Framework for Organizing Studies Entrepreneurially Erasmus Project

Project Title

Framework for Organizing Studies Entrepreneurially

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Pedagogy and didactics; Entrepreneurial learning – entrepreneurship education; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

Although entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial behavior have been proposed by EU and national policy for long time, it has been hard implementing it in the education system. There are frameworks for what should be focused (e.g. EntreComps entreprenurial competence framework), but educators seem to struggle with how they should work as frameworks on pedagogical and didactical aspects of entrepreneurial education are lacking. To support educators at all levels in the education system that want to work entrepreneurially, we will develop a framework for organizing studies entrepreneurially (FOrSE) with two main parts. First, a pedagogical strategy outlining the principals that guide the design and implementation of entrepreneurial education and second general guidelines for how to work entrepreneurially in practice (e.g. how to craft tasks, lead processes or design examinations). To accomplish this, three higher education institutions in Finland (University of Lapland), Latvia (Riga Technical University) and Sweden (Luleå University of Technology) will work together with three other partners (LTU Business (working with competence development) and UF Norrbotten (a Junior Achievement organization) in Sweden and VITAE (working with teacher training for in-service teachers) in Latvia). Altogether, there will be about 35 active participants working to develop and test the pedagogical strategy and guidelines by working both nationally and transnationally. The core project group (one person from each partner) will work closely during the entire project period and meet on-line (e.g. through Skype or Zoom) every month and face-to-face every fourth month. The extended project group will meet three times during the project for learning/training sessions. Between these transnational meetings, there will be national activities. The extended project group is used for practical validation of the results. For scientific validation of the results, central parts of the pedagogical strategy and guidelines will be presented at scientific conferences. The final results from the project is the FOrSE pedagogical strategy and FOrSE Guidelines that we will disseminate broadly to educators in Europe. The main target group is educators at university or upper secondary schools. We believe the potential for impact on both short and longer term is great as educators lack tools to work entrepreneurially practically and in a coherent way.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 242795 Eur

Project Coordinator

LULEA TEKNISKA UNIVERSITET & Country: SE

Project Partners

• RIGAS TEHNISKA UNIVERSITATE
• Ung Företagsamhet Norrbotten
• LAPIN YLIOPISTO
• LTU BUSINESS AB
• Muzizglitibas un kulturas instituts Vitae