A Free Enterprise Resource

A wealth of web sites exist around the world for enterprise….but where are they ? This one has been developed in England but is free to all around the world. It has a variety of ideas , documents, research etc.

Enterprise Village is the online component of Enterprise Network providing a one-stop shop for all those with an interest in enterprise education, primarily in England, but, also, beyond. You will find a wealth of resources, information, professional development and support for enterprise education in the primary, secondary and tertiary sectors. Going forward, the Enterprise Village will be adaptable to the needs of its community of users, allowing them to create a profile of their interests, location and professional which will enable Enterprise Village to deliver a customised selection of news, resources and events directly to each individual user.

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Eurodyce – A source of current education development

These Eurydice bulletins contain a collection of recent education news items, presented in alphabetical order by country. They have been collected from international education websites, ministry websites, the Times Education Supplement, the Times Higher Education (THE) and other publications.

An international supplement has been included since the beginning of 2003. This is based on information collected in the process of the Eurydice Unit’s work in maintaining and developing the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority-sponsored International Review of Curriculum and Assessment Frameworks (INCA) Internet Archive.

Developed and managed by NFER

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An Enterprising Approach to Self-Evaluation.

A new tool has been produced by HMIe and Determined to Succeed ,in Scotland, to help those in education to self-evaluate their progress within enterprise in education using the HGIOS ( How Good Is Our School) indicators . The resource “ An Enterprising Approach to Self-Evaluation” is unique in many ways – the USP is that it takes the form of a card game and teachers or school leaders can carry out team discussions and all reference resources are hyperlinked. Video instructions has also been developed as well as a word file.

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Scotland – A New Reflection in Education Through Enterprise

Scotland has been at the vanguard of countries developing Enterprise in Education and looking at a new curriculum for the 21st century – a  Curriculum for Excellence aiming to have the child at the centre. This paper of professional reflection ” Focusing on Enterprise in Education”seeks to layout for all teachers the need for enterprise to be one of the main areas of the new curriculum and sets out its rationale for its inclusion. It’s unique style sets out the new curriculum  and asks teachers several probing questions throughout the chapters to encourage professional engagement.

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A Stitch In Time….or is too late?

There seems to be a great focus around the world at present to address the pupils are disengaging with education in terms of economic and education impact. This interim report from DEMOS reports back on some work that is being done in England. More research is being carried out this year. Many of these people are named either as NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training – UK except Scotland) More Choices More Chances in Scotland.

Metrocarried an update on the numers of people that are now in this classification.

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Five Countries Conference 2007

This is the report of a conference organised by Enterprising Careers and held on 30/31 January 2007 in Glasgow. Its intention was to compare policy and practice in enterprise education in England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales in order to share and learn from each others’ experiences. Produced by Enterprising Careers at the University of Strathclyde

 

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The Motivated Teacher

Alan McLean ,who developed the Motivated School idea, embarked on the above project with the Scottish Goverment who sent out a copy of his book to every school in Scotland. The publication was well received and several local authorities carried out an evaluation of its impact in their schools including Renfrewshire. 

However I am of the opnion that before we consider the motivated school  we must first of all look at the motivated teacher. Alan highlights in his LTS presentation that we cannot motivate pupils – a thought I do share with him and would add further that we have to inspire pupils for this is what then motivates them to change their thinking.

In the publication a really good teacher self evaluation form was produced and it may be good for us all to engage with it and just see how motivated we are.

NB The x/y axis lines are only partially named – x axis should have ” c” at the left and “a” at the right “o” and “p” are named on the y axis.

TIP I would erase the a-c-o-p letters on page 54 in the left hand margin as it would provided a better true self evaluation  – I would provide the scoring in a powerpoint slide after teacher had completed the self assessment.

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A great reference site for education and enterprise

Forgot about this great site that has information not only applicable to business but to education as well. Gardner, Bloom, Maslow, innovation, enterprise, self evaluation, self development  etc it is all in here – don’t take offence at the name Business Balls.

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Assessing Enterprise Capabilities

To often we are asked ” well how do you assess enterprise ?” Several ideas have been suggested and one such  paper came from NFER in England called Assessing Enterprise Capabilities. This document offers guidance for schools on how to assess enterprise capability in order to support enterprise education. It is based on the findings from researchcarried out by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) for theDCSF (working with QCA, SSAT and Ofsted).

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High Order Enterprise

In recent Times story Keir Bloomer highlighted the need for higher order thinking skills to be one of the main aims within the new Curriculum for Excellence. If you look at the work that is being developed through enterprising approaches and Determined to Succeed many of the higher order skills that he is talking about are there to be seen. The recent Scottish Awards also showcased schools that were developing this area in their pupils. Have a look at the sharing practice enterprise case studies on the LTS web site.

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