Plant a seed, cultivate an idea, reap a rewards

The Future for Entrepreneurship and SME Policies inEuropean Countries

Wednesday May 5th 2010

Stockholm, Sweden

Eric Burton

Learning & Teaching Scotland National Enterprise in Education Development Officer

West Lothian Council16 + Choice Co-ordinator

Does Entrepreneurship Education Matter ?

Plant a seed, cultivate an idea…

….reap a reward

Scotland

The Lisbon Agreement – plant a seed

“The secret to achieving the vision of the Lisbon agreement is in our classrooms!”

“Unless Europe is prepared to invest in enterprise education at all ages, involve the private sector as a partner in the learning process, and inspire its young people to think outside the box …

Lisbon’s vision of sustainable growth and more jobs will not be achieved.” Lisbon Agenda 2000

The Lisbon Agreement – plant a seed

Scottish Enterprise history – plant a seed

….long, active tradition in

enterprise….

• Ministerial Review of Education for Work and Enterprise (2001- 2002)

• Scottish Executive Response (March 2003)• Determined to Succeed - Phase 1 (2003-08)

Phase 2 (2008-11)

Can do – will do

Determined to Succeed“So DtS is not about teaching enterprise as

a subject. Per se; rather teachers deliver their subject lessons in an enterprising way , that contextualises learning , that involves employers wherever possible, and make learning relevant in the context of the world of work and today’s global environment.”

DtS Three Years On 2007.

Delivered through…Enterprise - What’s it all about?

Determined to Succeed - why it’s important?

• Sustainable economic growth – top priority

• Increase business start ups

• Strong skilled workforce

• Demographic challenge

• A generation of confident and ambitious Scots

Scottish Government - Purpose

to focus the Government and public services on creating a more successful country, with opportunities for all of Scotland to flourish, through increasing sustainable

economic growth

Plant a Seed

Strategic Objectives

Wealthier and Fairer Enable businesses and people to increase their wealth and more people to share fairly in that wealth

Smarter Expand opportunities for people in Scotland to succeed from nurture through to life long learning, ensuring higher and more widely shared achievements

Healthier Help people to sustain and improve their health, especially in disadvantaged communities, ensuring better, local and faster access to health care

Safer and Stronger Help local communities to flourish, becoming stronger, safer places to live, offering improved opportunities and a better quality of life

Greener Improve Scotland's natural and built environment and the sustainable use and enjoyment of it

Government Economic Strategy

For young people, GES is specific:• focus on giving every child the best start in

life

• school education allowing young people to succeed and develop the skills needed to be active contributors to the economy

• joining up the education experience, effective management of transitions

skills for ScotlandA LIFELONG LEARNING STRATEGY

“ We need to continue to create an enterprising culture in our schools and make the link between the classroom and the workplace so young people see the relevance of learning.”

We need successful learners, confident individuals, responsible citizens and effective contributors to build a smarter Scotland.”

Skills for Scotland - 2007

Skills for Scotland – A Lifelong Skills Strategy

...solve problems

...plan and organise

...work with others

...think critically & creatively

...use initiative

...lead ..to learn..take risks

The ability to…

www.ltscotland/enterpriseineducation

The investment• £ 7m (2003 – 04)• £13m (2004 – 05)• £22m (2005 – 06)• £22m (2006 – 07)• £23m (2007 – 08)

£87m• £22m (2008 - 09)• £22m (2009 - 10)• £22m (2010 - 11)

£153m

Cultivate an idea • Equip young people with the skills they will need

for tomorrow’s workforce• Make sure that assessment and certification

support learning• Allow more choice and chances to meet the

needs of individual young people• To enable young people to flourish in life and

work beyond school

New Education Strategy

Curriculum Design & Enterprise

In Action…

Progression

Relevan

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Challenge 3 to 18 yearsHigher

orderlearning skills

Consolidating andApplying

Knowledge

What’s it all about?

Developing enterprise skills in young people

ensuring they have the ability to apply enterprising skills, attitudes and values such as self-

awareness, self-confidence, creativity, initiative, risk taking, communication, decision making, problem solving and teamwork in a range of

social and economic contexts.

Higher-order thinking

Creating Designing

Constructing

Planning

Story

Project

Plan

Evaluating Judging

Testing

Monitoring

Debate

Evaluation

Report

Analysing Comparing

Organising

Outlining

Spreadsheet

Checklist

Chart

Lower-order thinking

Applying Implementing

Carrying out

Using

Interview

Performance

Diary

Understanding Interpreting

Exemplifying

Summarising

Explanation

Show and tell

Quiz

Remembering Naming

Locating

Finding

Fact

Worksheet

Test

Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy Planning Framework

Verbal Receiving

Visual Receiving

Receiving & Participating

Doing

PA

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EOUR LEVEL OF INVOLVEMENT RETENTION OF KNOWLEDGE

John Dewey - Learning by Doing

“Give the pupils something to do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking; learning naturally results.”

Skills for life and work• An increased emphasis on skills for life

and skills for work• 16+ Choices – positive destination for all• Including but not limited to Skills for Work• Greater focus on enterprising leadership and

CPD for key partners.

Employer engagement

• Broadening and strengthening employer engagement

• Targeting representative bodies of key industries• Further developing entrepreneurial learning by

increasing focus on private and social enterprises• Sharing practice with college sector• Coherent entry point for employers• Recognition of employers’ commitment

Broadening the reach

• 3 to 18 years progression

• Residential and other non-school provision i.e. secure units, specialist provision schools

• Levering value across lifelong learning institutions by engaging colleges and training providers in enterprise in education agenda

Building capacity

• Fostering increased recognition of role employers play

• Cross-sector and cross-curricular coverage

• Understanding and application of Labour Market Intelligence to inform teaching and learning

• Support professional development of early years, college and other learning practitioners

Pathway for Enterprise

• 24 + Business Gateway • 18 -24 Princes Scottish Youth Business Trust• 17 -24 Get Into Business• 17 -18 Young Enterprise Scotland• 16 + 16+ Choices – positive destination for all.• 11+ Be An Inventor• 8 – 17 Young Engineers Clubs• 5 – 17 Eco Schools Flag• 3 – 18 Skills for Life, Skills for Work, Skills for Life• 3 – 18 Curriculum for Excellence entitlement

The Future

• Culture change takes time• Determined to Succeed

part of the bigger picture• Confident we are on the

right track

www.determinedtosucceed.co.uk

Reap A Reward

“The quality of our teaching is the quality of our future.Our economies, our legal framework,

our institutions, our nations…they all have their origin in the classroom.”

Angel Gurria OECD - Secretary GeneralOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Mexico 2009.

Eric Burton

16 + Choices Co-ordinatorWest Lothian CouncilEnterprise HouseAlmondvale BoulevardLivingstonEH54 6QP

044 07577874725

Blog; http://enteric.wordpress.com/

Learning & Teaching Scotland; http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/enterpriseineducation/index.asp

Federation of Small Business UK; http://www.fsb.org.uk/scotland