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Copenhagen 2018 22nd European Economics Association Conference "TO CHANGE OR NOT TO CHANGE: THAT IS THE QUESTION! ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS EDUCATION IN A TRANSFORMING SOCIETY" Entrepreneurship Education in Italy: an economic-psychological approach Luisa Broli - Law and Economics Teacher - PhD in Psychology AEEE - ITALIA ISTITUTO TECNICO CASALE VIGEVANO

Preliminary questions… Let’s debate! Can entrepreneurship be taught? Are we really able to teach entrepreneurship?

Entrepreneurship can be learnt Entrepreneurship education needs a student-centered and mindset-focused approach

What is entrepreneurship?

Entrepreneurship competence Entrepreneurship competence refers to the capacity to act upon opportunities and ideas, and to transform them into values for others. It is founded upon creativity , critical thinking and problem solving , taking initiative and perseverance and the ability to work collaboratively in order to plan and manage projects that are of cultural, social or financial value. (EU Council Recommendation of 22 May 2018 on key competences for lifelong learning)

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Entrepreneurial mindset It refers to a specific state of mind which orientates human conduct towards entrepreneurial activities and outcomes . Individuals with entrepreneurial mindsets are often drawn to opportunities, innovation and new value creation . Characteristics include the ability to take calculated risks and accept the realities of change and uncertainty . (Financial Times.com/Lexicon)

‘Plan your future, set up your own enterprise’: Entrepreneurship Education at L. Casale Technical School L. Casale Technical School is a secondary school located in Vigevano (Lombardy - Italy). The Entrepreneurship Education (EE) project involves about one hundred and fifty 16-year-old students every year. The EE program at the Casale School represents the preliminary step of a major program called ‘Alternanza Scuola – Lavoro’ including a compulsory work experience placement required before students take the final secondary school leaving exam in Italy.

Pedagogical approach of the project Our project aims to be: - Student-centered : no lectures, only tasks and activities are included - Mindset-focused : attitudes and representations are investigated - Future oriented : students have to think about their future job or the creation of their own enterprise

‘Plan your future, set up your own enterprise’: 4 steps Tasks about Questionnaire Elevator success Entrepreneurship test about pitch factors enterprises .

Questionnaire Tasks about about Elevator Entrepreneurship test success enterprises pitch factors Self-evaluation questionnaire about entrepreneurship attitude Answer Keys

Questionnaire Tasks about about Elevator Entrepreneurship test success enterprises pitch factors Aims of the questionnaire: . -to investigate students’ psychological representations of enterprise - to elicit ideas, feelings and associations about the meaning of ‘business’ from students.

Psychological representations of enterprise

Questionnaire Tasks about about Elevator Entrepreneurship test success enterprises pitch factors - Word cloud: key competences of . a successful entrepreneur www.menti.com - Class discussion about the ‘EntreComp wheel’

Questionnaire Tasks about about Elevator Entrepreneurship test success enterprises pitch factors Students give a . 3-minute speech about the creation of their own enterprise or about their future job.

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