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Educate the Educators Training Program

Outline:

This programme will support, inform and enable academic staff from a wide range of disciplines to develop the knowledge and skills to embed enterprise into the curriculum. The course will support staff to develop and design enterprising and innovative curricular by introducing them to pedagogies and educational tools that have been implemented in UK universities and across the globe and drawing on best practice guidelines such as the QAA 2018 Guidance on Enterprise and Entrepreneurship and the 2016 European Commission EntreComp Framework. Delegates will leave the programme with a greater knowledge of enterprise, entrepreneurship and innovation and the confidence to implement their learning into their teaching.

The training will include classroom-based workshops and activities, supported by independent reflection and preparatory work each evening. Activities will be interactive in nature, with an emphasis on learning by doing and giving delegates the opportunity to develop their own practice.

Audience:

University teaching staff from a wide range of disciplines that are looking to embed enterprise into the curriculum.  

Objectives:

1.To enable learners to explore the concepts of enterprise, the entrepreneurial mindset and innovation.

2.To encourage staff to increase their awareness of innovation and to broaden their international outlook.

3.To provide an opportunity for staff to experiment with new tools and approaches to entrepreneurial learning and consider how best to deliver these to have greatest impact.

4.To support staff in embedding and assessing enterprise and entrepreneurship in the curriculum.

Pre-Session Work:

Required reading will be distributed beforehand which will include journal articles and best practice guidelines in enterprise education. Participants will be required to discuss these within the sessions.

Session 1 – Enterprise Education Landscape

May 13th 2019

This one-day session will introduce learners to the key theories in enterprise and entrepreneurship education, best practice guidelines and key principles of effective enterprise and entrepreneurship education. Learners will work with their peers to discuss the application of the theories and guidance documents to their teaching/curriculum area. The small cohort size will allow deep reflection and detailed discussions.

Session 2 – Delivering Effective Enterprise Education

May 14th 2019

The learners will be introduced to practical examples of enterprise and entrepreneurship education pedagogies and will be tasked with designing their own learning activity to deliver to their peers, drawing on the theories they have learned and the practical examples that have been demonstrated. Learners will provide feedback to each other and each learner will use this feedback and their own reflections to devise an action plan for applying the new knowledge to their teaching. This session will run for one day immediately after Session 1.