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Syllabus Strategic Approaches to Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Education - 34590
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Last update 12-09-2023
HU Credits: 2

Degree/Cycle: 1st degree (Bachelor)

Responsible Department: Education

Semester: 1st Semester

Teaching Languages: Hebrew

Campus: Mt. Scopus

Course/Module Coordinator: Dr Jonathan Mirvis

Coordinator Email: jonathan.mirvis@mail.huji.ac.il

Coordinator Office Hours: Wednesday 1030-1200

Teaching Staff:
Dr. Jonathan Mirvis

Course/Module description:
In this course students will be introduced to the key concepts, theories and paradigms of social entrepreneurship with a specific application to education


Course/Module aims:
The aims of the course are to enable the students to be well versed in the literature and research of social entrepreneurship and particularly those aspects which pertain to Education. Hopefully the approached studied will be applicable in the field as well


Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Students will acquire insights and familiarity with the literature of social entrepreneurship and be able to apply the theories and paradigms to education


Attendance requirements(%):
80%

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: Lectures and guest lectures

Course/Module Content:










Bibliography

What is “social entrepreneurship”

Dees, J.G., and Economy, P. (1998). The Meaning of “Social Entrepreneurship".
http://www.redalmarza.cl/ing/pdf/TheMeaningofsocialEntrepreneurship.

Social Value: Need or Vision?

Young, R. (2006). “For What It is Worth: Social Value and the Future of Social Entrepreneurship”. In A. Nicholls (Ed.). Social Entrepreneurship: New Models of Sustainable Social Change. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 56-73.
http://www.untag-smd.ac.id/files/Perpustakaan_Digital_1/ENTREPRENEURSHIP%20Social%20entrepreneurship,%20New%20m.pdf

Mirvis, J. (2016). It's Our Challenge: A Social Entrepreneurship Approach to Jewish Education. Oxford & Shrewbury: YouCaxton. Chapter Three

Three Educational Approaches


Mirvis, J. (2016). It's Our Challenge: A Social Entrepreneurship Approach to Jewish Education. Oxford & Shrewbury: YouCaxton. Chapter Four


Theory of Change and SROI


Mirvis, J. (2016). “Maximizing the Possibility of Success,” It's Our Challenge: A Social Entrepreneurship Approach to Jewish Education. Oxford & Shrewbury: YouCaxton. Ch. 5, pp. 69-85


Bradach, D. “Going to Scale: The Challenge of Replicating Social Programs”. Stanford Social Innovation Review, Spring 2003 pp. 19-25
http://www.ssireview.org/images/articles/2003SP_feature_bradach.pdf


Jobs to be Done

Nobel, C. (2011, February 15). Clay Christensen’s Milkshake Marketing. Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. Free acces: http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/clay-christensens-milkshake-marketing

Brown, T.& Wyatt, J. (2010, Winter). Design Thinking for Social Innovation. Social Innovations Review, 30-35. Free access: http://ssir.org/images/articles/2010WI_Features_WyattBrown_New.pdf



Blue ocean Strategy


Kim, C., & Mauborgne, R. (2001). “Creating New Market Space”. Harvard Business Review on Innovation. USA: Harvard Business School Publishing Corporation, pp. 1-30. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/8996/fed84dc188e7ad3b8b6c460cfcd9f7699654.pdf

Disruptive Innovation


Christensen, C. M., and Overdorf, M. (2001). “Meeting the Challenge of Disruptive Change”. Harvard Business Review on Innovation. USA: Harvard Business School Publishing Corporation, pp.103-129.
http://innovbfa.viabloga.com/files/HBR___Christensen___meeting_the_challenge_of_disruptive_change___2009.pdf


Social Enterprise

11Dees, J.G. “Enterprising Nonprofits”. Harvard Business review on Nonprofits. Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing, 1999, pp. 135-166.
https://centers.fuqua.duke.edu/case/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2015/03/Article_Dees_EnterprisingNonprofits_1998.pdf







Required Reading:
Please see above

Additional Reading Material:
Will be given in the duration of the course

Grading Scheme :
Essay / Project / Final Assignment / Home Exam / Referat 90 %
Submission assignments during the semester: Exercises / Essays / Audits / Reports / Forum / Simulation / others 10 %

Additional information:
In the event that the classes are taught via Zoom, students will be required to leave their cameras open as part of their participation requirement
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