Policy use for Enterprise Education Measurement Tool

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Gain Creators / Outcomes

The tool offers an overall picture of entrepreneurship education:

  • Based on the research-based comparisons one can develop his/her own school’s, region’s or country’s entrepreneurship education practices.
  • Helps to understand what entrepreneurship education is all about.
  • Helps reflecting one’s own actions.
  • The written and numerical feedback give state-of-the-art picture, anonymous comparisons.

The feedback includes also ideas how and what to develop next.

The tool offers an overall picture of entrepreneurship education:

  • Based on the research-based comparisons one can develop his/her own school’s, region’s or country’s entrepreneurship education practices.
  • Helps to understand what entrepreneurship education is all about.
  • Helps reflecting one’s own actions.
  • The written and numerical feedback give state-of-the-art picture, anonymous comparisons.

The feedback includes also ideas how and what to develop next.

Gains / Needs

Policy makers need to have a regional/national level picture of entrepreneurship education.

Policy makers need to have a regional/national level picture of entrepreneurship education.

Target Group

Policy makers

Policy makers

Implementation Method

The Measurement Tool for Entrepreneurship Education is available at: www.lut.fi/mittaristo (Finnish and Swedish versions)

Shortened English version: https://developmentcentre.lut.fi/muut/enterprise

The Measurement Tool for Entrepreneurship Education is available at: www.lut.fi/mittaristo (Finnish and Swedish versions)

Shortened English version: https://developmentcentre.lut.fi/muut/enterprise

Policy use for Enterprise Education Measurement Tool

LUT Measurement Tool for Enterprise Education™ is the first ever tool for managing entrepreneurship education nationally, regionally, at the school and teacher level.

The product contains two elements:

  • The measurement tool
  • The steering mechanism

Measurement tool is an easy-to-use, web-based self-evaluation tool, which evaluates contents, modes of operation, and methods of teaching, helping teachers develop their know-how in entrepreneurship and enterprise education.

The steering mechanism provides decision makers with the tool to analyse, set priorities and implement national and/or regional policies on entrepreneurship education based on the macro-level results of the Measurement tool.

LUT Measurement Tool for Enterprise Education™ is the first ever tool for managing entrepreneurship education nationally, regionally, at the school and teacher level.

The product contains two elements:

  • The measurement tool
  • The steering mechanism

Measurement tool is an easy-to-use, web-based self-evaluation tool, which evaluates contents, modes of operation, and methods of teaching, helping teachers develop their know-how in entrepreneurship and enterprise education.

The steering mechanism provides decision makers with the tool to analyse, set priorities and implement national and/or regional policies on entrepreneurship education based on the macro-level results of the Measurement tool.

Activities

For decision makers:

  1. ANALYSES - The analysis of the current status of entrepreneurship education in the region/country. Comparisons between regions and educational levels are possible.
  2. SELECTS GOALS FOR IMPROVEMENT – Possibility:
  • to evaluate the match between regional/national policies and entrepreneurship education practices,
  • to target specific entrepreneurship education goals,
  • to operationalise entrepreneurship education as measurable activities.

    3. IMPLEMENTATION - Policy issues in the region, new issues in the questionnaire, resourcing new initiatives in the regions, introducing best    practices, awarding good performances.

For decision makers:

  1. ANALYSES - The analysis of the current status of entrepreneurship education in the region/country. Comparisons between regions and educational levels are possible.
  2. SELECTS GOALS FOR IMPROVEMENT – Possibility:
  • to evaluate the match between regional/national policies and entrepreneurship education practices,
  • to target specific entrepreneurship education goals,
  • to operationalise entrepreneurship education as measurable activities.

    3. IMPLEMENTATION - Policy issues in the region, new issues in the questionnaire, resourcing new initiatives in the regions, introducing best    practices, awarding good performances.

Resources

For decision makers there are two options to proceed:

  1. Log in to Measurement tool and take a self-evaluation. While evaluating they also learn more about enterprise/entrepreneurship education.
  2. Get into contact with the developers of Measurement tool (see below) and ask how you can get access to data and/or get a summary of findings.

For decision makers there are two options to proceed:

  1. Log in to Measurement tool and take a self-evaluation. While evaluating they also learn more about enterprise/entrepreneurship education.
  2. Get into contact with the developers of Measurement tool (see below) and ask how you can get access to data and/or get a summary of findings.

Pain Relievers / Solutions

  • The Measurement Tool for Enterprise Education provides decision makers, schools and teachers with research-based, up-to-date information concerning entrepreneurship education practices taking place at different schools, school levels or regions.
  • The tool also gives an insight into how the entrepreneurship policy objectives are being achieved, e.g. at schools, in the region, by teaching fields, and thus, it allows to take actions at regional level.

  • The Measurement Tool for Enterprise Education provides decision makers, schools and teachers with research-based, up-to-date information concerning entrepreneurship education practices taking place at different schools, school levels or regions.
  • The tool also gives an insight into how the entrepreneurship policy objectives are being achieved, e.g. at schools, in the region, by teaching fields, and thus, it allows to take actions at regional level.

Pains / Challenges

  • Policy makers have very few tools to compare the state of entrepreneurship education across schools, regions, countries, however they are eager to develop entrepreneurship education.

  • Policy makers have very few tools to compare the state of entrepreneurship education across schools, regions, countries, however they are eager to develop entrepreneurship education.

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

Benefits for the decisions makers, schools and teachers:

Steering system provides systematic, up-to-date information for decision makers of the current situation in the field. The report contains analysed data describing entrepreneurship and enterprise practices in the selected region/school level comparisons, and ideas how to develop entrepreneurship education policies further.

Systematic feedback for teachers: Self-evaluation has a significant role in starting teachers’ reflection and development processes. Teachers evaluate their teaching performance, receive systematic feedback, and further develop practices related to entrepreneurship and enterprise education.

 For more information:

  • www.lut.fi/mittaristo, Finnish and Swedish versions of the Measurement Tool
  • https://developmentcentre.lut.fi/muut/enterprise/ English, shortened version
  • Or contact Mrs. Elena Ruskovaara, Elena.ruskovaara@lut.fi, +358 40 5550 320
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