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The Practice Entreprise project uses the setting up of a simulated company in a classroom as the pedagogical tool to train students in business in a practical way (learning by doing), by getting them to run their own company, performing actual business tasks like buying and selling their virtual products all around the world, and getting to know the ins and outs of running a small business.
To achieve the pedagogical objective and this business environment, the school sets up a simulated company in a classroom, which is divided into the usual office departments using current resources in business. This simulated company, which we call practice entreprise, replicates all of the functions and demands of a real business in both a structure and practice, from product development, production and distribution to marketing, sales, human resources, finance and accounting. As "employees" of the virtual business, students are accountable for their company's management and performance. Students are in a business environment in the classroom that will engage them and which develops employability skills to achieve great employment outcomes. The simulation business methodology is based on the concept learning by doing. Students play the main role in their training and are provided with practical employability and life skills that will prove useful in whatever path they choose and achieve positive career outcomes. Students work as "employees" in the different office departments, undertaking office tasks and achieving set up objectives like if they were in a real company. The learning and working environment within the practice entreprise emphasizes project-based, collaborative learning and teachers who guide and direct student learning rather than present prescribed daily lessons. Practice entreprises are the ideal framework to train and evaluate professional skills and the so called soft skills which can be seen while students "work" in the practice firms such as: initiative, managing and organizing tasks, collaborative working, problem-solving, decision-making, communication, versatility, etc...which are highly valued by employers. This is also a very flexible methodology which allows different educational levels, working experiences and rates of learning of students in the same simulated business, with the possibility to design individual learning paths. Students show their potentials and have the possibility to emphasize their training in a specific office department if they would like to. |
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Organizations involved in the project: Spain: Fundació Inform El Vendrell City Council INS Mediterrània Italy: Simulimpresa, Città del Ragazzo, and CEFAL Emilia Romagna Bulgaria: Bulgarian Central Office and SOU Asen Zlatarov Lithuania: Lithuanian Central Office and Titas Masiulis Youth School Germany: Europen-Pen International |