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March16,2012

ByJezsH.jmartinez@gmx.com

Entrepreneurialeducation:abridgeforleaders.What we need is an entrepreneurial society in which innovation and

entrepreneurshiparenormal,steady,andcontinual(2001)PeterDrucker.

EntrepreneurialEducation

Certainlytherearemanythingstomentionhere,butIshallbrieflyfocusonthe

followingquestions:whatis entrepreneurialeducation?whocanteachortrain

it?Howdoesitwork?

What?.Entrepreneurshipeducationrewardsthediversityofapproachesthatemerge

from individuals working to meet the needs of others. Useful for youth and

ultimatelyimportantforHigherEducation,itsuchbebasedonasystemofpubliceducationinanygivencountrytofostersocialinclusion.

.Entrepreneurshipeducationcelebrateseachchildsentirerangeoftalentsand

aspirations,anddoesnotrelyprimarilyonsimplisticundifferentiatedmeasuresofhumanperformance,suchasgrade-pointaverages,testscoresorintelligence

quotients.Entrepreneurshipeducationrewardsthediversityofapproachesthatemergefromindividualsworkingtomeettheneedsofothers.

Who?Neither robots nor computers, instead teachers, educators, mentors, leaders,

entrepreneurs,trainedmanandwomanoranypersoncapabletohighlightyourpotentialasentrepreneur.Itisasimplecoursebutfullofcontentandspiritual

practices,howeverisntavailable forallpeoplesinemergentcountrieswhereI

believeisurgent.Theuseoftechnologyissoimportant.Hence,themostfundamentalreasonfor

thinking about entrepreneurship at the grass roots is to find sustainable

solutionstoovercomingtheinjusticesofpoverty.

How?First and foremost, entrepreneurship education requires close cooperation

between academia and business (quote) but also government. See the

entrepreneurialecosystem:

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Following the entrepreneurial ecosystem, the need for multistakeholder

partnership is critical for education and even more so for entrepreneurshipeducation. Furthermore, global cooperation is required since research shows

thattheextentandintensityofentrepreneurshiparedecisivelyinfluencedbytheprevailingpolitical, legal,cultural,economicaland technologicalconditionsofa

countryorsocietythatsupportorinhibitentrepreneurialactivity(quoteAutio

2007).

AsillustratedbytheWorldEconomicForum,Itotallyagreewiththereportmade

in2009,aboutrethinkingofeducational systems. Itsnecessary toadopt21stcenturymethodsandtoolstodeveloptheappropriatelearningenvironmentfor

encouraging creativity, innovation and the ability to think out of the box inordertosolveproblems.

Theroleoftechnology

Talkingaboutleadership,creativityortechnologyisnostrangertoyouth,onthecontrary! Itmotivates theso-calleddigitalnatives toexpress themselveswith,

by,through,ICTfordevelopment.Unlikeothergenerations,educationforthese

so-called digital natives would have to be in a very global and technologicalenvironment,andnotpreciselyinaclassroom.

For example, use of mobile phones, tablets or laptop and the Internet forteachingaboutlocalandglobalissuesuchastheMillenniumDevelopmentGoals

(MDGs).WiththeInternet,therearemultimediaresourcesavailable, including:podcast,video,image,games,socialmediaandsoforth,studentenjoyandlearn

about the other, sharing their own experiences. Pedagogy as the method and

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practiceofteachingoughttoincorporatetechnologyinanyschool,andalsobe

taughtalongwithothercourses,suchasentrepreneurialeducation.

Fewremarksaboutentrepreneurialeducation:

For example, the USA has the longest history in entrepreneurshipeducation, thefirst graduate course in entrepreneurshipwasofferedat

HarvardUniversityin1947(Katz,2003)byProfessorMilesMace.Today,

entrepreneurship courses are offered at most universities across theUnitedStates.

Thatistrue,andrecently7ofthe10WorldsMostReputableUniversitiesare from the US. Canwesee reputableUniversities inothers countries,

such as Multinational Companies do? Its possible -the University of

Nottingham,England,hasestablishedacampusinNingbo,China.

TheemphasisI tried toproposetowardseducationis becauseIbelievethat current practices in education for youth enrich their personaldevelopment through learn by doing it. That is the core of

entrepreneurial education. It fosters students to start any initiative,encouraging them not to drop out school and, conversely, persuading

themtocontinuetheiracademiccareer.

There is a lot work to do in primary and secondary school,entrepreneurialeducationforyouth.

ToteachinHigherEducationandUniversitieswithoutpromotionsocialexclusion,thereforeoughttobeatthecoreofpubliceducation.Avoiding

high fees or for specific socioeconomically group (E.g. one of the bestUniversitiesinMexico,ITESMTecnologicodeMonterrey,withitsslogan,

entrepreneurial culture have had recently the interpretation as anarrogantculture,therehavebeenmanychangesseearticle1)

Aseducatorswedealwithnewparadigmswithinnewgenerations,thesodenominateddigitalnativesornewmillenniumlearners,theydiscoveror

express things in different ways. As in business or government,

innovativeideasthatputanendtocorruption,inschools,studentleaderscan help tostop and eradicate bullying for example.Or this game that

goes beyond entrainment, and inspire youth to learn (quote), beyond

gaming AMD (http://www.amd.com/us/aboutamd/corporate-information/corporate-responsibility/community/changing-the-

game/Pages/information.aspx)

ByJezsH.Martnez

jmartinez@gmx.com

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