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GEM at 15 Years: Challenges Faced - Educational Impact. Abdul Ali, Babson College Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2012 Annual Meeting San Francisco, CA January 20, 2012. Agenda. Objective Stakeholders Content Pedagogy Insights Examples Action Plan. Objectives.
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GEM at 15 Years: Challenges Faced - Educational Impact Abdul Ali, Babson College Global Entrepreneurship Monitor2012 Annual MeetingSan Francisco, CAJanuary 20, 2012
Agenda • Objective • Stakeholders • Content • Pedagogy • Insights • Examples • Action Plan
Objectives • Increase number of entrepreneurs/ intrapreneurs • Quantity and quality • Develop skills • Increase entrepreneurial orientation • Shape attitudes, knowledge, research • Create a sustainable entrepreneurship ecosystem • Awareness • Mentoring • institutions
Stakeholders • End Users (target audience) • Primary, secondary, and tertiary level • Women, youth, later life, minorities, displaced people, veterans • Non-business majors • Educators • Faculty development, • Parents • Employers • Financiers • Policy makers • NGOs, trade unions, aid agencies, chambers, etc. • Publishers, Media • Off-line, Internet
Content • Materials • Textbook, article, case, notes, videos, games • Slides, exercises • Best practices • Profit, non-profit, social • Data • Collection, analyses
Pedagogy • Educational practices • Lectures vs. experiential learning • Required vs. electives • Class, camp, workshop, seminar, competition, projects, simulation, fairs, business plan • Delivery • Assessment
Key Insights • Education • GEM data more suited to education than training • Training
Examples • YES (Youth Entrepreneurship Scheme) • Barbados Ministry of Education • 16 to 25 years old • Post high school one year program • Training and mentorship • Student Empowerment Entrepreneurship Development (SEED) program (West Indies) • Business Clinics • Business major students advising potential entrepreneurs
Examples • Slovakia • Business plan • Croatia and Netherland • Ph.D. program in Ent. & Innovation (Croatia) • Methodology course with GEM data • Scientific paper based on GEM data • Master Program in Netherlands • Customized programs • Degree and non-degree granting
Examples • Use GEM in the classroom • ET&P course, Entrepreneurship • context, activity, cross-country comparison • India, Panama, Venezuela • Junior Achievement Program • NFTE • Website • U.S. Dept. of Labor
Action Plan • Dedicated area in the GEM Website • Records, history, updates • Dissemination plan • Workshop, seminar for educators • Follow up • Outreach program • Information • programs • FAQs • stakeholders • Toolkits • Guidelines