For whom?
Higher Education Educators
Secondary Education Educators
Other
Educators
Cooperative Entrepreneurship in Education: Tools and Resources
Tools and Resources
Co-operative Entrepreneurship in Education: Tools and Resources is a short digital course oriented to teachers and education professionals across the world interested in understanding and/or introducing entrepreneurial education using the co-operative perspective.
The COVID-19 pandemic is having a tremendous impact on our society, our economy and our teaching methods. Cooperatives are proven to be resilient business models fostering high levels of innovation and creating stable jobs. With deep links to local communities, they are key actors in contributing to all seventeen of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and in fostering an economy for the common good.
Why join the MOOC?
The course will teach you new methodologies and fill your backpack with resources, materials and tools to integrate cooperative entrepreneurship concepts, skills and real experiences in your classroom.
8 hours of free training.
Accredited diploma
Multilingual materials available in English, Italian and Spanish
Flexible timing.
At your own pace
No prior knowledge
required
Other
General
Content
YOUCOOPE MOOC - Introduction
Learn how to use and get the most out of this MOOC, and understand what is expected of you!
The ABCs of Co-operatives
In this module you will learn about the key principles and values attached to co-operatives. You will also understand where co-operatives fit in the
broader socio-economic landscape, and in patticular the social economy.
Why include Co-operatives into entrepreneurial education?
Through this module, you will learn about broader entrepreneurial education and its link to co-operative entrepreneurship. You will get to know the EntreComp Framework and get familiar with the competences needed for co-operative members.
What are the principles to introducing co-operatives entrepreneurial learning?
In this module, you will learn about the key principles of co-operatives entrepreneurial education and how to apply them in your teaching/training
context. You will also learn about the impact of bringing real-life cooperatives into your classroom.
What can I do in my classroom?
In this module, you will get ideas on how to embed co-operatives entrepreneurial education in your day-to-day teaching. You will get inspired by
existing practices and will get a chance to reflect and come up with innovative ideas for classroom practices within your own context!
What's next?
In this module we'll provide you with the means to continue learning more about the topic after the MOOc and expand your networks.
Final assignment
Exercise to implement in your classroom/with your colleagues/your peers/trainees and provide with the feedback/result.
online platform
Where?
The course will be available through one of the world’s most popular learning management systems, which will ensure its proper development and success.
It is used both for Open Mass Online Courses (MOOC) and various educational uses for different formal and non-formal academic levels, from Secondary, Higher or Advanced Training Programmes to Specialisation Courses.
To make your experience much more complete and familiar, the European project YOUCOOPE has set this pilot experience with different Workshops for educators, in which you will be able to practice the contents of the MOOC, along with other educators teaching at the same educating stage. In these workshops, you will find specific training, depending on your teaching field, in secondary or higher education.
Workshop 1: Secondary Education Spain
AIMED AT: Secondary school teachers in Spain. START: February 2021. METHODOLOGY: we recommend to do the workshop in parallel to the development of the MOOC.
Workshop 2: High Education Italy
AIMED AT: University teachers and high level educators in Italy. START: February 2021. METHODOLOGY: We recomend to do the workshop after learning the contents of the MOOC.
Workshop 3: Secondary Education Italy
AIMED AT: Secondary school educators in Italy. START: February 2021. METHODOLOGY: We recomend you to do the workshop in parallel with learning the contents of the MOOC.
Workshop 4: High Education Spain
AIMED AT: University teachers and high level educators in Spain. START: April 2021. METHODOLOGY: We recomend to do the workshop after learning the contents of the MOOC.
Pre-register
The course starts on January. Pre-register here and we will send you a sign up link to the Entrepreneurial Learning in the Co-operatives Context Course. BOOK YOUR SEAT!