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Promoting entrepreneurship through education: state of the art and recommendations

The main aim of the EN.GA.G.E project is to promote Entrepreneurial Education (EE) in Primary and Secondary Schools across Europe, with the support of digital educational games.
Therefore, as a first milestone of the project, the project partners have carried out a Study/Research on game-based entrepreneurial learning methodologies at national and European levels. 

The document -available in EN,IT,GR,FR,RO –  summarizes the findings from the different research activities:

• • Desk Research where each Country (Knowledge Partner and Practice Partner)  investigated into the main topics of the project: State-of-the-art of EE at local, national and EU level; Game based-learning (GBL) and significance of gaming in education; Identification of existing digital educational games aimed at promoting entrepreneurial competencies/li>
  • Focus groups (FGs) implemented in each partner Country:  FGs with experts and teachers on the entrepreneurial culture and the use of digital educational games for the acquisition/development of entrepreneurial competencies; FGs  with students toassess learners’ appreciation of the use of digital games for EE.
  • Summary Report, summarizing the findings of the national reserach actiivties.

The Paper also includes a more operational section with guidelines and the first Glossary for entrepreneurial education in Primary and Secondary Schools across Europe.
The report will serve a theoretical background for the implementation of IO2: Design, realization and test of two EN.GA.G.E. digital games for entrepreneurial education (Primary/Secondary schools) 

What is the teachers’ attitude towards the entrepreneurial culture and the use of digital business games? What is the learners’ feedback on game-based learning?
This was carried out via focus group methodology.

Last April Each partner country carried out three Focus Groups (1 with Experts/Teachers  and  2 with students ) where participants were asked a series of questions/given statements on the core topics of the Project to which they freely shared their opinions, ideas and reactions.

The feedback collected through focus groups will be one of the milestones in the Study/research on game-based entrepreneurial learning methodologies across Europe.