Explaining Enterprise Skills

A short presentation covering enterprise education, skills and different national approaches (UK) along with a little about my own methodology.

Transcript

1. Explaining Enterprise Skills... © Matthew Draycott ǀ 2011 ... A Limited History of Developing UK Frameworks to Help Everyone be a Bit More Entrepreneurial in a Fast Changing World.
2. Matthew Draycott Currently: Enterprise Associate Glyndwr University Blog: www.mdraycott.com Email: m.draycott@glyndwr.ac.uk
3. 1.Discuss Enterprise Education and Enterprise Skills 2.Highlight Different National Approaches in the UK 3.Present My Approach to Enterprise Education
4. Enterprise Education: Helping Students Develop the Skills and Attitudes of Entrepreneurs; Empowering them to build better futures.
5. Where does the concept of Enterprise Skill originate?
6. Enterprise Competency: ‘The ability to handle uncertainty and respond positively to change, to create and implement new ideas and new ways of doing things, to make reasonable risk/reward assessments and act upon them in one’s personal and working life.’ Howard Davies 2002
7. OlderDebate...
8. ...Much More Complex.
9. Wide Range of Perspectives and Opinions Including: Economic Imperatives, Community / Personal Empowerment and Government Policies to Name a Few...
10. Economic Imperatives: Tend to be Driven by Regions, Countries or Supra-National Areas who Identify, or Perceive an Economic Need for Enterprise Skills ...Normally to stimulate Entrepreneurial Activity to Encourage Economic Development.
11. Community Empowerment: The Recent LEGI Projects in England were one example of a Wider Movement to use Enterprise as a Way to Support Communities to Take More Control of Their Futures Through the Development of Enterprise Skills.
12. Government Policies: Effected by Social, Economic and Political Pressures / Trends. These have had a Powerful Affect on Enterprise and Its Operationalisation in Education... The Treasury Commissioned the Davies Report.
13. England, Wales and Scotland all Have Different National Approaches to Enterprise Education and its Definition....
14. Enterprise Education is Enterprise Capability Supported by Better Financial Capability and Economic and Business Understanding. Enterprise capability includes innovation, creativity, risk- management and risk-taking, a can-do attitude and the drive to make things happen
15. Enterprising Teaching: Developing an Approach to Education Which Promotes Active, Positive and Engaged Learning focusing on Key Work and Employability Skills. Entrepreneurial Learning: Learning by Doing, Experiencing Work Related Learning in a Range of Contexts.
16. Entrepreneurship Education: Developing Young People’s Attitudes and Skills to Help Them Realise Their Potential and Turn Ideas and Opportunities into Reality, Enterprise Education: Providing the Opportunity for Young People to Apply Their Skills in Practical Ways.
17. For Someone who is new to the area my advice is read around, there’s plenty of material, and most importantly make up you own mind...
18. I believe that being Enterprising is a stage of Entrepreneurial development; it’s a state of being which draws on a distinct portfolio of skills and habits of behaviour. I think that you can be Enterprising without ever starting you own business; it’s a role, a form of identity...
19. ...To ‘Teach’ This There are Two Key Elements: 1.Enterprise Skills 2.Enterprising Approach to Teaching, Learning and Assessment
20. Six Enterprise Skills: Self Awareness, Collaborative Working, Practical Creativity, Opportunity Awareness, Strategic Thinking and Action Orientation.
21. Enterprising Approach: An Engaged Teaching Philosophy Influenced by Experiential Learning. Focused Around a Combination of Context, Skills, Activities and Assessment.
22. Thanks for Reading
23. Image Credits: Air Port Journals Docman Ny156uk LSE Ian Hayhurst Rahul God Toban Black Encyclopaedia Britannica Nevach 96dpi jox *saxon* Pink Sherbet Photography psd
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