Bologna, Italy, July 2019
Participants : Maria Lykartsi, Olga Alexandridou
Entrepreneurship is a dynamic process of vision, change and creation towards the creation of new ideas and creative solutions. Nowadays it's important not only to provide knowledge in our schools, but to support students to develop an entrepreneurial mindset as well as leadership skills. The course aims to equip participants with the needed skills to teach entrepreneurship and leadership in High School and to intergrate some learning activities and approaches fostering entrepreneurial mindsets in their current courses. The general aim of this course is to foster excellence in education by empowering teachers to tackle entrepreneurship in their classes, while sharing best practices and experiences with fellow participants throughout all Europe gaining as well a broader understanding of education in Europe.
1. The city of Bologna
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The course took place at the city of Bologna, an italian city connected strongly with education, as here it was founded the oldest university in the world. Bologna is the capital of the Emilia Romana region in northern Italy and is located between Florence and Venice. Bologna's terracota roofs gave it the nickname of "The Red". |
2. Course Enterpreneurship
What does it mean to be a leader? How can we engage our students with Leadership and Enterpreneurship? Thanks to this course the participants got acquainted with the key elements and growing trends related to teaching entrepreunership and leadership. They were trained to lead and deliver experiental workshops, simulation activities and interactive projects to foster students entrepreneurial mindsets. During the course they got to know case studies that could be used and integrated in a real course and they had the chance to make contacts with organizations working in the field of education in Europe through everyday cooperation and networking activities. The course was very dynamic combining theory and practice. |
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3. Cultural Activities
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The Emilia Romagna region of Italy is best known for its medieval and renaissance cities. During our mobiliy we had the chance to visit (by really speedy trains) the cities of Parma, Ferrara and Florence. Wonderfully preserved castles, medieval cathedrals, numerous museums and art galleries travelled us back in time... |
4. Italy Experience
Food is so important in Bologna, that the city has been given the nickname "The Fat"...Anyway the food culture is obvious around the city with many markets and food shops full of fresh pasta, wheels of parmezan, italian ham and of course icecream. |
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5. Certification
"Enterpreneurhip is not just a professional occupation.
It is more a way of thinking and acting
which constitutes a constructive attitude to life", Olga Alexandridou
It is more a way of thinking and acting
which constitutes a constructive attitude to life", Olga Alexandridou