Our Community uses posters and games to offer practical information about businesses and the many jobs they offer in a community. Students identify and explore the need for both public and private jobs, production methods through a simulation game, and they learn about taxes, decision-making and how money flows in an economy. In 2014-2015 school year over 125,000 s...
A programme designed to give middle school/lower secondary students an intensive introduction to the world of work, focusing particularly on craftsmanship, self-employment and what it means to be an entrepreneur. Through 'learning by doing’ approach this programme gives to the students an insight into how small enterprises operate and to challenge stereotypical attitudes by ensuring...
TET is a program providing one to three weeks of working experience in a real job during middle school.The program is one to three weeks long and takes place in 7th to 9th grade, depending on the school. Each student can choose and apply to his or her job independently and has to sign a contract with both the school and the employer. Note that the contract is not a employment contrac...
This practise was developed by JA Estonia to fulfil the need of teachers involved in entrepreneurship education programmes in schools, as universities and training centres did not have any training on this particular topic and the demand in schools was high.The teacher training activities offered by JA Estonia started with methodological trainings for different programmes (mostly 2 d...
Teacherpreneur is a 6 hours LAB to “learn and practice” entrepreneurship education. The LAB is divided into 2 sessions:A plenary session dedicated to the “basic information” about entrepreneurship education (key competence, national and European policy, best practices and successful projects, possible certifications, etc.).Parallel Workshops where teachers are divided in small team o...
This approach is intended to fully immerse students into the life of entrepreneurship by contacting and meeting the local company, creating an e-book about it, and after – presenting it.The preparation for the visit and the expected practical result (e-book) give an additional motivation to learn more about entrepreneurship (and building a link between theory and real life).Company v...
The purpose of the a Entrepreneurship Learning Competitions is to demonstrate the learning outcomes and impact of entrepreneurship programmes (like the Company Programme [DD1] or StartUp Programme [DD2] ) on students, and award those who have excelled in doing so.Through a year in a mini company, students develop important entrepreneurial knowledge, skills and inspiration. A competit...
Europe and Me is interactive classroom programme for students aged 10 - 12 which increases the understanding of how businesses operate in Europe and explores various economic issues that impact people and businesses.In the 6 lessons, students will:identify and analyze different types of resources in different regions,learn what resources are required by business to produce a good or...
It’s My Business interactive classroom programme for students aged 13 to 15. This programme encourages students to use critical thinking to learn entrepreneurial skills as they explore career choices.Through the interaction with volunteers from the business world, students learn about entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship by:Identifying entrepreneurial characteristics they possess;Under...
This is an easy-to-use programme that provides teachers with a series of learning-by doing business, economics and entrepreneurship activities for students aged 15-18.By challenging the students to solve a problem in their community through a business venture, the Company Programme unleashes their entrepreneurial spirit. Students experience running their own company (for one academic...
