Why it is critical for students and entrepreneurs to develop a positive, resilient mindset

Entrepreneurship is now an increasingly important part of curriculums as schools try to prepare students for the fast-changing demands of higher education and the start of their working lives.

Teachers worldwide believe that nurturing an entrepreneurial spirit can better prepare students for the future and help them to develop skills such as critical thinking and problem-solving, and personal attributes like leadership abilities and resilience.

Education at Hong Kong’s Saint Too Bloom Academy, an innovation-focused secondary school which first opened its doors last August, is founded on its four core values – creativity, principled, contributing and balanced. It also proudly describes itself as the city’s “first school of entrepreneurship”.

This academic focus on entrepreneurship and applied learning programmes is designed to inspire students, says Renée Boey, its founder and principal, in the latest edition of EdTalk, the South China Morning Post’s recurring video series of interviews in which experts discuss pertinent issues surrounding education.

“The mission of our school is to cultivate compassionate creators and social innovators,” she says. “We see entrepreneurship as a life skill and a mindset. It is not just about learning how to build a business and creating profit. This is why, when there’s so much technological disruption going on, when the future feels volatile and uncertain, it’s so important to teach this.”

  

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