NFTE entrepreneurship education program

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Description

NFTE's entrepreneurship education program, developed and run by the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, uses project-based and experiential instruction to develop entrepreneurial-mindset skills alongside small-business-management knowledge.

Components

• NFTE's entrepreneurial mindset framework of eight core domains: NFTE conceptualizes the entrepreneurial mindset as a 21st century skill set comprising eight core domains: Future Orientation, Comfort with Risk, Opportunity Recognition, Initiative and Self-Reliance, Communication and Collaboration, Creativity and Innovation, Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, and Flexibility and Adaptability. The report states that "an individual who acts and thinks like an entrepreneur has an entrepreneurial mindset." NFTE grounds the framework in the claim that non-cognitive skills are malleable and can improve with instruction, and its programs pair entrepreneurial-mindset skill growth with small-business-management content instruction. (Nakamoto et al. (2017))

Claims

• 89 percent of NFTE alumni survey respondents reported NFTE contributed to their knowledge, skills, and/or personal development, with top areas aligning with entrepreneurial mindset domains [+M]

Related Products and Programmes

• NFTE entrepreneurship courses

Key Sources

• Nakamoto, J. & Rice, J. (2017). Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) 2016 Alumni Survey Findings. San Francisco, CA: WestEd. https://www.wested.org

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