why do we need enterprise in the curriculum? september 2009
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Why do we need enterprise in the curriculum?
September 2009
Dimensions of Enterprise?enterprise - having an idea, and taking advantage of the opportunities to make it happen
Being enterprising doesn’t have to mean starting up your own business. You can be enterprising in all areas of work and business which will help further your career……
What skills and attributes do I need
to be more enterprising?
Passion and Vision Communication Skills Organisation and Planning Networking Team-working Making an Impression Adaptability
Blue sky thinkingBlue sky thinking
coming up with a host coming up with a host of ideas without being of ideas without being
restricted to what is restricted to what is practical.practical.
Three easily confused concepts
• Enterprise – having an idea, and taking advantage of the opportunities to make things happen
• Entrepreneurship – an activity which leads to the creation and management of a new organisation designed to pursue a unique, innovative opportunity (Hindle & Rushworth, 2000)
• Intrapreneurs are "dreamers who do," those who take hands-on responsibility for creating innovation of any kind within an organization’. (Pinchot 1999)
• It’s not about starting a business – its about developing better students
Why is it so important now?
• Wider society and the global citizen
• Employability and graduate skills
• Creative learning• Student pioneers and
student engagement• Curriculum review
and development
Enterprise skills
Working in teams Creativity InnovationProject planning and managementPresentation skills Managing meetings Problem solving
Working in teams Creativity InnovationProject planning and managementPresentation skills Managing meetings Problem solving
Time management Networking NegotiationSelf awareness Change management Leadership
IT skills
Business researchNature of business Business plan
Business researchNature of business Business plan
Marketing Product design Financial awarenessProduction matters Legal issues CBA
SOFT
HARD
Enterprise in the Curriculum
Supporting the development of a positive attitude to innovation, personal change and development
Development, integration and embedding across all subject areas and levels – beyond discrete activities and ‘bolt-on’ models
Underpinned by theory and grounded in practice
Subject knowledge and skills development
Engagement with experts and professionals, developing relationships and forming partnerships. Role models and masterclasses
Experiential learning approach – active, realistic, reflective
Embedding
• Aligned (programme aims, learning outcomes, ALT strategy)
• Assessment• Active learning /Problem based learning• Student centred, experiential with
reflection• Embedded or free standing models• Placements and volunteering
accreditation Research attributes and horizon scannning
An Enquiry-Based Approach to Enterprise
Collaborative, co-operative learning environment
Experiential
Challenging - uses real-life scenarios and problems
Investigative - stimulates entrepreneurial attitudes through deep exploration of the subject Multi-disciplinary as well as subject-specific
Facilitated - guided by experts and supported by peer group
Utilises existing knowledge and develops new knowledge
Develops a range of skills, attitudes, behaviours and values
Employability
• Team working/building and leadership
• Inter-personal skills– Negotiation– Decision making– Handling conflict– Sharing
• Communication skills– Presentation, explaining, questioning – Networking
• Managing projects and meetings• Evaluation, judgement, appraisal• Entrepreneurship, ‘intrapreneurship’ and
social enterprise
Personal skills• Taking and accepting responsibility
– Ethics, empathy, tolerance, honesty, trust• Reliability• Autonomy• Creative problem-solving• Balancing creativity with resilience• Balancing work with life• Positive self-esteem, confidence• Adaptability
Now and the future…
• Focus on embedding and course /curriculum development
• Enterprise competencies• “At elbow” help for course and module tutors• Staff Development Festival workshops• Publications• Links with schools• Resources for our website• Events, master classes, role models• Project work
If you are interested in this whole area...
• Navigating the enterprise maze project
• Launching Rose Bowl 320
• This afternoon 15th Sept 2pm
• Mapping competences/attributes for FBL
• Assess / map your course content and assessment against them
www.leedsmet.ac.uk/enterprise
Enterprise….it’s what we do every day!