Group Size
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1.) Small group (teams of 4-6)
2.) Individual Task
3.) Large Group
4.) Any
Learning Environment
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1.) Lecture Theatre
2.) Presentation Space
3.) Carousel Tables (small working group)
4.) Any
5.) Outside
6.) Special
QAA Enterprise Theme(s)
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1.) Creativity and Innovation
2.) Opportunity recognition, creation and evaluation
3.) Decision making supported by critical analysis and judgement
4.) Implementation of ideas through leadership and management
5.) Reflection and Action
6.) Interpersonal Skills
7.) Communication and Strategy
1Creativity and Innovation
2Opportunity recognition‚ creation and evaluation
3Decision making supported by critical analysis and judgement
4Implementation of ideas through leadership and management
5Reflection and Action
6Interpersonal Skills
7Communication and Strategy
The ETEE project aimed to improve training for enterprise educators within Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), the Vocational Education and Training (VET) providers and the enterprise support organisations across Europe, by developing a practical “real world” entrepreneurial experience.
ETEE was a 2-year project co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union with 5 partners from across Europe. LSBU was the lead partner and led 4 partners from across Europe. The partners reviewed existing materials to support enterprise educators and then created a 9 module-training programme, with accompanying trainers pack and resources, which are now available on the project website and are free for anyone to use.
The ETEE project brought together 5 European partners with diverse experiences in relation to enterprise education. The partners included HEIs, training providers and an innovation consultancy in the partnership. The partners agreed responsibilities to reflect prior experience and future interests: for example, the HEIs led on developing the modules and piloting the materials, as they had greater prior experience of enterprise education and easier access to the target group. We engaged a wider group of stakeholders throughout the project: expert evaluators reviewed all project outputs, providing iterative feedback on their development and enterprise educators at all stages of their career attended workshops and project events. This added value to the project and ensured it reflected current thinking in enterprise education.
The first project output, the Best Practice Report, provided a way for partners to identify common drivers for entrepreneurship education and share best practice in training enterprise educators from across Europe. Through this, partners developed a shared understanding of the roles and responsibilities of an enterprise educator to help inform the subsequent development of training materials. Six ETEE Principles were identified as underpinning the design of the training programme:
Learning through practical experience was a key element of the training: partners felt that educators could best understand the behaviours, skills and attributes required by their learners by experiencing what it is like to develop an entrepreneurial project. This output formed the basis of an IEEC workshop in 2018, to engage stakeholders and encourage them to add value to the project’s development.
The second project output, the ETEE Programme Outline, gives a high-level overview of the training programme that helped to set a clear direction for the future development of training materials. The programme is based on 9 modules, breaking down the stages of an entrepreneur’s journey, with three key themes: Dream It, Build It, Use It.
The third project output, the ETEE Training Programme, includes editable learning materials and lesson plans for 9 modules, providing a clear guide for trainers in how to deliver the programme. All elements of the course reflect real world experience (Practicality Principle) and are mapped against the Entrecomp Framework to provide a way for educators to shape their own development. The training materials are designed to be adapted to the context of a particular organisation and the group of educators that are being trained (Tailor Made Principle). For example, the materials require the trainer to consider the institutional context and the learning needs of the educators (those new to EntEd, working in the curriculum or outside of the curriculum). A single module can be delivered independently as a standalone training workshop, or all 9 modules can be delivered at once. Each module ideally needs 2-3 hours, but content can be taken from across the 9 modules and adapted to fit the time available. Learners use the ETEE Canvas to map their progress through the 9 module programme
The fourth output, the ETEE Trainers Pack, is a guide in how to deliver the ETEE Training Programme. It is designed to help trainers to feel confident in facilitating the training and to ensure that participants have a positive learning experience. The pack includes instructions, guidelines and suggestions to enable educators to deliver the training programme independently. Emphasis is placed on the training not being ‘off the shelf’: the trainer needs to familiarise themselves with the content and tailor it to the development needs of the group.
The four ETEE project outputs were piloted and tested throughout the project to gain input from the enterprise educator community:
The materials are available on the ETEE project website and are translated into 3 languages. This will help to increase the impact of the project internationally. The materials have also been used as part of wider enterprise educator development initiatives, including with the British Council in central Asia through the Creative Spark project.
All available on ETEE website: www.eteeproject.org
ETEE website: www.eteeproject.org
