M85
Award in Entrepreneurship in Education
This module is aimed at educators who are interested in promoting and leading towards building competences in Entrepreneurship in their class. Entrepreneurship in Education is a novel concept which aims towards giving students, who are our future citizens, the knowledge, competences and skills required to succeed in a modern social, cultural, environmental and economic sphere. Entrepreneurship is indeed, a cross-curricular theme. The coherent leadership of such a concept is important so that there is a more focus.
Applicants interested in following this programme are to satisfy one of the minimum eligibility criteria:
1. A Bachelor of Education (MQF Level 6 with a minimum of 180 ECTS, or equivalent);
2. A Bachelor’s degree (MQF Level 6 with a minimum of 180 ECTS, or equivalent) and PGCE (or equivalent);
3. A full MQF Level 5 qualification with a minimum of 120 ECTS or equivalent, in Education.
By the end of this module, the learner will be able to:
a) Initiate and manage effectively entrepreneurship educational projects;
b) develop current and meaningful pedagogical practices;
c) foster specialized theoretical and practical knowledge underpinning Entrepreneurship in Education;
d) motivate students to be proactive and seize opportunities to turn an idea into a product/service;
e) promote awareness amongst students about the importance of the entrepreneurial skills.
a) Critically discuss different types of business models
b) Determine the cognitive, practical, intra and interpersonal skills required for an effective entrepreneur;
c) Outline effective pedagogical methods to promote meaningful teaching and learning on Entrepreneurship Education;
d) Demonstrate awareness of the resources and setting operations required to set up a business;
e) comprehensively understand, analyse and communicate market; marketing and selling techniques and competition to the target audience;
f) Critically demonstrate the various meanings of entrepreneurship within an educational context;
g) Outline the main components of a simple business plan;
h) Describe the various types of business ownership.
a) Develop effective pedagogical methods to promote Entrepreneurship in Education;
b) Explore possible ways of being a proactive forward-looking educator in proposing ways of incorporating Entrepreneurship in class;
c) Systematically and creatively manage transformation of an idea into action; develop a a business model canvas and a comprehensive Business Plan;
d) Foster entrepreneurial skills throughout the process from generation of ideas to the transformation into a finished product or service.
This module adopts a blended approach to teaching and learning. Information related to the structure and delivery of the module may be accessed through the IfE Portal. For further details, kindly refer to the Teaching, Learning and Assessment Policy and Procedures found on the Institute for Education’s website.
This programme adopts continuous and summative methods of assessment including assignments, online tasks, reflective journals, projects and video presentations. For further details, kindly refer to the Teaching, Learning and Assessment Policy and Procedures.
Upon successful completion of this module, course participants will be conferred an accredited certification.
Upon successful completion of this module, course participants may use certification conferred to apply for Recognition of Prior Learning for accredited programmes. Teachers may also use this certification in their application for accelerated progression.
1) Hill, Charles and Tomas Hult (2017). “International Business: Competing in the Global Marketplace”. 11th edition. McGraw-Hill Irwin.
2) Moberg, K. (2014). Two Approaches to Entrepreneurship Education: The Different Effects of Education for and through Entrepreneurship at the Lower Secondary Level. International Journal of Management Education, 12, 512-528
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