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This chapter reflects upon the developmental process that informed the UK’s first credit-bearing ‘entrepreneurial educators’ module within the Professional/Postgraduate Certificate in Education/Post Compulsory Education and Training (PGCE/PCET) programme, and the policy lessons that emerged from the work. Following a feasibility study conducted in 2009/2010, funded by the Welsh Government, the study programme was designed to complement the formal teacher training provision in the University of Wales Trinity Saint David and aims to develop a student teacher’s creativity, innovation, problem-solving and business acumen, in addition to developing attributes such as the capacity to cope with uncertainty, ambiguity and risk. Teachers are provided with experience in business as part of their continuous professional development, giving teachers an opportunity to understand and embed the skills and attitudes that are required in the world of work and business into their teaching of the school curriculum. This chapter illuminates key factors, in particular how neuroscience informed the approaches to teaching and learning and outlines the module’s indicative contents. It also outlines and aligns the relevant pedagogic practices that are employed. It concludes by presenting the catalysts that could drive further development of this area of work.
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Seventeen countries/regions include the following: Northern Ireland 2003–05, Scotland 2003–11, Wales 2004–present, Lithuania 2004–2012, Norway 2004–present, Belgium 2007–present (Flanders, German- and French-speaking communities), Netherlands 2007–2012, Montenegro 2008–present, Denmark 2009–2012, Estonia 2009–present, Croatia 2009-2014, Bosnia Herzegovina 2012–present, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 2014–present.
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As defined in the Recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 on Key Competences for Lifelong Learning (2006/962/EC).
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David, K., Penaluna, K., McCallum, E., Usei, C. (2018). Embedding Entrepreneurial Skills Development in Teacher Education. In: James, J., Preece, J., Valdés-Cotera, R. (eds) Entrepreneurial Learning City Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61130-3_19
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