"Knowledge is the key to personal and social development"
Our educational platform is based on fundamental learning processes:
1. Self-knowledge
2. Critical Thinking
3. Capability of choice
4. Taking initiatives
5. Decision making
6. Time management
7. Management of options
8. Cooperation
Pedagogical Value Vs Competitive Form:
- It develops in all social groups (with different or identical expectations, competence, etc.)
- It is shown in a variety of ways and according to the moral, social and emotional level of the individual or group
- It aims to transform competitiveness into cooperation and constructive dialogue. Furthermore, into respect and acceptance of diversity
Interpretation and pedagogical analysis of the term 'Entrepreneurship':
- Intelligence
- Cooperation
- Transaction
- Negotiation
- Use of risk and acceptance of failure
- Taking initiatives
- Taking entrepreneurship out of lethargy
The characteristics of the people or groups involved in entrepreneurship:
- Taking initiatives
- Conversion of resources into applications
- Time allotment
- Taking risks
- Evaluation of progress
- Acceptance of failure
- Redefinition of their course
Entrepreneurship as a culture:
- Entrepreneurship in education is NOT related only to the establishment and development of a business
- Entrepreneurship is necessary not only for entrepreneurs
- It is the motivation of talents and abilities for expression and creation
- It is the way we face our fears, while taking into account the possibility of failure
- It is the scientific knowledge and all those smart ideas, that are transformed into innovative applications
- It is the courage to participate in social, political and economic events
- It is the change in our attitude and the utilization of knowledge and technology for the benefit of people
As teachers we have to offer opportunities to every child:
- To create something from scratch
- To seek opportunities where others can only see the impossible and chaos
- To be socialized into groups by satisfying their own abilities and recognizing the talents of others
- To know how to act, especially in difficult situations
- To learn how to save their money, when they need it more than ever
- To be able to work smartly
Why it is necessary to introduce entrepreneurship into education:
- Unemployment and social exclusion are prevented
- Talents are detected and activated
- Self-realization of children is encouraged
Skills and attitudes children acquire:
- Communication
- Adaptability
- Tolerance / spirituality
- Acceptance of diversity
- Cooperation
- Rapid response to challenges
- Intelligence
- Taking initiatives
- Managing options
What role will education play in the Fourth Industrial/Business Revolution? (DAVOS 2016)
