1. Teaching through School-Based Enterprises Maria Khwaja, Elun

2. Why Should I? O How much do you learn by listening to someone else ‘chalk-and-talk’? O Many different psychological and philosophical views O Neuroscience has shown us the knowledge that is contextualized is retained and used longer than decontextualized knowledge.

3. What is a context? O A context is the box we teach inside O In our lessons, ‘business’ is our context O Children learn skills that hook into their context, they can then use those same skills in other contexts

4. Why Use Social Enterprise to Teach? O It is a context, children can understand ideas and how they relate to each other O They can transfer the information to other contexts O It requires cooperative groups and critical thinking O Children are interested and you can challenge them! (zone of proximal development)

5. Why Use it? O The earlier children learn a concept, the better they understand it later…you can always make it more complicated! O Why not make them successful at problem solving and voicing their opinions? O After they link lots of experiences to their learning, it’s much easier to remember.

6. Introduction to Documents O The Lesson Standards Frame O The Business Content Frame O The Teachers Guide Booklet O The Lesson Frames