Identify what works well in enterprise and entrepreneurship education

URN: CFASEE001
Business Sectors (Suites): Enterprise and Entrepreneurial Educators
Developed by: Skills CFA
Approved on: 2016

Overview

This standard is about identifying what works well in enterprise and entrepreneurship education, as part of planning and developing enterprise and entrepreneurship education curricula.  It requires you to understand what is meant by enterprise and entrepreneurship education, identify ways of researching current thinking and practice on enterprise and entrepreneurship education and make sense of the outcomes of your research, in the context of planning the development and delivery of enterprise and entrepreneurship education curricula.

For the purposes of this standard, enterprise and entrepreneurship education refers to the process of equipping learners with an enhanced capacity, ideas and skills to make ideas happen, whether it is in the context of starting and running a business or working for someone else.  Enterprise refers to a set of personal abilities, skills and behaviours which can be used in a variety of different contexts whilst entrepreneurship refers to an individual or group of individuals creating, developing and managing a new venture.  The institution refers to the organisation you work in, whether this is a school, further education college, higher education institution or private training provider.

This standard is recommended for individuals involved in the design, development and delivery of enterprise and entrepreneurship education curricula in schools, colleges, higher education institutions and other education contexts.


Performance criteria

You must be able to:

P1 ​identify what is meant by enterprise and entrepreneurship education in the institution

P2 assess the importance of identifying what works well in enterprise and entrepreneurship education

P3 develop a case to access resources to research current thinking and practices on enterprise and entrepreneurship education

P4 plan how to create space for researching what works well in enterprise and entrepreneurship education

P5 develop criteria for identifying appropriate examples of what works well in enterprise and entrepreneurship education

P6 adopt an appropriate method for researching current thinking and practice on enterprise and entrepreneurship education

P7 network with others, internal and external to the institution, to address any gaps which emerge from desk-based research of current thinking and practice on enterprise and entrepreneurship education

P8 review the outcomes from researching current thinking and practices in order to identify what works well

P9 communicate to others, internal and external to the institution, what works well in enterprise and entrepreneurship education

P10 maintain an up to date knowledge of appropriate sources related to current thinking and practices on enterprise and entrepreneurship education


Knowledge and Understanding

You need to know and understand:


Enterprise and entrepreneurship education

K1 what is enterprise education

K2 what is entrepreneurship education

K3 approaches to understanding and supporting enterprise and entrepreneurship education in the institution

K4 the plans and priorities in the institution related to enterprise and entrepreneurship education

Review what works well

K5 the importance of reviewing what works well in enterprise and entrepreneurship education

K6 the key sources of current thinking and practice related to enterprise and entrepreneurship education

K7 the indicators which can be used to identify what works well in enterprise and entrepreneurship education

K8 how to review current thinking and practice to identify what works well in enterprise and entrepreneurship education

K9 the methods for analysing what works well and what works less well in enterprise and entrepreneurship education

K10 how to embed insights from reviewing what works well in developing and delivering enterprise and entrepreneurship education in the institution

K11 the opportunities to access resources from the institution in order to identify what works well in enterprise and entrepreneurship education

K12 the available resources, internal and external to the institution, which can be used to assist in identifying what works well in enterprise and entrepreneurship education

K13 opportunities for networking with others, internal and external to the institution, to identify what works well in enterprise and entrepreneurship education

K14 ways of maintaining relationships with others who can assist in identifying what works well in enterprise and entrepreneurship education

K15 strategies for creating space in order to identify what works well in enterprise and entrepreneurship education

K16 how to share understanding of what works well in enterprise and entrepreneurship education with others in the institution


Scope/range


Scope Performance


Scope Knowledge


Values


Behaviours


Skills


Glossary


Links To Other NOS


External Links

The Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) Guidance on Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Education

 

http://www.qaa.ac.uk/en/Publications/Documents/enterprise-entrepreneurship-guidance.pdf

 

The National (Organisational) Standard for Enterprise Education in Schools (NSEE)

 

http://4colourlearning.co.uk/old-4cl-site/what-do-you-need/eis-network/nsee/

 

The HETAC Enterprise and Entrepreneurial Education Guidelines

 

http://www.ceen.ie/DatabaseDocs/lib4465293hetacdraftguidelineseee1.pdf


Version Number

1

Indicative Review Date

2018

Validity

Current

Status

Original

Originating Organisation

SFEDI

Original URN

CFASEE001

Relevant Occupations

Teachers, Further Education Professionals, Higher Education Professionals, Vocational and Industrial Trainers and Instructors

SOC Code


Keywords

enterprise; entrepreneurship; education; effective practice; curricula