Entre4Future

The overall objective is the exchange of professional practice on issues related to textbooks, curricula and teaching methodologies for the simulation as an effective method to entrepreneurship education of young people, innovative technologies used in the simulation business transfer between the two levels of schooling – high school VET and university.

In the plan of activities, we address the following target groups

• Short-term staff active in education and training (objective: Upgrading skills of teachers through new learning and teaching methods, by development and delivery of new teaching materials and methods, especially using the method ” training firm” (high school) or “virtual company” (universities); implement innovative practice VET learning and teaching methodologies (training firm,virtual company), those delivering key competences and basic skills, language skills, focusing on the use of ICT.
• Long-term -students, school pupils ( 17-20 age) (objective:• The development of entrepreneurial skills, IT and foreign languages to students)

The project will develop the following results

• Reports
• The project website
• Curricula “Learning Office”
• Good Practice Guide “Simulation for entrepreneurship”

Objectives

• The development of entrepreneurial skills, IT and foreign languages to students
• Upgrading skills of teachers through new learning and teaching methods, by development and delivery of new teaching materials and methods, especially using the method ” training firm” (high school) or “virtual company” (university)
• Implementing innovative practice VET learning and teaching methodologies (training firm,virtual company), those delivering key competences and basic skills, language skills, focusing on the use of ICT.

Tasks

• Distribution of ENTRE4FUTURE newsletters
• Press releases
• Participation in events (workshops/seminars/peer-learning meeting/fairs, etc.)
• Article publications (conference proceedings or journals)
• Building a strong and effective internet presence
• Keeping contacts with other Erasmus + projects

Activities for teachers

• Visits to economic high school and University – presenting educational system
• Workshops, with teachers from countries visited, specific use, business simulation method
• Meetings with specialists and with representatives of local authorities in education
• Participation in fairs, contests, events related to business etc.

Activities for students

• Visits to economic high school and University- – presenting educational system
• Involvement in peer-learning activities, in training firms, the institutions visited
• Activities to use IT platforms, to perform transactions and other activities, specific training firms and enterprises simulated
• Participation in fairs, contests, events related to business
• Meetings with specialists etc.

The general dissemination strategy is to actively engage users from different target groups (this is taken into account e.g. by establishing focus groups consisting of different stakeholders and decision-making authorities) and to search for ways of generating a feeling of ownership among people and groups to whom we are going to disseminate knowledge about the project and which are going to impact.

Therefore the dissemination will be customised to the needs of particular target groups and will be divided into four main dissemination “types”:

• Dissemination for awareness directed to the vocational training and the business community
• Dissemination for understanding directed to the groups that can benefit from the project and need to have a deeper understanding of the project’s work
• Dissemination for action directed to the groups/audiences that are in the position to “influence” and “bring about change” within their organisations

The project will develop the following results

• Reports
• The project website
• Curricula “Learning Office”
• Good Practice Guide “Simulation for entrepreneurship”

The impact on participating teachers

• They will develop relationship and integration skills in new work environments
• They will improve their communication skills
• They will efficiently exploit their professional skills, applying them in real situations, and thus developing a professional conduct according to the European standards
• They will improve their professional skills, through learning new training methods, using the „training firm” (high school) and „simulation business” (university) methods
• Due to the contacts with specialists from the partner institutions, the working style of the European developed countries, and the access to modern working methods (audio and video tools, online platforms, interactive websites), the participants will be able to easily adjust to the new working environment
• They will get to know an intercultural and multi-linguistic environment
• They will acquire new negotiation techniques through the discussions with working groups, institutions, managers

The impact on participating students

• Improving communication in a foreign language
• New knowledge in the field of economics, presented in an european context and put into practice
• Developing social skills: teamwork, communication, interaction within the common virtual platform
• Developing entrepreneurship skills, IT and foreign languages to students
• Developing personal abilities that lead to better results both at school and at their future career on the international labor market
• Creating a professional conduct at international standards
• Exploring their leadership and entrepreneurship qualities (many students want to start their own business even from high school)
• Increasing awareness on European realities and finding paths to follow in a constraint free society, hopeful for great achievements