Presentation by Elisabeth Unterfrauner at MIS4TEL, 21th June 2018

1. Towards a Model of Early
Entrepreneurial Education:
Appreciation, Facilitation and
Evaluation
Elisabeth Unterfrauner,
Christian Voigt & Sandra Schön
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Presentation at MIS4TEL 2018
2018-06-21

2. Overview
• What is the Maker movement?
• Maker education
• DOIT project
• Evaluation design
• Outlook
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3. Maker Movement
• Making = DIY with digital fabrica5on technology
• 1,200 Fab Labs and 2, 274 hacker/maker spaces
• Re-use of designs
• Neil Gershenfield: next industrial revolu5on

4. Maker education
• Maker spaces cooperate with educational institutions
• Yet rare examples in formal education
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Self-regulated learning
Hands-on learning
Interdisciplinary learning
Collaborative learning
Project based learning
Learning through trial and error
STEAM education

5. Maker education
• Maker spaces cooperate with educational institutions
• Yet rare examples in formal education
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Self-regulated learning
Hands-on learning
Interdisciplinary learning
Collaborative learning
Project based learning
Learning through trial and error
STEAM education
I don’t want to have a kid who thinks ‘OK, I
want this and where can I buy it’, instead of ‘I
want this and how can I make it’ (maker,
Croatia).

6. Maker education
• Maker spaces cooperate with educational institutions
• Yet rare examples in formal education
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Self-regulated learning
Hands-on learning
Interdisciplinary learning
Collaborative learning
Project based learning
Learning through trial and error
STEAM education
I don’t want to have a kid who thinks ‘OK, I
want this and where can I buy it’, instead of ‘I
want this and how can I make it’ (maker,
Croatia).
“…this could be a way to
introduce them to a new way of
production as well as also
teaching the young people who
are interested in technology…(…)
(maker, Spain)

7. Early entrepreneurial education
EC thematic working group (2016): “Entrepreneurship
education is about learners developing the skills and
mind-set to be able to turn creative ideas into
entrepreneurial action. This is a key competence for all
learners, supporting personal development, active
citizenship, social inclusion and employability”
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8. DOIT project
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DOIT aims to collect, develop, publish and spread materials and
experiences for an early entrepreneurship education for
children from 6 to 16 that build upon social innovations within
makerspace settings.

9. DOIT programme
- 7 steps for young social innovators
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Do it
because
you can
Do
what
matters
Do it
together
Do it now Do it
better
Do more
of it
Do
inspire
others
Motivation Co-design Co-creation Construction Reflection Scaling Reaching
out

10. DOIT programme
- 7 steps for young social innovators
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Do it
because
you can
Do
what
matters
Do it
together
Do it now Do it
better
Do more
of it
Do
inspire
others
Motivation Co-design Co-creation Construction Reflection Scaling Reaching
out
Students get motivated by early
successes or by envisioning the
scope of their possibilities e.g.
Presenting/telling success stories

11. DOIT programme
- 7 steps for young social innovators
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Do it
because
you can
Do
what
matters
Do it
together
Do it now Do it
better
Do more
of it
Do
inspire
others
Motivation Co-design Co-creation Construction Reflection Scaling Reaching
out
Students are asked to collect and
select potential ideas for
innovations
e.g. talking with relevant
stakeholders

12. DOIT programme
- 7 steps for young social innovators
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Do it
because
you can
Do
what
matters
Do it
together
Do it now Do it
better
Do more
of it
Do
inspire
others
Motivation Co-design Co-creation Construction Reflection Scaling Reaching
out
Students will make the project a
reality collaboratively
e.g. Planning methods

13. DOIT programme
- 7 steps for young social innovators
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Do it
because
you can
Do
what
matters
Do it
together
Do it now Do it
better
Do more
of it
Do
inspire
others
Motivation Co-design Co-creation Construction Reflection Scaling Reaching
out
Work on concrete prototypes
and their continuous
improvement

14. DOIT programme
- 7 steps for young social innovators
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Do it
because
you can
Do
what
matters
Do it
together
Do it now Do it
better
Do more
of it
Do
inspire
others
Motivation Co-design Co-creation Construction Reflection Scaling Reaching
out
Work on concrete prototypes
and their continuous
improvement
Results are brought to a
bigger group of users, e.g.
testing the robustness of a
solution
Share their ideas and projects
to a wider public e.g.
exhibition

15. DOIT programme
- 7 steps for young social innovators
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Do it
because
you can
Do
what
matters
Do it
together
Do it now Do it
better
Do more
of it
Do
inspire
others
Motivation Co-design Co-creation Construction Reflection Scaling Reaching
out
Results are brought to a
bigger group of users, e.g.
testing the robustness of a
solution

16. DOIT programme
- 7 steps for young social innovators
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Do it
because
you can
Do
what
matters
Do it
together
Do it now Do it
better
Do more
of it
Do
inspire
others
Motivation Co-design Co-creation Construction Reflection Scaling Reaching
out
Share their ideas and projects
to a wider public e.g.
exhibition

17. Pilot studies
• In 10 countries
• Involving 1,000 children
• Two pilot phases
• Minimum 15 contact hours
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18. Evaluation design - Challenges
• Different languages
• Variety of interventions
• Age span
• Variety of dimensions
Based on Lackéus (2015):
Entrepreneurial attitudes: self-confidence, self-efficacy, sense
of initiative, ambiguity tolerance, perseverance;
Entrepreneurial skills: creativity, planning, financial literacy,
managing resources, managing uncertainty/risk, teamwork;
Entrepreneurial knowledge: assessment of opportunities,
identifying with the role of an entrepreneurs – self-reflection,
how-to knowledge
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19. Evaluation design
• Mixed method approach
• Pre and post test
• Control group
• Variety of instruments
– Self-rating survey (self-efficacy, ambuigity,
planning)
– Creativity test
– Interviews with children
– Interviews with facilitators
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20. Outlook
• First pilots start in September 2018
• Testing evaluation instruments
• Translation in different languages
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21. Get in touch with DOIT
Dr. Elisabeth Unterfrauner
ZSI
Centre for Social Innovation
Vienna
unterfrauner@zsi.at
http://DOIT-Europe.net
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This project has received funding from the European
Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation
programme under grant agreement No 770063