Entrepreneurship teaching in vocational education : a comparative study in Italy and Australia using the change laboratory

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dc.contributor.advisor Costa, Massimiliano
dc.contributor.advisor Polesel, John
dc.contributor.author Morselli, Daniele <1973> it_IT
dc.date.accessioned 2014-04-10T11:41:48Z
dc.date.available 2014-04-10T11:41:48Z
dc.date.issued 2014-03-17
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10579/4610
dc.description.abstract This comparative study between Italy and Australia seeks to find the elements triggering entrepreneurial behaviour in vocational students. In both contexts, students attended class lessons and long periods of work experience. Together with their teachers and work tutor, the students involved in the project took part in weekly Change Laboratory workshops. With the help of mirror materials (interviews, documents, videos of work activity) and the researcher, during the workshops students discussed issues they had at school, work, or at the boundary between the two organizations, and found shared solutions to put into practice. Results suggest that the student’s European key competence of the sense of initiative and entrepreneurship has been improved by combination of school lessons, work placement and Change Laboratory workshops. During workshops students gained a reflexive attitude on how to put into practice the sense of initiative and entrepreneurship in the workplace, thus improving their employability skills and their overall learning experience. Students also enhanced their ability to exercise judgement and make choices. it_IT
dc.description.abstract Questo studio comparativo tra Italia ed Australia cerca di trovare quegli elementi che promouvono comportamenti imprenditoriali in studenti che frequentano istituti tecnici e professionali. In entrambi i contesti, gli studenti hanno preso parte a lezioni in classe e a periodi estesi di stage in azienda; insieme ai loro insegnanti ed ai tutor lavorativi hanno partecipato a sessioni settimanali di Change Laboratory. Attraverso l'aiuto di materiali specchio quali interviste, documenti, video dell'attività lavorativa e la presenza del ricercatore, durante i laboratori gli studenti hanno discusso di problemi che avevano a scuola, a lavoro, o al confine tra le due organizzazioni, trovando soluzione condivise che sono poi state messe in pratica. I risultati ottenuti suggeriscono che la competenza europea relativa al senso di iniziativa e di imprenditorialità sia stata aumentata come combinazione di lezioni, stage e Change Laboratory. Durante i laboratori gli studenti hanno acquisito un'attitudine riflessiva su come mettere in pratica il senso di iniziativa e di imprenditorialità sul posto di lavoro, aumentando così le loro abilità connesse all'occupabilità come pure la complessiva esperienza d'apprendimento. Gli studenti sono avanzati anche nella loro capacità di esercitare giudizio e operare scelte. it_IT
dc.language.iso eng it_IT
dc.language.iso ita it_IT
dc.publisher Università Ca' Foscari Venezia it
dc.rights © Daniele Morselli, 2014 it_IT
dc.subject Entrepreneurship education it_IT
dc.subject European key competence of the sense of initiative and entrepreneurship it_IT
dc.subject Vocational education it_IT
dc.subject Capabilities approach it_IT
dc.subject Change laboratory it_IT
dc.title Entrepreneurship teaching in vocational education : a comparative study in Italy and Australia using the change laboratory it_IT
dc.title.alternative L'insegnamento dell'imprenditorialità nella formazione tecnica e professionale : uno studio comparativo tra Italia ed Australia con l'utilizzo del change laboratory it_IT
dc.type Doctoral Thesis en
dc.degree.name Scienze della cognizione e della formazione it_IT
dc.degree.level Dottorato di ricerca it
dc.degree.grantor Scuola di dottorato in Scienze del linguaggio, della cognizione e della formazione it_IT
dc.description.academicyear 2014 it_IT
dc.description.cycle 25 it_IT
dc.degree.coordinator Natali, Carlo
dc.location.shelfmark D001330 it
dc.location Venezia, Archivio Università Ca' Foscari, Tesi Dottorato it
dc.rights.accessrights openAccess it_IT
dc.thesis.matricno 955771 it_IT
dc.format.pagenumber XIV, 275 p. : ill. it_IT
dc.subject.miur M-PED/04 PEDAGOGIA SPERIMENTALE it_IT
dc.description.tableofcontent Index of figures i Index of Tables iii Index of abbreviations v Declaration vi Preface Prefazione vii Acknowledgments xiii 1 Introduction 1 1.1 The impact of globalization on our lives 2 1.2 The plague of youth unemployment 4 1.3 Technical and vocational education and training can combat youth unemployment 9 1.4 Why is entrepreneurship important? 15 1.5 Focus on entrepreneurship teaching in VET through the Change Laboratory workshops 21 2 Literature review 27 2.1 The concept of competence 29 2.2 Socio cultural studies on expertise 34 2.3 Critics to the competence approach in education 39 2.4 The competence of entrepreneurship 44 2.5 Entrepreneurship education 46 2.6 The Change Laboratory to promote expansive learning 53 3 Methodological framework 59 3.1 Quality insurance 60 3.2 The two different settings 61 3.3 The questionnaires 75 4 The Italian Change Laboratory 83 4.1 Historical premises: how was the sense of initiative and entrepreneurship taught before the beginning of the project? 84 4.2 Outline of the Change Laboratory workshops 87 5 What do Italian students think about entrepreneurship? 109 5.1 The questionnaire: results of the multiple choice answers. 110 5.2 The questionnaire: results of the open answers. 116 5.3 The banners made by the students 123 5.4 Discussion 130 5.5 The culture of work 136 6 The Australian Change Laboratory 143 6.1 Historical premises: how was entrepreneurship thought of in the school before the beginning of the project? 145 6.2 Outline of the Change Laboratory workshops 154 7 What do Australian students think about entrepreneurship? 173 7.1 The questionnaires: results of the multiple choice questions 174 7.2 The questionnaire, results of the open questions 180 7.3 The banners made by the students 186 7.4 Discussion of the results 190 8 Italy and Australia: a comparative perspective 201 8.1 Comparison of the two settings 201 8.2 The multiple choice answers 204 8.3 The open answers 209 8.4 Discussion of the results 216 9 Conclusions: vocational education and entrepreneurship education face their common Zone of Proximal Development 223 9.1 Main findings 227 9.2 Final considerations 229 9.3 Recommendations for educators, schools and policy makers 235 10 Conclusioni: la formazione tecnica e professionale e l'educazione all'imprenditorialità si affacciano alla loro Zona di Sviluppo Prossimo 239 10.1 Risultati principali della ricerca: 244 10.2 Considerazioni finali 245 10.3 Raccomandazioni per educatori, scuole e policy maker 251 List of References 255 Appendice. Results of the questionnaires 269 Italy 269 Australia 272 Abstract 275 it_IT
dc.identifier.bibliographiccitation Morselli, D. (2014). Entrepreneurship teaching in vocational education : a comparative study in Italy and Australia using the Change Laboratory. Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, tesi di dottorato, 25. ciclo, 2014 it_IT
dc.degree.discipline Scienze della formazione it_IT


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