entrepreneurship education: in st mary’s frank hennessey
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St Mary’s University College, Belfast
Entrepreneurship Education: in St Mary’s
Frank Hennessey
Entrepreneurship Education: a definition
"All forms of education and training, both formal
and non-formal, including work-based learning,
which contribute to entrepreneurial spirit and
activity with or without a commercial objective“ETF
Progression Model
Institutional level
Training teacher educators
ITE programmes
Budapest Symposium2011
Policy is set by St Mary’s explicitly informed by our College Mission and Values
Academic,
Professional
Civic / Faith Based
Entrepreneurship Education in St Mary’s
Policy Driven
Cycle I (2007 – 2012)
Staff DevelopmentFostering Entrepreneurial LearningEntrepreneurial Teacher Tutors
Cycle II (2012 – 2017)
Curricular Innovation & DevelopmentRe – Structuring B.Ed DegreesM.Ed programme
Developing Entrepreneurship Educationin St Mary’s
St. Mary’s
GovernmentPolicy
UniversitySenate
Students
SchoolEmployees
GTC(NI)Professional
Policy
Society
STAKEHOLDERS
1.Embed E. E. within the Degree Programmes.
Critical Reflective Practitioner
Evidence based Policy & Practice
Research Informed Professional
Practice
A Binary Approach to Entrepreneurship Education (E.E.)
Certificate of Entrepreneurial Learning
2. Co-Curriculum
alongside and wholly aligned with the degree,
The Entrepreneurial Professional Teacher
RecognitionSocial Entrepreneurship
Flexibility Individual
Motivation Personal Commitment
"Education is what remains after one has
forgotten everything he learned in school." Albert Einstein
Economic & Policy Environment
The next Steve Jobs?
Organisations need Intrapreneurs
Societies will need Social Entrepreneurs
The need for Consensus- compulsion won’t work
Frank Hennessey 9
St. Mary’s Certificate of Entrepreneurial Learning
Total of 240 credits required with a minimum 60 credits drawn from each strand
Strands Personal Pedagogy
Entrepreneurial
Experience
Social Entrepreneurs
hip
Optional
ActivityPortfolio Evidence
School based reflective unit(s) of work
Entrepreneurial Experience
Report & reflection or commitment to voluntary activities
Written essay or project
Self- critical & reflective Practitioner