Regional strategy and vision – entrepreneurship

education for alla students

Johanna Vainio, YES Southwest Finland

What is entrepreneurial

education?

Entrepreneurship education encourages an

entrepreneurial attitude, self-initiative and an

active manner.

By strengthening the entrepreneurial capacities

of children and young people, we help them to

find their own strengths and their place in work

life.

Entrepreneurship education:

• Improves sense of self-worth

• Improves courage, problem solving and teamwork

• Improves work skills and knowledge

• Improves everyday skills

• Encourages to plan actions and reach set goals

• Encourages to take on new challenges

• Encourages to aim for the future

• Encourages to become an entrepreneur.

Entrepreneurship is the ability to turn

ideas into practises.

Entrepreneurship is a work life

skill

In the changing world we live in, young people

require entrepreneurial skills.

• Creativity, innovativeness, accountability and

risk management, coupled with goal-oriented

activities, give young people a strong

competence in work life and entrepreneurial

zeal.

YES is a network of experts whosupport and train teachers in

entrepreneurship education and serves as a developer of regionalentrepreneurship education and

school-business cooperation.

Our goal is that every young person in Finland receives entrepreneurshipeducation regardless of educational

level and municipality, and thatevery teacher has the capability to

implement entrepreneurshipeducation in their own work.

YES promotes

entrepreneurship education

by:• training teaching staff

• developing education and entrepreneurial

education

• promoting cooperation between schools and

businesses

• providing educational materials.

YES – our results:

• Entrepreneurial work culture grows stronger.

• Pedagogy of entrepreneurship education

develops.

• The entrepreneurial and working skills of

teaching stuff improve.

• School-business cooperation increases.

• New learning environments are created.

YES Network

Northern Ostrobothnia (Oulu)

Central Ostrobothnia (Kokkola)

Ostrobothnia (Vaasa)

Southern Ostrobothnia (Seinäjoki)

Satakunta (Pori)

Finland Proper (Turku)

Central Finland (Jyväskylä)

Southern Savonia (Mikkeli)

Kouvola

Kotka-Hamina (Kotka)

Central Uusimaa (Järvenpää)

Northern Carelia (Joensuu)

YES regional agent:

• Provides YES services for teaching staff and

businesses.

• Works as regional entrepreneurship education

coordinator, network creator and developer.

• Operates through networks with other regional

agents (YES Team) to develop and support

entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship education.

• Forms the national YES Network with other YES

regional agents.

YES regional offices:

• Are set up with the local needs in mind.

• Are supported by schools, joint municipal

authorities, regional development

organizations, business associations,

municipalities, entrepreneur associations.

• Are funded by supporting partners and through

project grants.

YES Training

School-business cooperation

Developing entrepreneurshipeducation

JA Program training

YES services

YES services

Developing entrepreneurship education

• YES Teams

• YES Regional Teams

• Strategy work

• Curriculum planning

YES develops entrepreneurship education, in cooperationwith other actors, both regionally and nationally.

Through joint entrepreneurship education, we also createregional vitality and new entrepreneurship.

To strengthen the know-how of entrepreneurship education, the strategy and yearly plan of entrepreneurship education in Finland Proper has been developed. It defines

the regional vision and the developmental goals regarding it. To support the strategy, a compact

grade level based plan that concretizes the goals and actions of entrepreneurship

education.

Regional strategy and vision

How does the path of entrepreneurship education progress from preschool to

higher education? How is it present in the different forms of entrepreneurship?

0–6

YEARS

7–8

YEARS

9–12

YEARS

13–15

YEARS

16–19

YEARS

20

YEARS-

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Voluntary

entrepreneurshi

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A positive and curious attitude

towards life

An entrepreneurial attitude in learning

A responsibility of one’s self and

know-how

The will and ability to develop one’s

self

The ability to build your own dream future

The passion for lifelong learning

Internal

entrepreneurshi

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The joys of doing things and playing

together

The skill to take others into account

and be a good buddy

Understanding team skills and

teamwork

The skill to act as a responsible group

member

The skill to develop one’s self and group

The ability to build and lead

teams

External

entrepreneurshi

pGoal oriented play Group work Projects

Learner

based

projects

Real business

activities

Leading a

company and

business

development

Lähde: Villinikkarit Oy

The path of entrepreneurship

education

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