Skills-based assessment in Portugal

This group interview was conducted at Valnalon while a delegation of students from both schools were participating in a transnational learning experience under the umbrella of the EU-funded project ECOOPE, Youth Cooperative Entrepreneurship. Hello, please introduce yourselves and your school… Hi, we are Fernanda Moreira and Margarida Barroso. We teach Geography and History respectively[…]

Popping up a shop

Real life experiences are all part of becoming entrepreneurial, but what does that feel like to a year 1/2 pupil (ISCED Level 1 equivalent)? How do they know a good idea from a weaker one and can they articulate their decisions? Craigfelen Primary School - an entrepreneurial school in a challenging area of Swansea Craigfelen[…]

Value creation pedagogy in praxis - learning from a Swedish primary school

Ulrica Skålberg and Lina Gustavsson are primary school teachers in Björlandagården, a municipal primary school in Gothenburg. The school has 420 pupils aged 6 to 12. They tell us how they use the LoopMe social learning media tool in their school. Tell us about applying the value creation pedagogy and using LoopMe in your school?[…]

Developing and assessing entrepreneurial competences - interview with VET teacher Paz Fernandez de Vera

Paz Ferndandez de Vera is a VET teacher at IES El Batán, a government-funded Secondary School in Mieres (Asturias). Mieres is a former industrial and mining town of about 40.000 inhabitants located in the North of Spain. It can be considered an underprivileged area since there has been a drastic reduction in the number of[…]

EntreAssess logo designer Daniel Huxtable features in Welsh Government’s Economic Action Plan

When we commissioned Daniel Huxtable to design the EntreAssess logo we recognised his talents but had no idea that he would later feature in the Welsh Government’s Economic plan, launched in December 2017! Daniel is showcased as an inspirational role model and exemplar of someone taking forward a business whilst studying at University. He is now[…]

Teaching and learning entrepreneurially in a VET school - the example of San José de Calasanz in Bilabo

San José de Calasanz is a vocational training centre founded in 1969. It is located in Santurtzi, a municipality of about 50,000 inhabitants on the left bank of the Nervion River, one of the most populated areas of Metropolitan Bilbao in the Basque Country. San José de Calasanz has been training students from all ages[…]

EntreAssess presented at International Entrepreneurship Education Summit in Germany

On 1 December, Rebecca Weicht of our project partner Bantani Education shared information about EntreAssess at the International Entrepreneurship Education Summit organised by Hochschule der Medien (Stuttgart Media University) in Stuttgart, Germany.   Talking to an audience of learners, educators and business people, she introduced the project to great interest. IEES is an (un-)conference that[…]