The general objective of EMAT is to elucidate the effects on entrepreneurship education when trainers and teachers are entrepreneurial themselves. Entrepreneurial experience does not only concern founding or running a business but in that context also means in the broadest sense having experience in project development and management, e.g. in social contexts.

To determine these effects on entrepreneurship education, we want to:
- collect information about entrepreneurial mindsets among trainers/teachers (what characteristics specify entrepreneurial attitudes of trainers/teachers and how do they relate to the general entrepreneurial culture in the participating countries).
- analyse if it is possible to identify differences in teaching methods when trainers/teachers have entrepreneurial experience compared to trainers/teachers without entrepreneurial background (e.g. more creativity techniques or business games)
- foster awareness concerning specific skills for trainers/teachers (in the context of entrepreneurship education)and provide recommendations for the human resource management of relevant educational institutions
- question trainers/teachers with entrepreneurial experience in each involved country about their own view on the helpfulness of experience in their teaching practice
- develop a taxonomy which allows to relate entrepreneurial attitudes and experiences with specific teaching methods
- question students how they perceive the specific backgrounds of their teachers
- document case studies with good practice  with a focus on teaching methods
- document a general overview about entrepreneurism among trainers/teacher 
- develop a proposal for a multilateral project with the focus on improving entrepreneurial attitudes/mindsets of trainers/teachers working in business/entrepreneurial related subjects.

 

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Dr. Martina Schmette