This module will help educators to develop understanding of the importance of innovation and entrepreneurship in developing education practices and processes. Participants will explore opportunities to identify needs and possible solutions within education by engaging with educational businesses, organisations and institutions, education technology conferences and webinars. This will provide participants with the opportunity to pitch a proposal to an education audience for critically constructive feedback. As part of this process, participants will engage in activities to develop creative thinking and presentation skills.

Present and defend an entrepreneurial/innovative proposal outlining an identified development to improve educational practices or processes relating to your professional role/aspired professional role. The written proposal requires academic literature. The proposal should be defended through a persuasive pitch which will include peer questions and answers.

Teaching and learning strategies on MA Education programmes are designed to develop personal, intellectual and professional skills. Students will encounter teaching and learning approaches that ensure the development of:¿¿

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Strategies of communicating clearly¿¿

Enhanced independent thinking¿¿

Understanding the societal, environmental and global potentials of education¿¿

Creative problem solving¿¿

Critical thinking¿¿

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To support this skill development and to ensure that students develop subject knowledge and understanding, subject specific skills and focused transferable skills, a range of teaching and learning strategies will be employed so that critical engagement with aspects of education are developed. These might include:¿¿

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Individual participant learning activities¿¿

Group discussions¿¿

Participation in discussion forums¿¿

Group work¿¿

Peer review¿¿¿

Engagement with course and learning materials¿¿

Independent research¿¿

Enhancing technological skills¿¿

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There will also be the opportunity to receive developmental formative feedback focused on academic and professional development.¿¿

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This module will be delivered through a mixture of interactive sessions as well as opportunities to critically evaluate innovative practices experienced at education conferences/webinars. Participants will work together to identify needs within their education context and be supported to think creatively to consider possible solutions.

Justify the need for a specific education development

Learning


Develop a plausible proposal for implementation of the development

Analysis


Critically defend the idea to an informed education audience

Application

Berglund, K. and Verduijn, K. (2018) Revitalizing entrepreneurship education¿: adopting a critical approach in the classroom. 1st edition. New York: Routledge. Available at: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315447599.



Jose C. Sanchez-Garcia (2015) Entrepreneurship: Education and Training. IntechOpen. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5772/58525.



Lima, M. (2021) Entrepreneurship and Innovation Education: Frameworks and Tools. 1st edition. Newark: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119804147.

https://www.jisc.ac.uk/

https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/



Unless otherwise stated, all books are available online through Staffordshire University library website and each module has an online reading list accessed through the VLE.¿

Study skills:¿¿There is extensive guidance on academic writing, research skills and working at Master’s level available at¿https://libguides.staffs.ac.uk/study-skills.

VLE Resources¿¿

The University VLE (Blackboard) will enable access to course materials, lecture notes, PowerPoint presentations and reading lists.¿ The VLE offers opportunities to engage in group work and independent learning¿using¿such things as synchronous/asynchronous discussion boards, video links, blogs and wikis.¿¿

Teams

Teams may be used for one to one tutorial work and students will have access to Microsoft Office 365.

This module will help you to develop your understanding of the importance of innovation and entrepreneurship in developing education practices and processes. You will explore opportunities to identify needs and create solutions within education by engaging with education businesses, organisations and institutions, education technology conferences and webinars. This will provide you with the opportunity to pitch a proposal to an education audience for critically constructive feedback.