Social Learning and Social Entrepreneurship Education

Training of Future Technology Teachers: Management Tools and Challenges in Current Educational Process

“…Students -future teachers of technology are also very often invited to participate in these activities. The international practice shows that the atmosphere, created in these conditions, is characterised by high extent of creativity, as each participant of a master class does not just master technology, but also offers ways of its improvement or modification (Gansle, Noell & Burns, 2012;Howorth, Smith & Parkinson, 2012;Lacleta et al, 2015;Long et al, 2012;Sotnik, 2016).…”

MyLinkFace: Teaching Social Entrepreneurship

“…Social entrepreneurship education programs exist in universities worldwide and must meet the educational needs of social entrepreneurs seeking business skills, an increased attention to social issues, and students' desires for meaningful educations (Miller, Wesley, & Williams, 2012). Social entrepreneurship is attracting a growing interest in how to teach people the necessary social and entrepreneurial skills (Howorth, Smith, & Parkinson, 2012). However, consensus about the necessary competencies for these programs does not exist (Miller et al, 2012).…”

“…Experts acknowledge that social and commercial entrepreneurs face similar pressures from resource constraints, environmental uncertainty, and an uncertain marketplace (Howorth et al, 2012). Social enterprise sustainability requires entrepreneurial and managerial skills in such areas as: assessment of funding streams, profitability analysis for reinvestment, resource management, idea generation and exploitation, and market distribution and assessment analysis.…”

“…Other experts preach that teaching social entrepreneurs should be social and not contextual learning, and in particular, skills in reflective thinking may be particularly beneficial to social entrepreneurs (Howorth et al, 2012). Reflective thinking requires critical questioning about assumptions and mental models that in the past may have been taken for granted.…”

“…Reflective thinking requires critical questioning about assumptions and mental models that in the past may have been taken for granted. Experts argue that building trust, familiarity and psychological safety are important in developing social entrepreneurial skills (Howorth et al, 2012). In one study, social and commercial entrepreneurs appear to have more in common than differences (Howorth et al, 2012).…”