Malcolm Hoare
Regional Director
Centre for Education and Industry
University of Warwick
6th October 2011
Developing quality enterprise education in our
schools - the ethical imperative.
University of Warwick
Established 1965
“The Enterprise University”
Local context, global connections
50th World
Centre for Education and Industry
International research institute specialising in
vocational education and business/education
partnerships
One Way Ticket
Transition Route
From : Bureaucracy
To: Enterprise
“ Innovation is the tool ,the means by which
we exploit change to make a difference”
Drucker
Education is an admirable
thing, but it is well to
remember from time to time
that nothing that is worth
knowing can be taught.
Oscar Wilde.
Education is not the filling of a
pail, but the lighting of a fire.
W.B. Yeats
Enterprise Education – 10 Research Outcomes
1.Enterprise is about lifestyle
2.Enterprise is about team working
3.Enterprise is about networking
5.Successful entrepreneurs have a grasp of entrepreneurial knowledge, skills, attributes and attitudes
4.Enterprise Education is about personal development
6.Effective enterprise education equals entrepreneurial teaching and learning
7.Enterprise education involves learning through ,for and about enterprise
8.Creativity and Innovation can be found across the curriculum
9.Enterprise education is about challenging the status quo
10.Chaos theory rules
‘ENTERPRISE’
PLUS
‘EDUCATION’
The sum is greater than the parts !
Quality Enterprise Learning Activities
Teacher Led Student Led
School based Community
Involvement
Artificial Problems Real Challenge
Abstract Solutions Visible
Change
Four Essentials for Quality Enterprise
Education
Enterprise Education is most likely to be effective when:
• Learners are set REAL CHALLENGES
• Learners take RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR OWN
LEARNING
• Learning is supported by COMMUNITY PARTNERS
• Learning generates REAL SOLUTIONS
Moving from :
Teaching >>>>>> Active Learning
Knowledge Transfer >>>> Facilitation
Group instruction >>>> Individualised delivery
School based experience >>>> Lifelong learning
Subject related >>>> Competence based
PEBBLE – Problem based learning
Advantages :
Learner commitment
Improved attainment
Practitioner development
Partner/employer engagement
Community benefit
PEBBLE – Problem based Learning
Issues :
Resourcing
Practitioner resistance
Practitioner development
Learner resistance
Community involvement
DfES Definition of Enterprise
Education
Enterprise capability - innovation, creativity, risk-management, risk taking and a ‘can-do’ attitude and the drive to make ideas happen.
It is supported by:
Financial capability -the ability to manage one’s own finances and to become questioning and informed consumers of financial services
And
Business & economic understanding -the ability to understand the business context and make informed choices between alternative uses of scarce resources.
Teaching and Learning – Creating an
enterprising learning environment
Ofsted identifies the importance of a learning environment where students have the autonomy to tackle problems involving risk and uncertainty about final outcomes and to gain a reward for their successful resolution.
The enterprise education learning process has four stages:
Identifying solutions
Planning the activity
Implementing the plan Evaluating the processes
English Network for Enterprise Education
Partnership working:
• Specialist Schools and Academies Trust
• Education and Business Partnerships
• Co-operative College
• University of Warwick
• Practitioner Associations (Primary, Secondary and
Further Education )
Project Duration
3 Year funding. March 2008 - March 2011
+ requirement to develop plans for long term
sustainability
Projects Aims
To add value to existing enterprise education initiatives,
to support all sectors of education 5-19, to improve
both the quality and quantity of enterprise education
in England and to have a positive impact on learners.
Enterprise education encourages young people to
handle uncertainty and respond positively to change,
to create and implement new ideas and ways of
doing things, and to take and manage risks. It helps
young people to develop a ‘can do’ attitude and the
drive to make ideas happen, raising their aspirations,
improving their achievement in school and
developing valuable skills for education and
employment
Partnership Structure
National Co-ordinator
+ 9 Regional Co-ordinators
+ 54 Local Co-ordinators (Part time)
+ 54 Local Enterprise Learning Partnerships
Web Support
Enterprise Village
www.enterprisevillage.org.uk
• Teaching and Learning Resources
• Training Events
• Quality Management Tools
EAST MIDLANDS
ELP’S
Northants ELP Lead Schools:
Corby Business Academy
Magdalen College School
Leicestershire ELP
Lead School:
City of Leicester
Derbyshire ELP
Lead School:
Bennerley Business and
Enterprise College
Nottinghamshire ELP
Lead School:
Serlby Park
Lincolnshire and Rutland ELP Lead School:
Yarborough, Lincoln`s Business and Enterprise Specialist School
• The Lincoln St Francis
Community Special School
• Ermine Primary, Lincoln
• Ingham Primary, Lincoln
• Westgate Primary, Lincoln
• St Hugh`s CE Maths and
Computing College, Grantham
• Kings School, Grantham
• The Grantham Church (VA) School
The Deepings School,
Peterborough Enterprise
Specialist School
Branston Community
College, Lincoln
Casterton Business and
Enterprise College, Rutland
Lead Schools
Board Member
Schools
Yarborough
School Lincolnshire &
Rutland EBP
Branston
Community College
The Lincoln St Francis Community Special School
Ermine Primary
Casterton Business and
Enterprise Specialist College
LEA - Cfbt
St Hughs
College
Ingham School
Westgate Primary Kings School
The Grantham
Church (VA) School
Lincolnshire
Cooperative
Lincoln College
Chamber of
Commerce
Lincoln
University
The Lincolnshire & Rutland Board Members
Branston Community College
bring Industrial Enterprise training
to 9 Primary schools for staff and
students.
Lincoln Cooperative train 20
Primary school teachers on Social
Enterprise (Fairtrade) activities.
University of Lincoln provide
workshops to support Lincolnshire
& Rutland Secondary schools
explore enterprise.
EBP support Primary training of
100 staff based on engaging with
local business in curriculum design.
Young Enterprise support
12 Grantham Primaries with a
hands–on Enterprise experience.
St Francis Special School attend
first National Enterprise
Conference in Special Education
by Lincolnshire & Rutland EBP.
Ingham Primary School Supports
90 Key Stage 1 & 2 pupils in
developing Sustainability
Enterprise skills.
Logo design contest starts the
partnership.
LINCOLNSHIRE & RUTLAND NEWS LINCOLNSHIRE & RUTLAND NEWS
St Francis Special School and
Yarborough Comprehensive
School open Enterprise House
and applied learning and
community centre.
Quality Management Tools
CEI 10 - 10 Key Concepts for Effective Enterprise
Education Delivery
CEI National Standard for Enterprise Education in
Schools
CEI Quality Framework for Providers
National Standard for
Enterprise Education
Trial period – June 2010 – March 2011
(50 + schools and colleges)
International Launch – April 2011
The Standard:
• is based on a quality framework
• uses a self evaluation model
• encourages continuous improvement
• stimulates a developmental process
- diagnosis, establishing base lines
- identifying goals and action planning
5 Key elements (+ a case study)
• Audit of Enterprise Activities
• Concept and Strategy
• The Planning Process
• Curriculum organisation and delivery
• Evaluation processes
The Case Study:
• Brief (about 500 words)
• Using a template - Context
- Aims and objectives
- Enterprise activities
- External involvement and support
- Resources
- Learning outcomes
- Assessment and evaluation
Assessment
• „Light touch‟ model
• Mentor support available
• School submits completed framework + portfolio
• Visit from CEI assessor
• Interview staff and students (including case study)
Policy implications
• National imperative but local and regional
solutions
• For all students, subjects, teachers, schools
and communities
• Focus on School Development
• Pastoral as well as Academic
• Knowledge plus Skills plus Values
• Moral and Ethical dimension
• Hidden Curriculum - Culture and Ethos
• Social/ Community Enterprise plus ‘for profit’
• Health and Safety,Public Liability and Child
Protection issues
• Staff CPD
• Staff re-engagement
• Quality management and accreditation
Process and product - the virtuous cycle
GDP or GDH