Entrepreneurship Economics Council For Economic Education by Council For Economic Education 9781561837359, 1561837350 instant download after payment.

It is often said that today’s education curriculum is rooted in yesterday’s economy, and that a changing, entrepreneurial and technologically driven economy requires different educational approaches. The skill set needed to succeed in the 21st century workforce—one that values opportunity, creativity and agility—is quite different from the skill set needed during the last century. The key to success is an economic way of thinking, which should be a cornerstone of the nation’s efforts to reform the educational system. The nation’s economy will increasingly rely on entrepreneurs to stimulate economic growth—and yet even though a growing majority of the nation’s students would like to start and own a business, most are ill-prepared to do so. As educators, we can and should provide students with this critical knowledge. And even though not all students who receive entrepreneurship education intend to pursue a career path as an entrepreneur, everyone can benefit from the learning associated with understanding the concepts and processes of economics and entrepreneurship. Effective entrepreneurship education assists students in achieving economic autonomy and empowerment. With this publication, Entrepreneurship Economics, CEE aims to provide high school educators with lessons that place entrepreneurship within this broader economic context. Entrepreneurship Economics contains 11 lessons featuring student-centered instructional methods and providing teachers with the conceptual frameworks they need to cover entrepreneurship and economics topics in an engaging way. Each of these lessons is designed to stand alone, although they are, of course, closely related to each other.