Müller, Susan; Berger, Georg; Gutzwiller-Helfenfinger, Eveline (2020). Establishing Entrepreneurial Thinking and Acting in Swiss Vocational College Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education, 11(2), pp. 121-136. 10.2478/dcse-2020-0022
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Switzerland has one of the best ecosystems for entrepreneurship. However, there is a blind spot with regard to vocational colleges: A systematic integration of the topic is currently missing. The initiative «Entrepreneurial Thinking and Acting in Swiss Vocational Colleges – Economic, Social and Ethical Dimensions» aims to address this blind spot. The vision of the initiative is to ensure that all 75,000 young people entering vocational colleges each year in Switzerland are given the opportunity to acquire entrepreneurial skills to enable them to play an active role in positively shaping the economy and society of the future. In the article, we focus on three key aspects of the initiative: (1) the pedagogical approach of the entrepreneurship program that allows students to develop personal initiative, entrepreneurial competences, and an awareness of sustainability; (2) the continuous evaluation of the program and the teacher training; and (3) the parallel bottom-up and top-down approach chosen to integrate entrepreneurial thinking and acting in the vocational education and training system.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
Business School > Institute for Innovation and Strategic Entrepreneurship Business School > Institute for Innovation and Strategic Entrepreneurship > Strategic Entrepreneurship |
Name: |
Müller, Susan 0000-0002-2061-5446; Berger, Georg and Gutzwiller-Helfenfinger, Eveline 0000-0002-3127-7470 |
ISSN: |
2255-7547 |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Susan Müller |
Date Deposited: |
25 Jan 2021 15:01 |
Last Modified: |
26 Oct 2021 02:18 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.2478/dcse-2020-0022 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
entrepreneurship education, vocational training, vocational colleges, vocational schools, VET, Switzerland, personal initiative, sustainability, sustainability education |
ARBOR DOI: |
10.24451/arbor.14272 |
URI: |
https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/14272 |
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