International SELF seminar in Riga
International SELF seminar In Riga
11-12 November 2010
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Guna Svence - Enterprising skills in all age groups
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Irma Jufko - Cartoon about road rules
Teaching methods BA experience
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PROGRAMME:
11.11.2010.
12:00 Lunch at Radisson Blu Hotel Latvia at Restaurant Esplanade.
Exhibition from SELF institutions in Latvia.
13:00 Opening of the Conference by a local politician.
Film about Latvia
Moderator: Mr. Modris Ozoliņš, Programme Director at Riga Technical University
13:15 Inspiring speech by an entrepreneur.
SELF project in Latvia film
13:50 Enterprising skills in all age groups. Guna Svence. Riga Teacher Training and Educational Management Academy.
14:25 Practical enterprising activities pre-school. Vineta Jonite. Ziepniekkalna kindergarten.
14:55 Creativity at elementary and secondary education level. Inta Jornina. Spidolas Gymnasium.
15:20 Coffee Break
15:35 “How to Measure Entrepreneurship Education?” Elena Ruskovaara, Project Manager Lappeenranta University of Technology, Centre for Training and Development
19:00 Dinner
12.11.2010.
9:00 Presentations from countries at SELF order
10:30 Workshops
- University group (each country representative tell the situation in each country, discuss entrepreneurship education development, talk about university role in enterprising education at SELF countries)
- Kindergarten group. Are you wiser than 5 years old kid?
- Elementary School group. The game GEO-200 develops leader’s skills, ability to communicate and work in team, improves memory, enlarges erudition, thinking and geopolitical horizon. The game unites people of different ages and interests.It has been created & designed by students from Riga Anninmuizha Secondary School and has been practicing a lot at geography lessons as a unique technique of increasing students’ motivation and cognition.
- Secondary School group. "Riga in Crafts, Jobs and Professions". An entertaining excursion (walking) in Old Riga with elements of game connected with professions held by senior form students of Riga Ostvalda Secondary School.
- Gymnasium group. The possibility to test new product – a unique board game “Business Time”, which introduces players with entrepreneurship. Each player is an entrepreneur to run its own business, buying raw materials from sellers, producing and selling products to customers, competing with each other. Board game “Business Time” is based on economic model and each element symbolizes and makes parallels with real business. Board game is made by a student of Faculty of Economics and Management.
12.00 Summaries of the workshops.
13:00 Lunch at Radisson Blu Hotel Latvia at Restaurant Esplanade