Entrepreneurial Spirit for the Whole School – Ways to Become an e.e.si-Entrepreneurship School

Abstract

All entrepreneurs of the future are at school today, the nature of their value-oriented education and their willingness to actively participate in business and society in the future is shaped by today’s learning. This article focuses on the development, the reasoning, the legal bases, the implementation and the future perspectives of the Austrian approach to Entrepreneurship Education with a specific focus on an Entrepreneurship School Certification. Entrepreneurship Education in schools involves a variety of factors: the learning program, the learning environment, the teachers with their passion, encouragement and appreciation of learners and the value-orientation of the organization, which ranges from corporate culture to networking with external school partners.