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TheBootlegBenchmarks**8ideasforcareersandenterprise
throughthecurriculum
Issues with careers and enterprise as ‘activities.’
Loser’sPsychology.
Forcedcompetition‘coercive’.
Extrinsicrewards‘control’.
Discouragedbypeer
excellence.
Performanceprioritisedover
mastery.
Whatliesbeneath?
Achallengeprocessandmaterials
Competingteams
Teacher/businessmentor
support
Competeandpitch
Inspiringproblemsengagecreativityandtrigger
motivationinindividuals.
Competingagainstotherstriggerscollaborationand
connection.
Participants’confidencebuiltthroughpractical
supportandconstructivefeedback.
Evaluatingownandothersperformanceisinspiring.
Youngpeopleconfident,skilledandambitiousabouttheworldofwork,
businessand‘startup’(or
not).
Moreemployableandenterprisingyoungpeople(or
not).
Morestartupsandbetterperformingbusinesses (or
not).
Vibrantandambitiousindividualscontributingtochangedcommunitiesandsocialmobility(ornot).
Theinterventioncomponents
Theinterventionresources(whatisassumedtohappeninpolicyandguidancedescriptions).
Intermediateoutcomes(or
not).
Theorieswhichchallengetheassumptions
Longertermimpact(ornot).
AchievementGoalTheory–teamsprioritiseperformanceovermastery,goalsareexternal(‘win’or‘don’tlose’)ratherthaninternal(‘thejoyofthetask’).
SelfDeterminationTheory–extrinsicrewards(suchas‘winning’)arecontrolling,undermineintrinsicmotivation,andtoxifyrelations.
SocialReproduction- theplayingfieldisn’tlevelandsocialandeconomicinequalitiesbetweenstudents,schoolsandcommunitiesarereproduced.
SocialComparisonTheory–unfavourablesocialcomparisonsdamageself-worthandmotivation.
Testingtheprogrammetheoryforcompetitionsinenterpriseeducation
PoorlyResourced
WellResourced
CompetitivelyDisinclinedConscript
CompetitivelyInclinedVolunteer
UnmediatedLosing
Winning– withGrace
Combinationswhichmayinfluenceoutcomepatternsforparticipantsinenterpriseeducationcompetitions
Discuss/capture
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