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Hanna Sundström

Introducing Entrepreneurship Education in U ndergraduate Engineering Programs at Chalmers University of Technology. Hanna Sundström. Quick overview. Sweden Chalmers University of Technology Practical Leadership in Innovation Beyond …. Sweden . Small country in northern Europe

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Hanna Sundström

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  1. Introducing Entrepreneurship Education in UndergraduateEngineering Programs at Chalmers University of Technology Hanna Sundström

  2. Quick overview • Sweden • Chalmers University of Technology • PracticalLeadership in Innovation • Beyond…

  3. Sweden • Small country in northern Europe • Tradition of entrepreneurship

  4. Chalmers University of Technology • Engineeringuniversity. • 11000 students, 1000 faculty • 15 5-year programs, 8 3-year programs • 3 years BSc + 2 years MSc • School of Entrepreneurship

  5. Chalmers University of Technology-Man~Technology~Society • 7,5 credits out of 300 = quarter of a term. • “...prepare the student for his/her roll as an engineer in a complex society” • Architechture, Women Studies, History of Technology and Technology and Society. • “Easy credits”

  6. EngineeringEducation • Conceive - Design – Implement - Operate • Project based • Team work • Traditional • Lectures, exercises, writtenexam.

  7. PracticalLeadership in Innovation • 8 weekspart-timeduring Q1 • Mechanicalengineering and Automation Mechatronicsengineering. • 37 students • Multiple choicetheoryquiz.

  8. FIRST Lego League • Lead innovation projects • Reflection on leadership • Createproduct/service/ • business • Video pitch • Weeklyreflections

  9. Teaching Tools • FlippedClassroom • Activeparticipation in class • Video lectures • “I love the concept of video lectures! You can get up, make yourself breakfast and then just watch it in the kitchen. Then you can pause it, walk away and do whatever, and get back to the lecture. It’s just awesome! Then you get to class and quick recap showing that ‘yes! I’ve got it!’ In other classes I usually sleep through the lecture, but here I come in like a zombie and I’m told ‘Do this’ and I just have to wake up and participate” – Student during midway evaluation • Facebook • Easy, opencommunication • Quick feedback

  10. The otherside of the coin • FlippedClassroom • Mostlyappreciated, created stress. • Facebook • Mostlyappreciated, created stress. • Subject – generally • ”Fluffy” –> appreciated. • Leadership • Divided.

  11. Next time… • More time • Morestructure • Morediversity • Moreleadershipresponsibility

  12. What has changed? • University committeeoverseeingman-tech-society • National Survey of Engineering programs • Increasedinterest. • Increasedinterest in the venture creation program?

  13. To conclude : “I think that as a Chalmers student and engineer it would be beneficial to get out into industry and have learnt something as a human being, I mean, a lot of people are great at what they do, calculations and stuff, but they lack a lot of other tools that might be important to have. I think that’s exactly what this course does, teaching me something as a human being, and about being part of society” – Student in midway evaluation.

  14. Thank you! Hanna Sundström suhanna@student.chalmers.se

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