Country | Example | Description | Effects |
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Sweden | Multiple schools in Njurunda, city of Sundsvall, students of age 7-12. | Professional development initiative on multiple levels. Around 200 teachers practicing value creation assignments with their students, putting the number of students being explicitly involved to around one thousand so far. | Many kinds of positive impact of value creation education on student engagement, on entrepreneurial competencies and on school related curriculum knowledge and skills. |
Sweden | City of Varberg. 20 teachers trained in a pilot project. | Integration of value creation as educational philosophy in all schools across the city. | Significant buy-in into the educational philosophy. National TV highlighted a project. |
United Kingdom | Ready Unlimited. Average 300 teachers and trainee teachers a year involved from schools across UK. | Integration of value creation as educational philosophy in professional learning and coaching for school teachers. | Teachers reporting more student engagement, higher quality learning and improved achievement. Improved connections between schools and their community/the outside world. |
Turkey | Students of age 12-14 teach newly arrived Syrian refugees Turkish. | Students learn Turkish in an engaging way, and simultaneously develop their entrepreneurial competencies. |