I am currently researching the outcomes of experiential learning activities in kindergarten - grade 12 (K-12) classrooms in a small, eastern Canadian province. In particular, I am looking at the development of performance-related competencies as a result of creating and launching a small school-based business. I would welcome a discussion from anyone who is doing something similar, and perhaps even a research collaboration (e.g., a comparative study of data from Canada and another country).
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Sounds great. My project is related to early entrepreneurship education. Target age is 10 to 12 years of old. We are going to investigate role mode effects on children's entrepreneurial outcomes. Did you design an experiment for your project?
If you wanted a University connection/ partnership in this project, I'd be delighted. Was PEI based till this month and now out at RRU in BC. This area of research is fascinating and extremely topical in a landscape of curriculum reform.
Dear Jeffrey,
Good luck with your project. It sounds very interesting. My suggestion is to not only limit your measures to performance-related competencies, but also to dimensions related with motives, like for example learning dispositions.
Jeffrey your project sounds very interesting and I love to hear more about it.
Teachers at my school do a "Hub Market Day" with 10 year olds. They have to pitch their idea to the administration team who give them a "loan" of $10 for items they will need for their stall. e.g. ice cream and soft drink to create soft drink floats. They then sell these to the rest of the school and make a profit. They then pay the school back their $10 and donate the rest to charity. The kids love it and the school really get behind the projects. They learn a lot of financial literacy above other skills.
The students can make bookmarks for sale also for different subjects or holidays that help them to remember key concepts and facts about the chosen topics.
Best,
Debra
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