Skills developed in an entrepreneurial pedagogy

Skills developed in an entrepreneurial pedagogy solidarity team spirit Collaboration Critical thinking autonomy cooperation Self-confidence 4 C’s leadership perseverance Significal Content creativity Communication sense of responsabilities authenticity

leadership Enterprising means… to teach : Involving teams to the project Taking into account everybody’s opinion Motivating partners about the project Expressing gratitude to the project team How to argue and explain ideas. How to be able to listen to each other. How to respect everyone’s opinion.

creativity Enterprising means… to teach : Having new ideas to find an issue to a problem Brainstorming sessions Having new ideas to create a new product Presenting a project (or the result of a project) in an innovative way How to solve a problem. How to find unusual ways or places to find information. How to promote divergent and creative perspectives during discussions. How to ask new questions, take different perspectives to elaborate and improve on the selected idea. How to develop curiosity.

autonomy Enterprising means… to teach : Entrusting tasks to each team according to their will or capacities Working independently to achieve a job Taking initiatives How to work alone or in team. How to use feed-back to improve a job. How to be more self-confident.

Sense of responsibilities Enterprising means… to teach : Taking part in a job knowing clearly which result is expected Being able to explain the job to the team if something is going wrong Being concerned by the success of the team’s project/task How to feel and take the responsibility, being concerned by the result How to organize, to plan a job. How to do a work on time. How to present a team’s work and how to enhance it. How to assess one’s own job or a team’s job. How to explain in a meaningful way to a peer.

perseverance Enterprising means… to teach : Persisting in the job even if success is not coming as fast as expected Using creative and innovative’s ways to reach a goal How to overcome difficulties, obstacles or discouragement. How to analyse the part of unknown in a task/project, in order to consider a new solution when the first one is failing.

solidarity Enterprising means… to teach : Accepting everyone being part of the project team Spreading tasks in order to enhance everybody’s particular skills Realizing concrete projects to improve the community’s life How to consider every pupil’s capacities with a larger open-mindedness. How to feel concerned by the other’s well-being.

cooperation Enterprising means… to teach : Working with a view to the achievement of a common goal Developing the team spirit : being able to depend on a partner Creating particular links between team members How to listen to each other’s ideas with respect. How to reach a higher level of work by considering everyone’s skills.

Tools stories for pupils Celest’s long journey: Célestine is a young starfish who lives in the sandy bottom of the Gulf of St-Lawrence. Her story is one of friendship, courage and leadership as she learns to use her entrepreneurial qualities to make her dream come true and join the stars brightening the night skies. http://www.voyagecelestine.com/crbst_6.html Ben entreprend Assisted by his brother Theo, his cousin Julie and his faithful dog Virgil, Ben takes every new adventure to learn entrepreneurial values ​​such as creativity, solidarity or perseverance. Discover the 16 titles in the bin collection begins , vivid stories and easy to read for 6-8 years. http://www.ben-entreprend.com/

games and activities Vitamine E Toolkit : The Vitamine E Toolkit is a series of fun activities with an entrepreneurial and cooperative spirit. These activities help young people develop cooperation skills or the qualities necessary to become more entrepreneurial. http://www.vitaminee.net/English/Home.html

Presque héros Almost Heroes ... the POWER to change things !!! was born from the collaboration of Ariane Cyr and Nancy Roy, outreach officers to youth entrepreneurship. creative and enterprising, they are given a challenge: to create a customized tool to develop youth entrepreneurship.    The result of their work: a ready for use workshop made with video clips, an entertainment and activity guide. Fun is bringing the young to discover their entrepreneurial potential worldwide superheroes. http://www.presqueheros.com

assessment Tools to analyse which skills are developped by the activity : an example from the vitamin E toolkit

websites http://entreprendrecestapprendre.com/ http://bie.org/ With projects, testimonials, tools, agencies, useful links, challenges about entrepreneurship… http://bie.org/ With a lot of resources about PBL (books and videos), project planners…

And now, an entrepreneurial challenge! 2 1 solidarity creativity The blanket organisation Team spirit The salty sweet tower initiative listening Self-help leadership communication