Irish and Turkish pre-service teachers understanding and perceptions of enterprise education.

While many of its roots are derived from business contexts, enterprise education is evolving, and interest in its impact on initial teacher education is increasing. While common goals exist across regions, practices tend to differ. The perceptions of pre-service teachers who have been exposed to enterprise education in different countries can provide important clues about developing entrepreneurial teachers through their initial teacher education. This paper examines the perceptions of Irish and Turkish pre-service teachers who are exposed to enterprise education. The research data were obtained through semi-structured interviews with three main categories and 14 open-ended questions. The data collected from interviews was analysed using the constant comparative method. Findings show that enterprise education has a positive impact on pre-service teachers regarding content knowledge, pedagogical knowledge and future intentions. Findings also indicate that exposure to enterprise education may affect pre-service teachers' perceptions of its role in education.

Developing Enterprise Skills in Undergraduate Medical Students: A Mixed-methods Evaluation.

INTRODUCTION: Support for the development of enterprise skills in medical education exists from the perspectives of educators, researchers, and healthcare leaders. However, literature is limited evaluating the understanding of medical students about these skills. This study aimed to determine whether medical students valued gaining enterprise skills within the course and those skills that they identified and recognized contributed to enterprise practice in subsequent training. METHODOLOGY: Quantitative and qualitative evaluations were undertaken for over three years. Students completed end-of-course evaluations (n = 895) in 2011 and 2012, responding to closed questions utilizing a Likert scale. Subsequent qualitative reflections were collected by interviews one year later with nine students and eight supervisors. RESULTS: Immediately after course completion, students gave positive feedback, identifying the development of independent learning, creativity, and reflection, as these enterprise skills were most valued. However, in subsequent reflection one year later, they were unable to transfer the acquired knowledge and identify the examples of enterprise around them in their later experiences and had mixed beliefs about its value in medicine. CONCLUSION: Enterprise skills need to be revisited explicitly throughout the medical curriculum, with authentic real-life examples, to sustain students' understanding about the role of enterprise in medicine.

The significance and necessary conditions of developing enterprise education in medical universities / 中华医学教育探索杂志

Developing enterprise education in medical colleges and universities must have the following basic conditions:renewing medical educationconcept;establishing a teacher troop on teaching enterprise;building a good enterprise education atmosphere and strengthening practice teaching.

Creating enterprise education atmosphere in college campus culture / 中国医学伦理学

Being a new kind of education model,enterprise education is an inevitable choice in the development of medical academies and schools in our countries.Meanwhile it gets into pressures come from all aspects.To improve their abilities in enterprise,all medical academies and schools should make best use of campus culture.