A New Way to Learn and Teach Social Economy
Welcome to a revolution in social economy education - the SE4Ces Living Labs Training Toolkit and the Social Economy (SE) Living Labs Framework Report. These resources are designed to foster collaboration and innovation in social economy learning, ensuring students, educators, and organizations alike are well-equipped to thrive in this vital sector.
The SE4Ces Living Labs Training Toolkit
The Living Labs Training Toolkit is an exciting, hands-on guide for educators, social economy organisations (umbrella or practices) and students, seeking to create new innovative educational materials that can bridge the gap between university and the labour market. This toolkit provides practical tools and step-by-step guidance on how to prepare and launch a Social Economy Living Lab, an open partnership that promotes innovative teaching methodologies and co-creation activities on social economy-related topics.
The Social Economy (SE) Living Labs Framework Report
Developed by our partner organisation Stimmuli for Social Change, the SE Living Labs Framework Report is a detailed guide that presents the methodology used in developing the SE4Ces teaching approaches. This report serves as a roadmap for stakeholders involved in SE Living Labs, including higher education institutions and social economy organizations, explaining the skills needed to implement our innovative teaching approaches.
Joining Forces: The Toolkit and the Report
These two resources work hand-in-hand to empower students with knowledge and practical experience in the social economy. The Framework Report outlines the conceptual structure of the Living Lab process used in SE4Ces, while the Toolkit provides the resources to implement a Living Lab or at least parts of it. Together, they form a comprehensive guide to establishing your own Social Economy Living Lab, or to co-create social economy educational material on a smaller scale. The ultimate aim is to boost the production of new social economy education that is fit for the future.
Our Vision
It has never been clearer that we need to drastically change the way we go about doing business, with more attention to community values, democracy and sustainability. But changing a system that reinforces itself by design is difficult, our educational system is built on archaic views of business education creating new entrepreneurs that operate within the same ideas with the same skills as before.
At SE4Ces, we believe in strengthening the social economy sector by fostering cooperation between higher education institutions, social economy organizations, and communities. By providing these tools, we're aiming to ensure more students are equipped with the skills they need for jobs in the social economy, and to empower organizations and universities to co-create their own innovative teaching materials.
Ready to Dive In?
Ready to explore this innovative approach to social economy education? Access the SE Living Labs Framework Report and the SE4Ces Living Labs Training Toolkit here. Let's bridge the gap between academia and the social economy together.
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