Measurement Tool for Enterprise Education

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Gain Creators / Outcomes

Primary, secondary and vocational school teachers will have a set of indicators to steer their development in the long run, to improve understanding of entrepreneurship education and to adapt content and methods of teaching to further stimulate EE.
Teachers will gain more insight in the role and importance of EE by using a self-assessment questionnaire.
The tool helps teachers in their individual professional development, allowing them to change their practices in line with principles of enterprise/entrepreneurship education.

Gains / Needs

Teachers need help in identifying contents and methods of enterprise/entrepreneurship education.
Teachers need feedback from their EE activities.
Teachers need broader understanding of EE and how to develop as an entrepreneurship educator.

Target Group

Educators (primary, secondary, upper secondary and vocational school teachers).

Implementation Method

The tool has been established by Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT), and developed, piloted and implemented in several phases. The tool is now nationally used in Finland. Currently, the English version of the tool has been developed under ‘The Entrepreneurial School’ (TES) project broadening its scope to fit the different European country settings. By the end of 2015, the tool had been used by teachers from over 20 countries

Measurement Tool for Enterprise Education (MTEE)

LUT (Lappeenranta University of Technology) Measurement Tool for Enterprise Education™ is the world’s first enterprise/entrepreneurship education self-assessment tool developed for primary, secondary and vocational school teachers and principals. The tool is a simple structured, web-based questionnaire, which allows teachers to evaluate their own practice, develop their know-how in entrepreneurship and enterprise education, and monitor their learning progress. In addition, it provides systematic feedback and useful tips for developing more effective practice and it reinforces entrepreneurial teaching. The tool evaluates contents, modes of operation, and methods of teaching. As such, it could also be used effectively by schools or by national authorities to benchmark entrepreneurial education. The tool was developed by Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland, it is nowadays used nationally and internationally. Originally it was developed for Finnish primary, secondary, upper secondary and VET teachers.

Activities

You as a teacher respond the questionnaire every 6-12 months. Firstly, you will register yourself, secondly you answer the questions to self-assess your EE activities through 7 selected theoretical topics (see additional information, below), answers will be saved and you can start answering regularly to evaluate your development. Finally, immediate personal feedback on your activity of enterprise/entrepreneurship education will be given by email, which you can use to further develop.

Resources

The tool is an easy-to-use, on-line tool which teachers use free of charge. You, as a teacher, need only internet access and 15 minutes to log in and answer the questions.

Pain Relievers / Solutions

The tool is easy-to-use, intuitive, interactive, digital, teacher oriented, and provides teachers with personalized feedback. In line, teachers can utilize the tool and feedback for their individual professional development purposes, allowing them to find/change/develop their practices in line with principles of enterprise/entrepreneurship education.

Pains / Challenges

Teachers do not have enough instruments at their disposal to self-assess their activities and self-reflect on their progress when implementing entrepreneurship/entrepreneurship education in school.

Additional information: In Finland, Entrepreneurship education is included (since 1994) in the curricula as a cross-curricular theme aiming to harmonise education and teaching, and its objectives and contents relate to all subjects taught. The goals of the theme are to help students understand the society at large from the perspective of different actors, to develop the skills required in active citizenship and to lay a foundation for entrepreneurial practices.

The Measurement Tool for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Education is a 15-minute self-evaluation program for teachers, based on questions concerning various work methods, techniques, learning environments and networks. The tool is electronic, web-based, virtual, user-friendly platform collecting and processing previous evaluations, through which the teacher can see his development as a teacher. The Measurement Tool examines entrepreneurship education from many perspectives, including:

Entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship education
Pedagogical solutions
Operating culture
Learning environments
Operation in networks

For more information:

Or contact Mrs. Elena Ruskovaara, Elena.ruskovaara@lut.fi, +358 40 5550 320
See also the Case Study drafted by the Joint Research Center in the report. Entrepreneurship Competence: An Overview of Existing Concepts, Policies and Initiatives. Available HERE

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