Combining entrepreneurship and mathematics in primary school – what happens?
This article reports on an educational design research study exploring the potential of combining entrepreneurship and mathematics – two of the key competencies stressed as important in a society of lifelong learning. The aim of the study was to explore what happens when entrepreneurship is integrat...
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| description | This article reports on an educational design research study exploring the potential of combining entrepreneurship and mathematics – two of the key competencies stressed as important in a society of lifelong learning. The aim of the study was to explore what happens when entrepreneurship is integrated into mathematics lessons. Eight Swedish primary schools were involved in the iterative design wherein researchers and teachers together planned, implemented, and evaluated lessons. The results indicate that combining entrepreneurial and mathematical competencies may produce a win-win situation. Entrepreneurial competencies can be of value when students are learning mathematics, and at the same time mathematics teaching can be organised so that students develop both mathematical and entrepreneurial competencies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4e31fc4e827d41c4b03bc1fa3cb979fe2022-12-21T20:03:41ZengTaylor & Francis GroupEducation Inquiry2000-45082018-10-019433134610.1080/20004508.2018.14614971461497Combining entrepreneurship and mathematics in primary school – what happens?Hanna Palmér0Maria Johansson1Linnaeus UniversityLuleå University of TechnologyThis article reports on an educational design research study exploring the potential of combining entrepreneurship and mathematics – two of the key competencies stressed as important in a society of lifelong learning. The aim of the study was to explore what happens when entrepreneurship is integrated into mathematics lessons. Eight Swedish primary schools were involved in the iterative design wherein researchers and teachers together planned, implemented, and evaluated lessons. The results indicate that combining entrepreneurial and mathematical competencies may produce a win-win situation. Entrepreneurial competencies can be of value when students are learning mathematics, and at the same time mathematics teaching can be organised so that students develop both mathematical and entrepreneurial competencies.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20004508.2018.1461497Entrepreneurial competenciesmathematical competenciesdesign researchprimary school |
| spellingShingle | Hanna Palmér Maria Johansson Combining entrepreneurship and mathematics in primary school – what happens? Education Inquiry Entrepreneurial competencies mathematical competencies design research primary school |
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| title_short | Combining entrepreneurship and mathematics in primary school – what happens? |
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