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Good practice in enterprise education

Review

Winding up

At the end of the activity, the pupils can reflect on what happened, before the formal teacher-led debrief. They might produce a statement of account, a piece of written work, a newspaper article.

Debriefing

Enterprise experiences end with a debriefing, which helps pupils to identify what they have learned.

There are different ways to conduct the final debriefing. It could be a whole-group discussion, a discussion between the teacher and each team separately, or a discussion just among the team. It could also include the visitor(s) from the locality.

The focus of the debriefing is on the subject-learning and also on what knowledge, skills, qualities and attitudes pupils have gained about enterprise.

Debriefing involves three stages: reflection, generalisation and application. Examples of questions for each stage are:

Reflection:

How did pupils feel at the end of the project?
Was it a success? Why or why not?
How did the group organise itself?
What were the group’s biggest problems?
How did the group handle these problems?
How did the group handle any disagreements between members?
How did the group work together as a team?
How did the group decide which tasks each person would carry out?

Generalisation:

What skills did pupils learn?
What did pupils learn:
– about the subject?
– about how groups work?
– about running a project?

Application:

What has the project shown about the relationship between the activity and the wider world?
What would groups do differently next time?
How would each person behave differently in future?

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