What Education Can Take from Business
Standard curricula across all disciplines—even business!—fail to take advantage of lessons from business. However, experts have studied and written about business practices extensively, offering insights that can be incorporated into almost any setting. Bringing these business principles into the classroom allows students to see how their work and the skills they’re developing, no matter the subject, will connect to real-life experiences in their future. For example: Navigating unclear instructions Critically evaluating and analyzing problems Handling non-performing teammates In this session, we will showcase examples of how to incorporate business principles into lessons, projects, and class design. We will also discuss how to create structured, engaging experiences that offer students unique lessons they’ll be able to apply, both inside and outside the classroom.