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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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When Did You Last Predict a Good Idea?
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Penaluna, Kathryn; Penaluna, Andrew; Jones, Colin; Matlay, Harry – Industry and Higher Education, 2014
It has been noted elsewhere that an idea is acknowledged to be creative if it is novel, or surprising and adaptive. So how does that fit with education's desire to measure student performance against fixed, consistent and predicted learning outcomes? This study explores practical measures and theoretical constructs that address the dearth of…
Descriptors: Creativity, Creative Development, Entrepreneurship, Career Education
The Student Business Plan: Useful or Not?
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Jones, Colin; Penaluna, Andy; Matlay, Harry; Penaluna, Kathryn – Industry and Higher Education, 2013
This article offers a critical discussion of the role of the business plan in current enterprise educational practice. In addition to reviewing recent work that considers the "for" and "against" arguments about the use of business plans in higher education, the authors suggest that the context of student learning is largely…
Descriptors: Role Perception, Business Administration Education, Best Practices, Educational Strategies
The Context of Enterprise Education: Insights into Current Practices
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Penaluna, Kathryn; Penaluna, Andy; Jones, Colin – Industry and Higher Education, 2012
This paper presents the results of an investigation into contextual differences in the development and delivery of enterprise education in higher education globally. Using information gathered from an online survey distributed to enterprise educators, distinct differences in the provision of enterprise education are identified, as are differences…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Entrepreneurship, Investigations, Higher Education
Creativity in Business/Business in Creativity: Transdisciplinary Curricula as an Enabling Strategy in Enterprise Education
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Penaluna, Andrew; Penaluna, Kathryn – Industry and Higher Education, 2009
Recent guidance for UK government policy makers has warned that HEIs face an uncertain future and has advocated transdisciplinary curricula. Earlier, in 2005, two other UK government papers highlighted the advantages of integrating design-related strategies into business environments and addressed the impact creativity could have on business…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Creativity, Entrepreneurship, Business Education