Entrepreneurship education: motivation and effort for pupils with special needs in Norwegian compulsory school
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Entrepreneurship education: motivation and effort for pupils with special needs in Norwegian compulsory school

Pupil enterprises are a widespread type of entrepreneurship education. In this working method, pupils start up, manage and close a business over short period of time. National and international policy documents claim that practical working methods through the use of pupil enterprises are beneficial to increase motivation by being a realistic and cross-curricular approach. This…

Gender and self-employment: the role of mini-companies
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Gender and self-employment: the role of mini-companies

The aim of this publication was to evaluate to what degree participation in mini-companies impact young women and men with regard to the perceived desirability and perceived feasibility of self-employment. The Junior Achievement  Company Programme (CP) is the largest mini-company scheme in European secondary school. The paper is based on a survey conducted in Norway with 1,160 students in upper…