OTE2601 ASSISGMENT 1 S1 2023 – UNIQUE # 543387
Orientation to Teaching Economic and Management Sciences
OTE2601
Assignment 1 S1 2023 – Unique # 543387
:
QUESTION 1
Teachers often asked why they must teach entrepreneurship to all learners if South
Africa does not need all learners to be an entrepreneur.
Why do you think is it important to teach entrepreneurship at school? Give five
reasons for your answer.
Most importantly, entrepreneurship education empowers young people to see the world
as an opportunity rich and to craft their lives they dream to live. Entrepreneurship
education explicitly prepares students to identify and address their challenges and
opportunities.
Teaching entrepreneurship helps to prepare students for this rapidly changing
environment. Schools should foster entrepreneurial skills through new and creative
ways of teaching and learning from primary school onwards, with an emphasis on the
opportunity of business creation as a career destination. Real-world experiences,
through problem-based learning and enterprise links, should be embedded across all
disciplines and tailored to all levels of education.
Entrepreneurship education is more than preparation for running a business. It is about
how to develop entrepreneurial attitudes, skills, and knowledge that, in short, should
enable a student to turn ideas into action. Entrepreneurial skills can be taught across all
subjects, as well as a separate subject.
The school has a duty to nurture the transversal, creative, and entrepreneurial skills that
children and young people need to perform well not only in school but also in wider
society.
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, OTE2601 ASSISGMENT 1 S1 2023 – UNIQUE # 543387
It is critically important to teach entrepreneurship at school for the following reasons.
Teachers can play an important role in supporting aspiring young entrepreneurs.
Entrepreneurship education teaches students skills that they can use in their
adult years. These skills include working with a team, using the Internet and
social media for marketing, and developing creative ways to create new products
and solve complex problems.
Teaching entrepreneurship empowers students by preparing for an uncertain
future and working to improve life for other people.
Entrepreneurship education supports creativity, innovation, and collaboration
which are valuable life skills
Entrepreneurship education prepares students to identify and address challenges
and opportunities
Most importantly, entrepreneurship education empowers young people to see the world
as an opportunity rich and to craft their lives they dream to live.
Teaching entrepreneurship build enterprising skills, attitudes and behaviours, especially:
team work; decision-making and problem-solving; risk taking; dealing with unforeseen
consequences, including defeat; making choices and leadership
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Orientation to Teaching Economic and Management Sciences
OTE2601
Assignment 1 S1 2023 – Unique # 543387
:
QUESTION 1
Teachers often asked why they must teach entrepreneurship to all learners if South
Africa does not need all learners to be an entrepreneur.
Why do you think is it important to teach entrepreneurship at school? Give five
reasons for your answer.
Most importantly, entrepreneurship education empowers young people to see the world
as an opportunity rich and to craft their lives they dream to live. Entrepreneurship
education explicitly prepares students to identify and address their challenges and
opportunities.
Teaching entrepreneurship helps to prepare students for this rapidly changing
environment. Schools should foster entrepreneurial skills through new and creative
ways of teaching and learning from primary school onwards, with an emphasis on the
opportunity of business creation as a career destination. Real-world experiences,
through problem-based learning and enterprise links, should be embedded across all
disciplines and tailored to all levels of education.
Entrepreneurship education is more than preparation for running a business. It is about
how to develop entrepreneurial attitudes, skills, and knowledge that, in short, should
enable a student to turn ideas into action. Entrepreneurial skills can be taught across all
subjects, as well as a separate subject.
The school has a duty to nurture the transversal, creative, and entrepreneurial skills that
children and young people need to perform well not only in school but also in wider
society.
1
, OTE2601 ASSISGMENT 1 S1 2023 – UNIQUE # 543387
It is critically important to teach entrepreneurship at school for the following reasons.
Teachers can play an important role in supporting aspiring young entrepreneurs.
Entrepreneurship education teaches students skills that they can use in their
adult years. These skills include working with a team, using the Internet and
social media for marketing, and developing creative ways to create new products
and solve complex problems.
Teaching entrepreneurship empowers students by preparing for an uncertain
future and working to improve life for other people.
Entrepreneurship education supports creativity, innovation, and collaboration
which are valuable life skills
Entrepreneurship education prepares students to identify and address challenges
and opportunities
Most importantly, entrepreneurship education empowers young people to see the world
as an opportunity rich and to craft their lives they dream to live.
Teaching entrepreneurship build enterprising skills, attitudes and behaviours, especially:
team work; decision-making and problem-solving; risk taking; dealing with unforeseen
consequences, including defeat; making choices and leadership
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