CENTRES (Creative Entrepreneurship in Schools) project has been funded with support from the European Commission.

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From a concept to the practice, or step by step in a project-based method The educational project is governed by its own rights. It is part of the core curriculum, has a diverse methodology, yet can also be implemented in schools in an autonomous way. It will be helpful to answer these questions during the project work: 1/ WHO is going to be the author and implementer of the project (how many people, what kind of group, class, division)? 2/ WHO is going to supervise the project? 3/ WHEN and WHERE will meetings be held? (at school, cultural centre, during general educational classes, extra-curricular activities, other subject-related lessons) 4/ WHAT KIND OF ACTION will be chosen? (e.g. organisation of a school band concert, exhibition of school works/ works by local artists/ photographers/ painters, shooting lip-dub, shooting school commercial, publishing students’ poems, organic fashion show, etc.) 5/ HOW IS THE SCHEDULE GOING TO LOOK LIKE (deadlines, work plan)? 6/ WHEN and WHERE will the project be presented? 7/ WHO is going to be invited to the project’s presentation (parents, local community)? 8/ IF/ HOW will the project partners/ sponsors be found? The project participants (students/ pupils) document their work on the project the way they choose to (e.g. taking pictures, shooting videos, creating a presentation) in order to create a project diary. The project’s tutors should fill in the project chart. If a teacher wants to evaluate students’ activities, he/ she should ask himself/ herself and the students/ pupils the following questions:

- What factors support the students in undertaking social/ entrepreneurial activities? - How does the Polish system of education develop skills and competencies such as: creativity, ability to generate and analyse problems, project-based activities and/ or teamwork, which prove to be helpful in the process of developing innovation?

Results can be presented at school so that they become a subject for discussion: how to support creative teaching and development of entrepreneurial attitudes so that it works for young people.

Polskie Stowarzyszenie Kreatywności (Polish Association of Creativity) www.p-s-k.pl psk@p-s-k.pl www.centres.org.pl