Entrepreneurship in Primary Schools

Download or read book Entrepreneurship in Primary Schools written by Mario Murgic and published by . This book was released on 2019-02-28 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In today's world there is a real need to incorporate entrepreneurship education in primary schools. Entrepreneurs today help solve problems of unemployment, youth unemployment, economic stagnation, and many other socio-economic problems. But for a country to have more entrepreneurs and more available jobs it is necessary that those people receive an adequate education. And it is much easier and frankly much smarter to do it early so that knowledge can be built on and intensified. Offering entrepreneurship classes after school to those who finished high school and want to start a business should be the last step and not the only step in the education of entrepreneurs. For people to be ready to become entrepreneurs they need to develop a set of skills and the right mindset. And that cannot be achieved in a hurry, it needs to be worked on methodically from a young age. Perfect time to start that educational cycle is in the primary schools so that their creativity and optimism can be used to maximise the effects. There has been a number of initiatives around the world to incorporate more entrepreneurship education into the educational system however the focus of such initiatives is mostly on secondary education. The topic of the introduction of entrepreneurship education into primary schools is still being ignored. The main reason for that is the fact that the current educational system is outdated and relies on traditional teaching methods that haven't changed much in decades. Yet the world has changed. The world needs people who will think outside the box now more than ever and it is a shame that educational systems around the world kill creativity and limit the potential of millions of children around the world every single year. Those who are children today, one day they will lead the world forward. They will lead countries, open businesses and educate others. If we equip them with useful real-life knowledge we can help them achieve much more in the future. The book contains an overview of successful examples of entrepreneurship education in primary schools around the world. It analyses the benefits and goals of such education and discusses how to shift from a traditional learning style to project-based learning that is much more suitable for entrepreneurship education.