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School curriculum is responsive to the society, reflecting the needs and aspirations of its learners. A curriculum does not exist in isolation. It is an outcome of varying degree of mutual interaction between variables such as different learning styles of students, teacher and teacher preparation, evaluation practices, instructional and illustrative material and research. In seeking answers to the question ‘whether elementary stage children are able to comprehend the concept of entrepreneurship’, the chapter discusses the components and suggested sequence of the experimental curriculum for entrepreneurship education. The question thus leads to carry out both basic and applied research for understanding the alternate routes which shows direction for child’s moral and personal development. An important element of experimental curriculum relates to entrepreneurial narratives, in the form of short stories, specifically written for children on identified theme in measurable terms. The chapter also describes experiential learning cycle for its effective transaction at the elementary stage of school education.
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The two books, namely, Martin Dressler: A Tale of an American Dreamer written by Millhauser (1996) and Captains and the Kings, by Caldwell (1972), were subjected to content analysis for deriving the themes for entrepreneurial narratives. The novel Martin Dressler narrates a story of a young and optimistic entrepreneur who rises from the position of a bell boy in a small hotel to the owner of Hotel Dressler. It is a story of the rise and fall of an entrepreneur who by the virtue of his diligence and hard work becomes rich, builds his empire but is castigated due to his arrogance, overestimation of his capability and loss of contact with reality. His concept of building an ‘extravagant hotel’ saw a downfall of his empire. The work won the Pulitzer prize for fiction in 1997. Another story, Captains and the Kings, is a story of greed, conspiracy and desire for money. Joseph Xavier, who struggles against all odds to overcome the death of his parents, poverty, marginality and discrimination, is portrayed as an outsider, a nefarious entrepreneur with villainous traits. Serendipity is evident in the storyline and entrepreneur is projected in a negative role.
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Vaidya, S. (2014). Curriculum Design for Entrepreneurship Education: An Experimental Project. In: Developing Entrepreneurial Life Skills. SpringerBriefs in Education. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-1789-3_4
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