apprenticeships in entrepreneurship - presentation july 20, 2016
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Apprenticeships in Entrepreneurship
uOttawa as a leader in apprenticeship model of entrepreneurship education.
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Some critical observations:Entrepreneurship education in North America today emphasizes the pursuit of high-growth startups (Less: main street business, social entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship)
An extremely small sub-set of students engage in on-campus startup activities (and primarily in two faculties – engineering and business);
Students that do engage in startup-related programs have ideas that are often half-baked and single product (i.e., another “app”);
Several studies show that entrepreneurship is on the decline (Kauffman Foundation, Brookings Institute, Gallup).
Students graduating in disciplines where there is significant skills mismatch resulting in underemployment and non-employment.
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Neighbourhood rinks where one can practice with peers entrepreneurial behaviours and hone
innovation skills
Apprenticeships in entrepreneurship …
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The “Experiment”uOttawa model focuses on talent development not venture launch through project-based learning and entrepreneurial practice;
Apprenticeships = competencies (cognitive, social and technical skills combined
with knowledge) and mindset (perceiving change as a source of opportunity);
Applying new tools and technologies (digital);
Establish transdisciplinary teams of students (e.g,. engineering and theatre);
Adapting guild structure of master-apprentice to foster tacit knowledge transfer “learning-by-doing”;
Leveraging ecosystems (on-campus and local); amplifying network effects.