Module: Entrepreneurship in Education and Training

Module Specifications..

Current Academic Year 2023 - 2024

Please note that this information is subject to change.

Module Title	Entrepreneurship in Education and Training
Module Code	ES139
School	79
Module Co-ordinator	Semester 1: Peter Tiernan Semester 2: Peter Tiernan Autumn: Peter Tiernan
Module Teachers	John Lalor Peter Tiernan
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

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Description

The purpose of this module is to give students an understanding of the theory and practice of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship education. Students are encouraged to develop their own entrepreneurial skills, attitudes and behaviours. Students also learn to embed entrepreneurial learning in primary/secondary/third level, industry and further education contexts. Students will be given the opportunity to critically reflect on entrepreneurship in all its forms (business, social, internal) and on the role it plays in society.

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify Entrepreneurial characteristics, the role they play and recognise these characteristics in themselves.
2. Analyse the role of entrepreneurial culture in a range of educational settings from primary to further, adult and continuing education up until tertiary.
3. Recognise entrepreneurial opportunities and their role in education
4. Evaluate and discuss the resources needed for entrepreneurship education

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Lecture	24	No Description
Assignment Completion	38	Preparation and completion of assignment
Independent Study	63	Own reading and research
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

What is Entrepreneurship?
Students will examine the characteristics of an entrepreneur and how these can be identified within themselves. Students will be given an overview of the types of entrepreneurship; business, social and intrapreneurship. Students will also compare and contrast “old” & “new” entrepreneurship.

Opportunity Recognition
Students will undertake the process of recognising and taking advantage of opportunity, turning challenge into opportunity, networking and gathering of resources.

Entrepreneurship in Education
An analysis of current state of education. Discussion on entrepreneurship education with case study examples. How new approaches and creativity can enhance educational opportunities for both teachers and students in all educational contexts, case studies will be taken from a range of educational settings including further education.

History of entrepreneurial culture
Overview of entrepreneurial culture in Ireland and abroad, with particular focus on education sector

Case Studies
Case studies of entrepreneurship education in action in Ireland and abroad. Case studies from “for profit” training companies in Ireland and abroad.

Need for Entrepreneurship
Students will examine the need for entrepreneurship in all sectors of society. Focus on changing society, culture and curriculum. Changing education, changing students, changing technology and change in culture/attitudes.

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown
Assignment	n/a	100%

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; 1 = A resit is available for all components of the module 2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module 3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

Tiernan, P: 2011, Lecture notes: Entrepreneurship in Education & Training, DCU,
Bradley, F & Kennelly, J: 2008, Capitalising on Culture, Competing on Difference: innovation, learning and sense of place in a globalising Ireland, Blackhall Publishing, Dublin,
Jackson, N: 2006, Developing creativity in higher education: an imaginative curriculum, Routledge, London,
Kirby, D: 2003, Entrepreneurship, McGraw Hill, Berkshire,
Rae, D: 2007, Entrepreneurship: from opportunity to action, Palgrave Macmillan, Hampshire,
Sandler, R: 2010, Social entrepreneurship in education: private ventures for the public good, Rowman & Littlefield Education, Lanham,
Barnett Barry: 2011, Teaching 2030, Teachers College Press, New York,
Read, S: 2010, Effectual Entrepreneurship, Routledge,
Kitty te Riele: 2009, Making Schools Different: Alternative approaches to educating young people, Sage, London,

Other Resources

6543, EU Website, European Commission, 2012, Education and Training for Entrepreneurship, http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/sme/documents/education-training-entrepreneurship/,

Programme or List of Programmes

ET	BSc in Education & Training
HMSA	Study Abroad (Humanities & Soc Science)
HMSAO	Study Abroad (Humanities & Soc Science)
IESA	Study Abroad (Institute of Education)
IESAO	Study Abroad (Institute of Education)

Date of Last Revision

22-DEC-11

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