Enterprising teaching and learning
Determined to Succeed isn’t about teaching enterprise as a subject - it’s not just a one-off activity. It’s about taking an enterprising approach to teaching, encouraging all young people to learn and develop in a way that meets their needs.
Enterprising teaching and learning enables young people to develop enterprising skills, attitudes and creative approaches to learning right across the curriculum.
Most teachers are already enterprising in their approach to learning and teaching, continuously looking for opportunities to bring a topic to life by setting it in a meaningful context, and by using various methods and approaches to help young people learn.
Determined to Succeed encourages you to use work-based contexts, and to work with employers to help young people understand the contribution they can make to their schools, to their community and to the economy.
Experience has shown that in this way young people feel valued and involved, their learning becomes fun, their self-esteem is boosted and ultimately their levels of attainment and achievement are raised. The result is young people with the skills, confidence and abilities to become the employees, employers and entrepreneurs of the future.
By adopting an enterprising approach to teaching and learning, you can change attitudes, release potential and ensure young people can become creative, innovative and enterprising - in short, effective contributors, successful learners, responsible citizens and confident individuals.
Associated practices
You may want to consider and reflect on the following associated practices when planning or evaluating your teaching, learning and assessment activities:
- Do I encourage my pupils to develop a ‘can do, will do’, ‘be all you can be’ attitude?
- Do I help my pupils to reflect on their learning and make relevant connections with other subject areas and the world of work (with the help of employers, wherever possible)?
- Do my pupils use experiences in enterprise to reflect on other learning and skills development?
- Do my pupils recognise the benefits of working independently, being self-motivated and accepting setbacks as learning experience?
- Does my classroom practice enable my pupils to be creative, flexible and resourceful in managing change?
- Do I empower my pupils to take imaginative and informed approaches to problem solving, involving calculated risks?
- Do I offer my pupils the opportunity to take the initiative and lead when the opportunity arises?
- Do I support my pupils in taking responsibility for and accepting the consequences of their actions?
Resources
Sharing practice
These case studies describe some of the successful practice taking place in enterprising teaching and learning across a range of settings in Scotland.