Entrepreneurial learning, Vol. 1 No. 1, 2011.
Original scientific paper
The development of entrepreneurial competence in vocational education - good practice example
Marija Bohuš
; Obrazovna grupa Zrinski, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Ivona Pavelić
; Obrazovna grupa Zrinski, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
Competitive economy of a certain country depends on the level of development of entrepreneurship as a key competence that needs to be developed at all levels of education. In Croatia, the entrepreneurial competence has not been adequately implemented into the curricula of vocational education and the existing curricula have not been designed to meet the needs of the economy and labour market. Croatian vocational system might be modernized by using the examples of a good practice from European Union and by following European guidelines for introducing entrepreneurship to the education. It is essential to include both social and economic partner into the systematic designing the curricula to correspond to the needs of the market. One of the ways to improve vocational education in Croatia is to use the funds of EU given for development of human resources which will encourage the implementation of innovative approach toward education. The project “Modular curriculum for Training Firms” carried out by the Economic School Katarina Zrinski shows the way of inducing changes in vocational education, improvement of entrepreneurial competences and shortening of transitional period as well as the increase of vocational education capacity. The value of the new curriculum of the school subject Training Firms lies in its correspondance to the needs of the labour market and the implementation of innovative Information communication technologies in order to enhance informatic literacy of the students. Economic School Katarina Zrinski may be used as a good practice example at a national level since the “Modular curriculum for Training Firms” can be implemented in other vocational economic and non-economic schools. That would be the way to enable the implementation of key strategies of the EU as well as the access of Croatia to the European field of knowledge.
Keywords
entrepreneurial competence; curriculum; vocational education
Hrčak ID:
130169
URI
Publication date:
1.6.2011.
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