Entrepreneurship Everywhere


Sample Entrepreneurship Education
Programs Around the World


CANADA

The Centre for Entrepreneurship Education and Development (CEED)

Kathy Murphy, President
Nicole Smith, Manager of Operations
Centre for Entrepreneurship Education & Development (CEED)
Halifax Shopping Centre, 7001 Mumford Road
Tower 1, Suite 107, PO Box 96
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3L 2H8
Phone : (902) 421-CEED (2333) or 1-800-590-8481 (within North America)
Fax: (902) 482-0291
Email: info@ceed.ca
Email: Kathy.murphy@ceed.info
Email: Nicole.smith@ceed.info
Website: www.ceed.info

Abstract: CEED Centre for Entrepreneurship Education & Development Incorporated is an organization devoted to helping people discover and use entrepreneurship as a vehicle to become self-reliant.

We view entrepreneurship a little differently at CEED. To us, it's about using skills, aptitudes and attitudes to turn opportunities into reality. We see entrepreneurship as a way to improve every aspect of life. We define it as a new way to live, work and achieve. It's a way of life.

Our programs are for everyone, from at-risk youth to newly landed immigrants to retiring professionals. We work with communities both rural and urban, and with pre-aspiring, aspiring and existing entrepreneurs of all ages.

Our innovative programs in Entrepreneurship Education, Professional Development and Training, Small Business Financing and Resources, and Social Entrepreneurship are helping us work toward our vision of a vibrant entrepreneurial culture in Atlantic Canada.

Enterprise Olympics

Shawn Bradbury
Enterprise Education Teacher
Stephenville High School
Box 5100
Stephenville, Newfoundland,
Canada A2N 3M6
709-643-9672
Fax 709-643-5044
Email: bradburyshawn@hotmail.com
Web site: www.k12.nf.ca/stephenvillehigh

Stella Greenslade
Enterprise Educator
Mount Pearl Senior High School
Box 6271
Manuels, Newfoundland,
Canada A1W 1K9
709-364-8456
Fax 709-368-2511
Email: sgreenslade@mps.k12.nf.ca
Website: www.mps.k12.nf.ca/enterprise

Focus: Professional Development for Teachers

Abstract: Enterprise Olympics is a yearly competition and learning opportunity, which celebrates the best and brightest students of entrepreneurship in Newfoundland high schools. It features two components: showcase and business plan competition. Students in each school district participate in regional showcases, which determine those that will have the opportunity to attend the Enterprise Olympics competition. This event provides a venue to provincially showcase all the regional winners and to celebrate their creativity and achievements while allowing them the opportunity to share in nearly $10 000 of prize money.

There is an Enterprise Olympics "Teacher's Guide" which includes goals and objectives, rules and regulations, tips for developing successful student projects and presentations, judging rubrics, and a host of other material that will help participants who may want to set up a similar competition in their own state or province.

Media Spark Inc.

Mathew Georghiou
CEO and Lead Software Designer, MediaSpark Inc.
PO Box 975 Sydney NS B1P 6J4 1-800-331-2282
Email: mathew@mediaspark.com Website: www.goventure.net

Focus: Experience the thrills, challenges, and economics of the stock market. Plan and experience your financial future today. It's possible with GoVenture investment and finance simulations! Make teaching investment and finance easier and more fun than ever before while enabling your students to gain years of experience in minutes.

Geographic Area: Canada and US

Abstract: Like flight simulators for business, GoVenture lets students start and run their own business, play the stock market, balance personal life, and more. With GoVenture simulations you can teach Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Business, Economics, Finance, and Office Applications with a real-world theme.

Designed to enhance your existing course or curriculum, everything you need is included: CDs, Books, Lesson Plans, Activities, Test Banks, Performance Evaluation, Certificates, and more - all at an affordable price. GoVenture simulations have won numerous awards and are used in schools, homes, and business and career centers throughout North America and beyond.

Mount Royal College

Don Haidey
School for Business & Entrepreneurship
Mount Royal College
4825 Richard Road SW
Calgary, Alberta, Canada T3E 9k6
403-240-7013
Email: dhaidey@mtroyal.ab.ca

Focus: Mount Royal College's innovative Bachelor of Applied Business and Entrepreneurship Degree Program

Geographic Area: Alberta, Canada

Age Level: Undergraduate Majors in Entrepreneurship (Bachelor of Applied Business and Entrepreneurship Degree)

Abstract: The Bachelors of Applied Business and Entrepreneurship Degree Program provides graduates with the hands on skills and knowledge to successfully launch and operate their own business venture. The program provides students with the opportunity to develop, hone, and practice skills and perspectives that are vital to entrepreneurial success. The integration of academic courses with semesters of hands-on Directed Field Studies allows students to apply the knowledge and develop the competencies that will help them to succeed as entrepreneurs and to grow as individuals.

This program received national recognition in 1999 when it received the Award for Most Innovative Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Degree Program from the Canadian Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (CCSBE).

Pearson Interactive Community Partnership

Nancy Battet & Julie Royal
Partnership Liaisons
Pearson Interactive Community Partnership
Lester B. Pearson School Board
1925 Brookdale Avenue
Dorval, Quebec H9P 2Y7
514-422-3000
Email: nbattet@lbpsb.qc.ca
Email: jroyal@lbpsb.qc.ca
Website: http://www.lbpsb.qc.ca

Abstract: Students are living in a technology driven society and need to understand why their learning is important and how it will be applied to future educational pathways and eventually their future careers. Not only do students need to understand why the subjects they are studying are important, but why the softer skills they are developing, or the broader areas of learning are important and how these skills are essential in their futures. Human Resource Skills Canada identifies nine essential skills necessary to be successful in the workforce. These skills are: Reading Text, Document Use, Numeracy, Writing, Oral Communication, Working with Others, Thinking Skills, Computer Use and Continuous Learning.

It is essential that students understand the value of these skills beginning at the early elementary level. Students do not always identify they have these skills, especially if they do not feel strong in a particular subject area. Mathematics is often a benchmark for students as to whether they are "smart". It is not about "are we smart?" but more "how are we smart"?

The Guidance Oriented Approach to Learning (Ministry of Quebec Education Plan) states that young people's educational success is directly related to their motivation in their studies, and motivation is sustained, among other things, by learning plans, career plans and life plans. To help students make their plans, the school must provide ways for them to discover, develop and exploit their talents and aptitudes and shape their identities. In addition, the school must help them grasp the relationship that exists between their learning in school and the society they live in, particularly the world of work.

The Pearson Interactive Community Partnership Program shows how community partnerships working with classroom teachers offers unique opportunities for students to better understand the kinds of careers which are available to them as they pursue their educational pathways. The Pearson Interactive Program shows how beginning the links with community through career days at elementary school will allow students to be more motivated as they enter high school. Students will better understand and identify their skills and why the courses they are taking are relevant to their future plans and goals.

Nancy Battet and Julie Royal have worked closely to develop this program, now entitled Pearson Interactive Community Partnership program within the Lester B. Pearson School Board where they work closely with over 250 community and business partners. Julie has been the local coordinator for the Quebec Entrepreneurship Contest where she supports teachers and students in their entrepreneurship endeavours.

Réseau des CARREFOURS JEUNESSE-EMPLOI DU QUÉBEC

Katherine Korakakis
Coordinator for Youth Entrepreneurship
Réseau des CARREFOURS JEUNESSE-EMPLOI DU QUÉBEC
1751 RUE RICHARDSON, BUREAU 6.107
MONTREAL, QUEBEC, H3K 1G6
514 393-9155 , 208
Email: katherine@cjereseau.org
Website: www.cjereseau.org

Abstract: What is the Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge (YEC)? Learn what Quebec is doing to cultivate a society to think like an entrepreneur- even if you’re not one! At the pinnacle of the YEC are Entrepreneurship Awareness and Promotion Officers (EAPO). They are like the Mickey Mouse of the YEC but instead of one, there are 93 of them! Entrepreneurial by nature – they work on the ground level promoting entrepreneurship in the schools, community organizations, organizing events, developing educational tools, and creating partnerships. They ignite the entrepreneurial spirit in their communities while developing their own entrepreneurial skill sets.

The Réseau des carrefours jeunesse-emploi du Québec (RCJEQ) and the Carrefours Jeunesse-Emploi (CJE) are non-profit organizations that have the mission to empower youth to realize their economic autonomy and potential to succeed in their personal, professional, and social pursuits. The RCJEQ assembles and represents the CJE members of Québec by providing them with services adapted to the needs of the local community. The RCJEQ is a partner organization under the Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge. Two resource coordinators support all EAPOs from the RCJEQ headquarters. You will find them organizing events, developing partnerships, tools and resources, sharing and disseminating information, attending conferences, supporting initiatives, meeting with EAPO, telling jokes, singing out loud, washing everyone’s dishes, among many other things.

EUROPE

DENMARK - DynamicBusinessPlan.com

Mogens Thomsen
Founder and Chef of Education
Thomsen Business Information
Fritz Sybergsvej 9, 8270 Hojbjerg
Denmark - Scandinavia
Phone: +45 86 27 27 45
Email: mt@dynamicbusinessplan.com

Abstract: You can find 150 pages of free entrepreneurship education material at www.dynamicbusinessplan.com. It is easy to grasp because the material is presented as a mind map

The material is created on the assumption that the basic skills of running a privately owned business are the same around the world.
This is the reason why lectures and professors around the world use the entrepreneurship web site www.DynamicBusinessPlan.com  as educational material. On this knowledge base they can themselves develop a training programme in entrepreneurship.

Education material for instant use:

Swedish Foundation for Small Business Research
Forum för småföretagsforskning (FSF)

Sofia Ihrstedt
Swedish Foundation for Small Business Research (FSF)
701 82 Örebro
Stockholm, Sweden
Tel dir 019-33 37 06
Email: sofia.ihrstedt@fsf.se
Web site: http://www.fsf.se

Abstract: The Swedish Foundation for Small Business Research started operations in 1994. It's objective is to serve as a bridge between Swedish small business research community and all parties active in development of new and small enterprises. The most important tasks are: to initiate and disseminate research relevant to policy in the fields of entrepreneurship and small enterprise; to offer small business researchers a forum for idea sharing; to build national and international networks in the field; to bridge the gap between research and practical application in the small business sector. Research is conducted in program form, either within the organization and/or in association with various universities and colleges throughout Sweden.

The Swedish Foundation for Small Business Research (FSF) and the Swedish Business Development Agency (NUTEK) have instituted the “FSF-NUTEK Award”, an International Award for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research. It is presented annually in Stockholm, Sweden. More info is available on www.fsf.se/fsf-nutek-award/eng

The Swedish Foundation for Small Business Research (FSF) has the honor of inviting you to a truly unique conference this fall. “The Northern Lights Symposium 2006” provides a great opportunity to interact with some of the leading experts and scholars within the field. A traditional conference outline with presentations of world leading research in the field will be complemented by a unique interactive exercise where a wide range of experts and scholars in the field of entrepreneurship, innovation and small business policy are invited to put their knowledge to practice.

During three sessions, these experts are will analyze the conditions for growth, entrepreneurship and innovation in the two northern counties Västerbotten and Norrbotten. Local, regional and national experts will provide the input and research necessary to make this happen.

The results of the case study is presented in a seminar open to the public on the 4th of October. Policymakers, scholars, entrepreneurs and experts from the two regions will be on the receiving end, taking part and listening to the advice presented by the participants of the symposium. This will provide a unique knowledge base on how to move on and approach issues of motivation, opportunities and skills in order to stimulate entrepreneurship and growth in the region!

The conference will take place from the 2nd of October through the 4th of October 2006 at the conference venue Nordkalotten in Luleå (www.nordkalotten.com). Luleå is very easy accessible from Stockholm Arlanda Airport, and the conference venue is located just a few kilometers from the airport. Several domestic low-fare airlines operate the leg Stockholm-Luleå.

For more information, please contact us at +46 19 33 37 07 or e-mail mikael.jorstig@fsf.se.

IVORY COAST, AFRICA

Junior and Senior Achievement

Pierre d'Alcantara Zocli
President, Junior & Senior Achievement
06 BP 545 ABIDJAN 06 COTE D'IVOIRE
Africa
Tel (225) 22 41 11 17
Fax(225) 22 41 06 38
Email: pazocli@africaonline.co.ci

Focus: Regional entrepreneurship leadership for youth and adults

Geographic Area: Benin, Togo, Burkina-Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, (Africa)

Abstract: Junior & Senior Achievement is an african initiative devoted to entrepreneurship development around Africa.Our mission is to develop the enterprise culture among the young people in partnership with the private sector and the education world. Founded on 27 August 1993 through an Operating Agreement with Junior Achievement International (which will disappear in 2004), we reach annually 4000 students in 4 African countries of Benin, Togo, Burkina-Faso, Côte d'Ivoire.

Our programs are:

  1. the Company Program,
  2. the Primary Enterprise Program?
  3. the Job Hunting Program,
  4. Internship Program
  5. Leadership and Management for Adults

Partner of the business communities and the governments, we organize annually in each country:

  1. the trade fair ,
  2. the young entrepreneur forum,
  3. the dinner of recognition ( Award Dinner)

Since our foundation in 1993, more than 30.000 students have been involved in our programs . We have a board of directors comprising 21 CEOs of companies.

JAPAN

"LET'S MAKE A COMPANY (KAISHA WO TSUKUROU, IN JAPANESE)" PROGRAM FOR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN JAPAN

Eiji Yamane; Professor;
Faculty of Education;
Mie University;
1515 Kamihama, Tsu, 514-8507 Japan;
Email: eyamane@edu.mie-u.ac.jp

Toshihiro Iwata (Yamana); Professor,
Faculty of Informatics;
Kansai University;
2-1-1 Ryozenji, Takatsuki-City,
Osaka, 569-1095, JAPAN;
Email: yamana@res.kutc.kansai-u.ac.jp

Takuro Mimaki; Professor;
Faculty of Engineering;
Doshisha University;
1-3 Tatara Miyakodani, Kyoutanabe,
Kyoto 610-0394 Japan;
Email" tmimaki@mail.doshisha.ac.jp

Focus: Program for junior high school students

Abstract: The "Let's Make a Company" program was developed by E. Yamane and T. Iwata in 2003 for the "time for integrated study" in junior high schools in Japan. It was practiced at two junior high schools in Mie Prefecture in 2003 and 2004. According to the program, 5-10 students make a team (a company), plan to make some commodities, produce the commodities, sell them to their parents and the public, and counts profit. The companies compete for which company gains the highest profit. At the start of the program, each student is given about $10 for the fund. In one school about 160 students attended the program and practiced from October to December. Many of the students made a good response to the program.

MEXICO

TECHNOLOGY BASED ENTREPRENEURSHIP COURSE AND PROJECT ORIENTED LEARNING: An Innovative Approach

Jorge Olmos Arrayales
Entrepreneurship Coordinator
ITESM High School, Mexico City Campus
Calle del Puente No. 222
Col. Ejidos de Huipulco
Del. Tlalpan, C.P. 14380
México, D.F.
Phone: (52) 55 54 83 21 48 Email: http://www.ccm.itesm.mx

Focus: In Mexico, youth represent a large portion of the population. They require positive attitude and abilities in order to transform their ideas and goals into successful realities. The country needs people with own development and with social responsibility. Entrepreneurs in Mexico are key players in this new globalized arena.

Geographic Area: Mexico

Abstract: The ITESM, as an educational system is committed to educate students to levels of excellence in their chosen fields while fostering values and characteristics needed in entrepreneurship. ITESM teaches entrepreneurship via leadership and community service initiatives.

The Entrepreneur Program is an important part of the ITESM System because it fulfills the entrepreneurial aspect of our mission. By entrepreneur, we mean those who create their own businesses and those who apply their creative talents within existing organizations.

Our mission is to educate students to levels of excellence in their chosen fields and to develop the values and characteristics of entrepreneurship, leadership, honesty, and service.

In the educational environment, there is a constant need for develop new methodologies that could enhance the teaching learning process. In the business arena, there is a need for creative people who can transform ideas into reality. Our world of constant change demands the vision, innovation, and dedication of entrepreneurs.

Both, the business and the educational areas had been impacted by a technological trend that seems that will continue becoming an essential part of our lives.

The Project Oriented Learning methodology gives an innovative approach in order to improve teacher's performance in the Entrepreneurship class, the interaction is based on a technological platform that gives flexibility and develops skills among both teachers and students.

UNITED KINGDOM

Toucan Europe

Melanie Windle
Windle Associates
33 Broseley Road, Firswood
Manchester, United Kingdom
Telephone + 44 161 860 4207
Email: Melaniew@globalnet.co.uk

Dave Ellis
Toucan Europe
Tanzaro House
Ardwick Green North
Manchester UK
Telephone + 44 161 273 5122
Email: info@toucan-europe.co.uk Website: http://www.toucan-europe.co.uk

Focus: Start your own business.

Geographic Area: Manchester, UK

Abstract: EVERYONE'S A WINNER part 2 builds on the experience in Manchester of establishing an entrepreneurship curriculum, working with socially disadvantaged individuals and groups

The workbook and facilitators guide enables participants to gain the skills and tools to change their environment, this is achieved in real time situations by managing a "one-day business" that provides a real return to all shareholders. The work book which include work sheets and planning aids form part of a recognized national and transferable qualification. (NVQ National Vocational Qualification).

Program objectives:

  • To experience and understand what is involved with setting up a business
  • To generate potential business ideas for the group or individuals to get involved in
  • To understand the role of enterprise in the local community
  • To develop the skills of entrepreneurship
  • To work collectively and build self - confidence

The International Journal of Entrepreneurship Education (IJEE)

The IJEE is a new journal concept publishing refereed case studies, review and perspectives on advances in entrepreneurship research; lectures and entrepreneurship education research. The IJEE is aimed at entrepreneurship educators and business schools.

The Mission of the IJEE is to enhance entrepreneurship education worldwide. The IJEE is supported by leading international academics in the field. Editorial board members are affiliated to leading institutions such as Harvard, Columbia, UCLA and MIT.

Articles include:

  • Success factors in Boston Technology Based Entrepreneurship (John Preston, MIT)
  • The State of Entrepreneurship Education in the United States: a Nationwide Survey and Analysis (George Solomon, Susan Duffy and Ayman Tarabishy, The George Washington University)
  • The Early Environment and Schooling Experiences of High-Technology Entrepreneurs; insights for Entrepreneurship Education (Marilyn Kourilsky, UCLA and William Walstad, University of Nebraska- Lincoln)
  • You Say You Want a Revolution? A Case Study of MP3.COM (Andrew Burke, University of Warwick, UK and Chris Montgomery MP3.COM/Vivendi)

    Pricing: Institutional rate; USD 160 and Personal Rate USD 45. The IJEE is a quarterly publication.

    Contact:
    Senate Hall Academic Publishing PO Box 10689 Birmingham B3 1WL, UK
    Phone: +44 121 233 3837
    Email: pmcsweeney@senatehall.com
    Web site: http://www.senatehall.com/ijee

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