why experiential learning works! coneeect sofia day 1
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www.coneeect.eu - new EU-backed program to train new entrepreneurship educators in cutting-edge experiential learning. Guest speakers this time included Allan Gibb, Gary Schoeniger [Ice House] and me. Next event will be in Aberdeen, Scotland - check it out!TRANSCRIPT
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Educating
Entrepreneurship
Educators Coneeect is an international network of universities that offers training courses for academic entrepreneurship teachers to improve the Entrepreneurship Education across Europe.
www.coneeect.eu
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Coneeect SofiaDay 1: Why What We Do Works!
Norris Krueger, PhDNorris.krueger[at]gmail.com
@entrep_thinkingFacebook, LinkedIn
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What are we trying to do?
• Why? How?
• What do the very best programs know?• (Sturgeon’s Law?)
• Great at Entrepreneurship• Great at Teaching (Theory and Practice)
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Find the Right Frame: One Size Does Not Fit All
• Research evidence in EE is scary…• Lack of theory• Lack of education theory• Theory gives us frameworks…
– Impact = f(Pedagogy, Learners, Instructors and Context.. Including Stage)
– Inputs Throughputs Outputs
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Stages… examples of context
• Lent’s model –
• Ecosystem?– Human Capital– Social Capital– Political Capital
• Engagement/Co-Immersion
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“Greatest Hits” of Educational Research
• Humans like to learn; humans are good at it!• Lesson Plans Help [think I->T->O]• Action Changes Brains… with the right support• Cooperative Learning
– “Jigsaw”• Flipped/inverted• Authentic Questions• You Get What You Measure• Mindset not Surface Knowledge
– Critical developmental experiences– Problem-based learning– Non-cognitive >> cognitive
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Evolution of education
K e y F o c u s o f P e d a g o g y K e y A s s u m p tio n E x a m p le o f K e y T o o l
T e a c h e r -c e n te r e d
T e a c h e r tr a n s m its to
p a s s iv e s tu d e n ts
M e m o r iz a tio n ( le c tu r e s o n
e n tr e p r e n e u r ia l f a c ts )
T e a c h in g -c e n te r e d R e c o g n iz e s le a r n in g a s a
p r o c e s s
‘ S k ills & D r ills ’
( e .g . , w r itin g b u s in e s s
p la n s )
L e a r n e r - c e n te r e d L e a r n e r s h a v e ‘ o w n e r s h ip ’
o f le a r n in g
C a s e s tu d ie s
( e .g . , a s s e s s in g b u s in e s s
p la n s )
L e a r n in g - c e n te r e d L e a r n in g is s itu a te d ,
s tu d e n ts & te a c h e r a lik e
P r o b le m - b a s e d le a r n in g
( e .g . , s e lf -m a n a g e d f ie ld
p r o je c ts )
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So what IS the “entrepreneurial mindset”?
• Learning ABOUT entrepreneurship (content)Versus?
• Learning to BE/THINK entrepreneurial (mindset)ANY Mindset….
• Deep cognitive structures – deep anchoring assumptions• Intent, yes, but potential• Novice -> Expert
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Intent?
Specific Desirabilities
Perceived Self-efficacy
Perceived Desirabilities
Propensity to Act Intentions
Perceived Feasibility
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Novice Expert
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Behaviorism vs Constructivism
• Yeats?
• Behaviorism?• Epictetus??• Social learning• Situated learning• Existential learning
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Keys to constructivistic learning
• Authentic Questions; Big Questions• Co-Learning
• Personal reflection• Peer support (peer mentoring)• Expert mentoring (need a chess master!)
• Immersion in experience• Co-immersion in ecosystem
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Best programs in the world? What do THEY do?
• Virtually none are university-based but…– Chalmers, Stanford, Aalto…– Venture creation programs
• Don’t incubate, accelerate?– Startup Weekend– Lean startup– TechStars, et al. /Global Accelerator Network– Y-Combinator /500 Startups /etc.