There is no doubt that children need to learn entrepreneurship from an early age. And the best way to reach everyone is at school.
The children who come to school have different abilities, different economic backgrounds, parents with different perceptions and abilities. Not everyone has parents who know how to teach children skills that are important today for life.
And this is where the role of the school enters: Today's schools need to prepare the children for life. If once the school could only teach subjects such as mathematics, history, science, language, etc., today is not enough. In the 21st century where there is no safe profession for life. There are always changes, and it's hard to follow them, the focus should be on developing skills.
Most of the skills required today for success in life are skills that the entrepreneur should have. This is why schools need to teach entrepreneurship. These skills include creative thinking, flexible thinking, critical thinking, ability to make decisions, ability to work under pressure, ability to work in a team, negotiate, learn independently, be attentive to the environment, determination and perseverance, etc.
The best way to develop such skills in children from an early age is through education entrepreneurship education at school.
So how do you teach entrepreneurship in school? There are 3 rules that can help in this matter:
- First, teachers will become familiar with the real entrepreneurial scene which is outside the school, learn about entrepreneurs and ventures, get to know their stories, how hard it was to get where they are. After the teachers are being trained in entrepreneurship education, they often start seeing important skills that the young students have, which can lead them to succeed in life, regardless of how successful they are in their frontal studies. Looking at the students in such a way makes teachers appreciate each of them because of their strengths.
It is important that ordinary teachers whom are part of the school staff will teach entrepreneurship lessons. Because, in order to develop entrepreneurial skills in kids the school's culture must change.
- Along with the theoretical studies on entrepreneurship, students should also be given the opportunity to experiment with the development and establishment of projects. 21Learning through experience is much more effective than only theoretical lessons.
- Teachers should allow students to be creative. Here there is a great difficulty for teachers who do not go through an entrepreneurial course. Children who learn that there is no "crazy" idea, and children whose environment encourages them to be creative, bring up lovely ideas for entrepreneurship. Children have an advantage that adults do not have, they are open-minded and we should let them stay like this.
When we teach children entrepreneurship, lessons must be fun, such that the kids wait for them all week. It is very easy to turn entrepreneurial classes into experiential ones. There are many activities that can be combined in the course of studies, which on the one hand help children identify their strengths, and on the other hand they develop new skills and cultivate teamwork.
