Making a Case for Entrepreneurial Skill Development in Schools

Abstract

Today’s youth is faced with new risks emerging from fast advancing technology such as AI and increased individual responsibilities. With these trend shifts, foundational knowledge alone, without an understanding of the interconnected nature of the applications in real life is not going to effectively prepare the youth for future success. It is therefore imperative to introduce students to the essentials of entrepreneurial mindset early in their middle and high school education.

Although this is a critical challenge faced by youth today, there is very little advocacy for incorporating entrepreneurial skill development in school curriculum.

The intent of this research project is to outlay the foundational skills that are essential to building an entrepreneurial mindset and to recommend a curriculum that will advance entrepreneurial skill development in middle and high school students.

The roadmap of this paper begins with making the case for introducing entrepreneurial skill curriculum, proceeding to the cultural factors that influence skill development, Recommendation, purpose of Case Studies, and concluding summary.