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Thursday, June 07, 2012 | |
Should (Social) Entrepreneurship Replace Service Learning in U.S. High Schools and Universities?
By tutormentor2 @ 5:42 PM :: 595 Views ::
0 Comments ::  :: Research and Advocacy , Articles about tutoring and mentoring programs |  |
This question was posted on a Service Learning List Serve by Curt DeBerg, SAGE Founde, Professor, California State University, Chico and I've re-posted here with his permission.
Should (Social) Entrepreneurship Replace Service Learning in U.S. High Schools and Universities?Also, if you get a chance, please read the article by Steve Mariotti in Time Magazine on June 1. The title of the article is,"Why Every School in America Should Teach Entreprneurship." The article can be found here: http://business.time.com/contributor/steve-mariotti/. Mariotti, founder of the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), was the keynote speaker at the SAGE World Cup in Buffalo last summer (see http://sageglobal.org; I am the SAGE Founder). Mariotti is a leader in the area of youth enterprise, and on this topic (like most others), he and I are in complete agreement. When youth have a proper context to apply math, technology, communication, and yes, even science, skills, they are unbelievably motivated and enthused. Entrepreneurship brings out the creativity and energy of youth, and social entrepreurship can direct many of them to solving social problems in their communities. But, based on my experience, most high school teachers and professors, though overworked and well-meaning, are quite risk-averse (an understatement, methinks!). A university student with a big heart and no job and big debt after graduation is another problem. Though a long-term advocate of service-learning, I am beginning to morph into an even bigger advocate of social entrepreneurship. Last week, I saw an article that the Federal Capital Territory in Nigeria is making entrepreneurship education mandatory in all of its secondary schools. http://allafrica.com/stories/201205180575.html . Nigeria, you say? Yes. For three out of the last four years, Nigeria has WON the SAGE World Cup. Should the U.S. do the same? After all, the #1 degree at U.S. universities is BUSINESS. What are your thoughts? --------------------- I post this because of my own interest in making a much wider range of tutoring, mentoring, arts, technology, youth entrepreneur, etc. programs available to young people in high poverty neighborhoods of big cities. I fee the only way to achieve that goal is to have deep involvement of leaders from business and many other sectors who are concerned with the future ability of American workers and industry to compete successfully in the global marketplace. |
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