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11 PRINCIPLES OF GOOD PRACTICE IN THE PROVISION OFENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION (EE) AT SCHOOL LEVEL:

1. Clear definition of entrepreneurship includes: thinking, feeling and doing inpractice - amongst all at secondary school.

2. School Entrepreneurship Education use quality classroom content acrossrange of subjects, fit within curriculum statement.3. Teachers involved follow innovative facilitation approaches to teaching.4. Continuous teacher development takes place in field of EE."5. "in-the-classroom entrepreneurship education theory is linked to the

practicals there-off within extra-mural activities."6. A culture of entrepreneurship created at school through engagement of all

stakeholders - focus upon learner development.7. Agreed aims & objectives by school's EE: measure achievement, direct

efforts & new strategies.8. Learner initiated & lead EE projects secure support from the school -

enhancing self-motivation.

9. Co-ownership of EE in the school illustrated - joint action involve staff,management, Department.

10.Learners of the school receive exposure to career options open toentrepreneurs"

11.School use effective outreach & networking strategies - integral toprovision of EE.

PRINCIPLES TRANSLATED INTO 11 ELEMENTS:11 Principles operationalized into elements: To create a culture ofentrepreneurship amongst the South African school attending youth requireattention and action on 11 elements. Consensus amongst key researchers andpolicy makers determined that these 11 elements are core to the delivery ofeffective entrepreneurship education. Each element represents options forengagement. Please note that activities to address these elements further.

(i) The first element entails the achievement of broad appreciation and supportfor the importance of what entrepreneur entails within a secondary schoolsetting. A shared understanding amongst all relevant stakeholders is importantas well as how it presents solutions to the challenges of youth unemploymentand youth engagement. Within the overview of this proposal we presented

Jeffry Timmonss definition. Just ask any student, teacher or educationmanagement person whom you know what an entrepreneur is? to see foryourself how important this element is. Emphasis here is on EE & YES Simama

Ranta meaning, South African Youth strengthening the South African economythrough their entrepreneurship. Impact pursued is on broad basedentrepreneurial awareness towards the attainment of a culture ofentrepreneurship.

a.) Entrepreneurship Education (EE) Simama Rantab.) Youth Enterprise Society (YES) Simama Rantac.) Execute promotional activities during Global Entrepreneurship

Week (GEW) 15 21 Nov 2012d.) Sustain facebook group: Entrepreneurship Education South

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(ii) A second element relates to the utilisation of good syllabi materials withinthe classroom. Emphasis here is on the Learning and Teaching Support Materials(LTSM) linked to the National Curriculum Statement (NCS).Core action: Basic, Intermediate and Advanced materials for classroomusage.

(iii) An appropriate teaching approach to entrepreneurship education byteachers represents the third critical element. Emphasis is upon EWETs trainingof teachers in facilitation skills.Core action: Facilitation workshop for entrepreneurship educationeducators.

(iv) The continuous training and development of teachers in the provisionof entrepreneurship education is next. Emphasis is upon EWETs training ofteachers in the delivery of entrepreneurship education.Core actions: a.) Youth Enterprise Society (YES) Advisor workshop foreducators;

b.) Small business training for educators;c.) Entrepreneurship Education Association for educators.

(v) Learners who are learning about entrepreneurship within the classroom,need to practically apply the theory for entrepreneurship education to beeffective. Emphasis here is on EWETs Youth Enterprise Society (YES) clubs whichfunctions as experiential learning laboratories for youth entrepreneurshipdevelopment.Core actions: a.) Sustain Youth Enterprise Society (YES) clubs.

b.) Establish new Youth Enterprise Society (YES) clubs.

(vi) Businesses, businesspeople, parents and all who care about learning andsupporting students to become creators of jobs rather than job-seekers, need toengage as a community in the development of the entrepreneurial capability ofour youth. Emphasis here is upon EWETs collaboration within the context of aLocal Partner (LP) at local level. An important element of such capacity is adeveloped educator who is able to deliver EWETs core services within thecommunity.Core action: a.) Local Partner host consisting of collaboration between

business, community and government as EE partners within aspecific location,

b.) Local Partnership training / facilitation workshop,c.) Lead educator developed locally to render EWETs core services to

schools.

(vii) All entrepreneurship education efforts locally, at municipal _ or district _ orprovincial _ and national level must be driven based upon clearly definedobjectives for assessment, review and improvement purposes.Core action: Identified and agreed upon objectives

(viii) Appropriate entrepreneurial related action initiated by a learner/sthemselves must receive support to break the shackles of learnedhelplessness as manifested through blaming, entitlement, victimhood-syndrome and related social ills. Emphasis is on youth leadership within the YESclubs together with the development of the youth entrepreneurship movement.

Core actions: a.) Learner leadership within Youth Enterprise Society (YES)clubs;


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b.) YES leadership for municipal, district, provincial and nationallevels.

(ix) Critical to all efforts had been and remains EWETs work in closecollaboration with the Department of Educations Basic Education.Core actions:

a.) Working with individual schools;b.) working with district offices;c.) working with provincial offices; andd.) working with the national department.

(x) all learners have to receive exposure to career options open toentrepreneurs as captured within EWET supplied competency material andproject activities.Core action: a.) Entrepreneurship Education (YES) competency Entrepreneurship as a career.

b.) Support entrepreneurship days at schools.

(xi) core to effective entrepreneurship is an extended collaborative networkas well as attention to address poverty and other social challenges as part ofoutreach to clearly illustrate how society at large benefit from the actions ofentrepreneurs as an integral part of entrepreneurship. Emphasis here is uponsuch actions through YES clubs.Core actions: a.) Outreach by Youth Enterprise Society (YES) clubs;

b.) Networking amongst Youth Enterprise Society (YES) clubs;c.) Youth Enterprise Society (YES) graduates Alumni Association.

Compiled by: EWET Education With Enterprise Trust, not-for-profit: PO

Box 150, Harrismith, Free State Province, South Africa your partner in

youth entrepreneurship development.

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