MBER202 - IFE

MBER202
Entrepreneurial Education

MQF Level: 7

ECTS Value: 2 ECTS

Self Study Hours: 24

Contact Hours: 10

Assessment Hours: 16

Overall Objectives and Outcomes

The aim of the module is to promote and build competences in Entrepreneurship in the Business Education and Retail subjects. Entrepreneurship in Education is a novel concept aimed 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. This module will help students to put the theories learnt during the syllabus into practise while enhancing the 21^st century skills in action.

By the end of this programme, participants should be able to:

Competences

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.

Knowledge

a. Critically describe the various meanings of entrepreneurship within an educational context;

b. Critically reflect on different notions of entrepreneurship;

c. Determine the cognitive, practical, intra and interpersonal skills required for an effective entrepreneur;

d. Outline effective pedagogical methods to promote meaningful teaching and learning on Entrepreneurship Education;

e. Describe and demonstrate awareness of the resources, setting operations and the key challenges faced when setting up a business;

f. Comprehensively understand, analyse and communicate market, marketing and selling techniques and competition to the target audience;

g. Describe and demonstrate the financial challenges as a key component of making a new business successful;

h. Recognise the diverse early stages of a new business from concept to implementation;

i. Outline the main components of a simple Business Plan.

Skills

a. Design 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 the transformation of an idea into action;

d. Develop a business model canvas and/or a comprehensive Business Plan acknowledging the different stages of development taking place for a new business from concept to start-up;

e. Evaluate and provide feedback on the constructed business plan and business model;

f. Foster entrepreneurial skills throughout the process from generation of ideas to the transformation into a finished product or service.

Assessment Methods

This module will be assessed through: Reflective Tasks and Project-Based Assignment.