The document discusses the DOIT project, which aims to develop early entrepreneurship education materials for children aged 6-16 using makerspace settings. The DOIT program involves a 7-step process for young social innovators focusing on motivation, co-design, prototyping, reflection, and sharing ideas. Pilot studies involving 1,000 children will take place in 10 countries to test the program and evaluate its impact on entrepreneurial skills, attitudes, and knowledge. The evaluation faces challenges due to differences in languages, interventions, and ages but will use mixed methods including surveys, tests, and interviews.
Unterfrauner: Towards a Model of Early Entrepreneurial Education: Appreciation, Facilitation and Evaluation (MIS4TEL 2018)
1. Towards a Model of Early
Entrepreneurial Education:
Appreciation, Facilitation and
Evaluation
Elisabeth Unterfrauner,
Christian Voigt & Sandra Schön
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Presentation at MIS4TEL 2018
2018-06-21
2. Overview
• What is the Maker movement?
• Maker education
• DOIT project
• Evaluation design
• Outlook
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4. Maker education
• Maker spaces cooperate with educational institutions
• Yet rare examples in formal education
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Self-regulated learning
Hands-on learning
Interdisciplinary learning
Collaborative learning
Project based learning
Learning through trial and error
STEAM education
5. Maker education
• Maker spaces cooperate with educational institutions
• Yet rare examples in formal education
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Self-regulated learning
Hands-on learning
Interdisciplinary learning
Collaborative learning
Project based learning
Learning through trial and error
STEAM education
I don’t want to have a kid who thinks ‘OK, I
want this and where can I buy it’, instead of ‘I
want this and how can I make it’ (maker,
Croatia).
6. Maker education
• Maker spaces cooperate with educational institutions
• Yet rare examples in formal education
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Self-regulated learning
Hands-on learning
Interdisciplinary learning
Collaborative learning
Project based learning
Learning through trial and error
STEAM education
I don’t want to have a kid who thinks ‘OK, I
want this and where can I buy it’, instead of ‘I
want this and how can I make it’ (maker,
Croatia).
“…this could be a way to
introduce them to a new way of
production as well as also
teaching the young people who
are interested in technology…(…)
(maker, Spain)
7. Early entrepreneurial education
EC thematic working group (2016): “Entrepreneurship
education is about learners developing the skills and
mind-set to be able to turn creative ideas into
entrepreneurial action. This is a key competence for all
learners, supporting personal development, active
citizenship, social inclusion and employability”
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8. DOIT project
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DOIT aims to collect, develop, publish and spread materials and
experiences for an early entrepreneurship education for
children from 6 to 16 that build upon social innovations within
makerspace settings.
9. DOIT programme
- 7 steps for young social innovators
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Do it
because
you can
Do
what
matters
Do it
together
Do it now Do it
better
Do more
of it
Do
inspire
others
Motivation Co-design Co-creation Construction Reflection Scaling Reaching
out
10. DOIT programme
- 7 steps for young social innovators
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Do it
because
you can
Do
what
matters
Do it
together
Do it now Do it
better
Do more
of it
Do
inspire
others
Motivation Co-design Co-creation Construction Reflection Scaling Reaching
out
Students get motivated by early
successes or by envisioning the
scope of their possibilities e.g.
Presenting/telling success stories
11. DOIT programme
- 7 steps for young social innovators
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Do it
because
you can
Do
what
matters
Do it
together
Do it now Do it
better
Do more
of it
Do
inspire
others
Motivation Co-design Co-creation Construction Reflection Scaling Reaching
out
Students are asked to collect and
select potential ideas for
innovations
e.g. talking with relevant
stakeholders
12. DOIT programme
- 7 steps for young social innovators
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Do it
because
you can
Do
what
matters
Do it
together
Do it now Do it
better
Do more
of it
Do
inspire
others
Motivation Co-design Co-creation Construction Reflection Scaling Reaching
out
Students will make the project a
reality collaboratively
e.g. Planning methods
13. DOIT programme
- 7 steps for young social innovators
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Do it
because
you can
Do
what
matters
Do it
together
Do it now Do it
better
Do more
of it
Do
inspire
others
Motivation Co-design Co-creation Construction Reflection Scaling Reaching
out
Work on concrete prototypes
and their continuous
improvement
14. DOIT programme
- 7 steps for young social innovators
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Do it
because
you can
Do
what
matters
Do it
together
Do it now Do it
better
Do more
of it
Do
inspire
others
Motivation Co-design Co-creation Construction Reflection Scaling Reaching
out
Work on concrete prototypes
and their continuous
improvement
Results are brought to a
bigger group of users, e.g.
testing the robustness of a
solution
Share their ideas and projects
to a wider public e.g.
exhibition
15. DOIT programme
- 7 steps for young social innovators
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Do it
because
you can
Do
what
matters
Do it
together
Do it now Do it
better
Do more
of it
Do
inspire
others
Motivation Co-design Co-creation Construction Reflection Scaling Reaching
out
Results are brought to a
bigger group of users, e.g.
testing the robustness of a
solution
16. DOIT programme
- 7 steps for young social innovators
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Do it
because
you can
Do
what
matters
Do it
together
Do it now Do it
better
Do more
of it
Do
inspire
others
Motivation Co-design Co-creation Construction Reflection Scaling Reaching
out
Share their ideas and projects
to a wider public e.g.
exhibition
17. Pilot studies
• In 10 countries
• Involving 1,000 children
• Two pilot phases
• Minimum 15 contact hours
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18. Evaluation design - Challenges
• Different languages
• Variety of interventions
• Age span
• Variety of dimensions
Based on Lackéus (2015):
Entrepreneurial attitudes: self-confidence, self-efficacy, sense
of initiative, ambiguity tolerance, perseverance;
Entrepreneurial skills: creativity, planning, financial literacy,
managing resources, managing uncertainty/risk, teamwork;
Entrepreneurial knowledge: assessment of opportunities,
identifying with the role of an entrepreneurs – self-reflection,
how-to knowledge
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19. Evaluation design
• Mixed method approach
• Pre and post test
• Control group
• Variety of instruments
– Self-rating survey (self-efficacy, ambuigity,
planning)
– Creativity test
– Interviews with children
– Interviews with facilitators
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20. Outlook
• First pilots start in September 2018
• Testing evaluation instruments
• Translation in different languages
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21. Get in touch with DOIT
Dr. Elisabeth Unterfrauner
ZSI
Centre for Social Innovation
Vienna
unterfrauner@zsi.at
http://DOIT-Europe.net
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DOIT.Europe.Net
@DOIT_Europe_Net
This project has received funding from the European
Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation
programme under grant agreement No 770063