An Entrepreneurial Attitude: Implications for Teachers’ Leadership Skills?

ABSTRACT

Entrepreneurship in school is a widespread issue within the school system and it is therefore important to problematise teachers and their role when entrepreneurship is emphasized in their school practice. The teachers in this study, from the secondary and upper secondary levels, were all participating in a Swedish three-year school improvement programme on entrepreneurship in school. Based on a questionnaire and interviews, the results were categorized into four main teacher leadership skills: teachership, leadership, professional leadership, and “professionship”. This study highlights the importance of teachers’ relationship to their students, new thinking about teaching and learning, and subject knowledge

Acknowledgments

This study is part of a three-year school improvement programme, ‘Entrepreneurial Education’, funded by Ifous (Innovation, Research and Development in School), a Swedish independent research institute. The author gratefully acknowledges financial support from Ifous and Umeå University, Sweden, both of which made it possible to follow the programme and get access to the research field.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.

Notes

1. In a flipped classroom, the information-transmission component is moved out of class time. Students are supposed to prepare for class by using technology, especially video. Class time is used for learning activities (Abseysekera & Dawson, 2015).