

Part 4:

Students will record a webcam video introducing themselves and speaking about their expectations on the project.

Part 3: According to the gathered information, teachers will make teams of three pupils, one from each school.

Phase 1 Calendar

Session Activity

1 Presentation of Glogster and sign up.

2 - 4 Working session with Glogster.

5 Filling in the form “Partnerfinding”.

6 Team formation.

7 Presentation of Webcam activity

8 Working session with Webcam

9 Viewing of personal webcam videos

10 Viewing of personal webcam videos

Pupil´s task Due Date

Share Glogster URL October 11

Send the “Partnerfinding” answer October 18

Upload the webcam video October 27

Developing business ideas




Assessment

Phase 2

Phase 2 Develop business ideas

Part 1: Dealing with several topics of business administration:

Legal forms

Cost accounting

Competition analysis

Business idea

Part 2: Making a business proposal:

Brainstorming and mindmapping

S.W.O.T. Analysis

Presentation

Phase 2 Develop business ideas

Part 3: Voting the best proposals, according to:

Feasibility

Market Potential

Quality - Creativity

Ways of communication among pupils

Phase 2 Calendar

Session Activity

1-6 Dealing with several topics of business administration

7 Making a brainstorming by teams

8 S.W.O.T. analysis

9-12 Developing the best business idea

13-16 Preparing a video presentation

17-18 Watching the presentations and voting

Pupil´s task Due Date

Send S.W.O.T. analysis December 8

Share video presentation December 15

Voting by means of Google Drive December 20




Assessment

Evaluation


Webcam video

Glogster image

Business proposal

Voting e-Portfolio

Assessment

Test

Evaluation instrument

Key competence Knowledge Skills Attitudes

Modern tongue

Foreign language

STEM

Digital competence

Learning to learn

Social and civic

Initiative and entrepreneurship

Cultural awareness and expression

Assessment framework

S.W.O.T. analysis

Assessment (e-Portfolio)

An e-portfolio is a digital instrument with the aim of powering the self-reflection about the lifelong learning process by means of gathering the acquired knowledge, the living experiences and the fulfillment of learning and personal goals.

We have created a WordPress web page where pupils can include all their reflections about the learning experience accross this project.

The best rated ideas (depending on number of participating schools/students) will be put

into reality.

- collecting start-up money by selling shares

- producing/delivering service

- advertising/selling

- keeping control of costs/income

- pay out shareholders

Phase 3

Entrepreneurship at school

Education

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