探索北京樂成國際學(xué)校學(xué)生們可持續(xù)發(fā)展的創(chuàng)業(yè)精神
時(shí)間：2023-03-08 14:16:07
今天GJXX小編搜羅了探索北京樂成國際學(xué)校學(xué)生們可持續(xù)發(fā)展的創(chuàng)業(yè)精神希望給擇校的家長們提供參考。
Understanding business is an important part of everyday life. However, the ins and outs of business are often neglected in schools or relegated to after-school activities. Here at BCIS, we provide both curricular and extracurricular approaches to teach students the important skills needed in the professional world and give them many hands-on opportunities to gain practical business experience. The projects and activities offered at BCIS empower our students to explore entrepreneurship and inspire them to create their own companies that positively impact the world!
Early Entrepreneurs in the ES
On a chilly November day, the hallways of BCIS were full of little shops, with students buzzing about from one stand to the next browsing the myriad of items for sale. However, these were no ordinary stores. In fact, they were all run by our very own Grade 5 students. From carnival games to plants, from arts and crafts to toys, our students came up with creative and sustainable ideas for their shops for the rest of our community to enjoy!
5年級(jí)環(huán)保集市幕前幕后集錦
This business fair was the result of a month-long project that all Grade 5 students participated in. First, the students had to form groups and strategize about the type of business they would make. Many groups looked to past examples of successful student-run businesses, such as games with prizes. One student, Jeffery, explained his group’s inspiration for their “Lucky Box” project, stating, “I am a long-lasting BCIS student, because I started here in nursery. I had always seen the Grade 5 business competition, and it made me very passionate about economics. Seeing the projects from the last two years inspired our project this year.” Once they formed a business plan, the groups then had to go in front of a panel made up of teachers and other school leaders to present their project.
Effective communication was the key for groups when pitching their businesses. The panels worked like real-life board rooms, with teachers asking students how they planned to budget their businesses and giving constructive feedback to the groups. Students then revised their projects based on the feedback and began constructing their businesses.
G5 Business Project 2021
Over the next two weeks, students visited our wonderful BCIS MakerSpace, using the sustainable materials there to create games and products that would serve as their business items. Groups had to use their creativity and technical skills to assemble their products and manage their time wisely to prepare for the final business expo. “We had a lot of fun!” commented Rose and Nicky, two students whose project “Lucky Hoops” involved many sustainably hand-crafted prizes for students to win. They enjoyed their time in MakerSpace creating their project, as well as being able to use their crafts to donate 40% of their profits to the Chunhui Children’s Foundation.
Once our students had prepared their projects, they opened their shops to the school for business. Teachers and students from all over BCIS came to join the fun, playing games and winning prizes in support of our Grade 5 businesses. Each business was able to turn a profit, while also donating money to a good cause. Students had a blast seeing their hard work turn into real revenue, and this served as a great hands-on learning experience for the students, and a fun day for all BCISers!
The business project combined social skills, sustainability, mathematics, and more, to give students a well-rounded challenge. “We wanted to do business because it teaches the students their responsibility as producers and consumers, systems of exchange, production, supply and demand, and we also tie in the sustainable development goals,” says Kelli, a Grade 5 teacher and our Sustainability Team Leader. After completing their projects, the students learned many valuable skills in teamwork, communication, and business, as well as their responsibility to the environment when producing items. This business project is a highlight of the student’s academic activities, as well as an exciting new way for them to learn!
Business in the SS and Beyond
Taking the communication and financial skills they learn in the ES with them to Secondary School, business-savvy BCIS students join in many world-renowned business contests. Many of the extracurricular clubs at school also help learners hone their sales pitches with the advice of their peers and teachers. BCIS even hosts its own competition: Avenir.
The Avenir business competition at BCIS empowers middle and high school students to work on sustainable entrepreneurship projects, while receiving constructive feedback from industry experts. Students are tasked with collaboratively creating business proposals in line with the school motto of “working for the good of all and the sustainable development of the world.” Over the two-day contest, participants receive feedback on their proposals from a mentor, before revising and presenting their ideas to judges. Avenir provides students with an excellent environment to practice sustainable entrepreneurship, while networking with students, teachers, and business experts who share their passion.
The Avenir contest provides students a platform to test the many attributes required for starting their own enterprises. Erica, our Avenir coordinator, explains the sorts of skills that students need during the contest, saying, “Participants need to have critical thinking skills to identify a business gap, come up with innovative and practical business ideas that are aligned with the theme.” She further discusses the importance of social skills in the competition, explaining, “They need to have great communication and collaboration skills to form a team, assign different roles to their team members, create a brief yet informational presentation to pitch, write up a detailed business plan, and prepare to compete with other teams in the same age division all across China.” While the competition awards students with key learning opportunities, the winners of Avenir also receive prize money and chances to intern at local businesses!
Similar to the Grade 5 business project, Avenir covers many important learning objectives for students, while also providing them with a real business scenario that prepares them for life after school. The communication and financial skills that students gain from such opportunities can be transferred well beyond their academic journeys, and into their work lives. Several BCIS alumni have taken what they have learned from such activities and used it to start their own businesses.
BCIS Alumni and our first graduate from Class of 2009, Ruoyi, is the founder of New York-based boutique “Chop Suey Club”. The unique designs sold at Chop Suey Club feature a wonderful mix of East and West and have become widely popular in the city. Ruoyi’s dedication demonstrates the entrepreneurial spirit that students at BCIS, both current and former, can gain from the many great activities the school hosts. This warrior spirit extends outside of the classroom, inspiring students with the ability and passion to change the world!
全球領(lǐng)先的管理思想家烏麥爾·哈克在《新商業(yè)文明》一書中指出，20世紀(jì)的商業(yè)理念是攫取利益但將成本轉(zhuǎn)嫁給普通民眾、社區(qū)、社會(huì)、自然環(huán)境甚至后代身上，但這樣的經(jīng)濟(jì)模式在21世紀(jì)的今天行不通了，今天的世界像一艘方舟，方舟上的經(jīng)濟(jì)繁榮根本在于最大程度降低傷害，重新建構(gòu)商業(yè)模式。
樂成一直致力于加強(qiáng)在可持續(xù)發(fā)展方面的努力，并將此理念融入到樂成的使命精神和課堂學(xué)習(xí)中。今天，我們從小學(xué)商業(yè)向善的環(huán)保集市與樂成使命緊密相連的Avenir商賽展開，一起來探索樂成學(xué)生們可持續(xù)發(fā)展的創(chuàng)業(yè)精神。
“這個(gè)項(xiàng)目讓我們感受了自己創(chuàng)業(yè)是什么樣的”
從舊物改造的幸運(yùn)盒（Lucky Box），熱愛地球的植物種植（Plants and Seeds），可回收的書蟲環(huán)保書簽（Bookworm’s Bookmarks)，再到用廢棄水瓶創(chuàng)新制作的幸運(yùn)擲圈游戲（Lucky Hoops），樂成5年級(jí)的環(huán)保集市上滿是學(xué)生設(shè)計(jì)的玲瑯滿目的舊物改造和環(huán)保手工制品。每個(gè)集市攤位門庭若市，圍滿了爭(zhēng)相打卡淘寶的學(xué)生和老師。此次集市每一個(gè)攤位所獲得的所有收益都將捐出最終所得的30%到40%捐助給北京春暉博愛公益基金會(huì)，以幫助需要幫助的兒童們。
點(diǎn)擊邊框調(diào)出視頻工具條5年級(jí)商業(yè)可持續(xù)發(fā)展研究項(xiàng)目的宣傳片
幸運(yùn)盒項(xiàng)目組的Jeffery的激動(dòng)的說: “我從幼兒園就在樂成讀書了，我之前經(jīng)?？吹轿迥昙?jí)的商業(yè)競(jìng)賽，這讓我開始對(duì)經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)充滿了熱情。過去兩年的項(xiàng)目也啟發(fā)了我們今年的項(xiàng)目?！?/p>
“我們玩得很開心!”幸運(yùn)擲圈游戲項(xiàng)目成員Rose和Nicky告訴我們, “這個(gè)項(xiàng)目讓我們感受了自己創(chuàng)業(yè)是什么樣的，還可以幫助到小朋友們。”之后還向我們展示了項(xiàng)目背后有關(guān)可持續(xù)發(fā)展的設(shè)計(jì)方案。
G5 Business Commercials
項(xiàng)目初期學(xué)生們需要根據(jù)三個(gè)特定目標(biāo)制定自己的商業(yè)計(jì)劃，這三個(gè)目標(biāo)是環(huán)?？沙掷m(xù)發(fā)展的產(chǎn)品，明確記錄所有財(cái)務(wù)開銷和將部分收益捐助給慈善公益機(jī)構(gòu)。制定好計(jì)劃提案后，學(xué)生需要在相關(guān)專業(yè)老師們面前展示項(xiàng)目提案并得以反饋。接下來的兩周，學(xué)生們?cè)趧?chuàng)客空間（Maker Space）會(huì)在老師的幫助下完成項(xiàng)目模型進(jìn)行舊物改造和環(huán)保制作，最終將制作出的創(chuàng)意產(chǎn)品在環(huán)保集市進(jìn)行銷售。
在看似小打小鬧的活動(dòng)中，孩子們第一次對(duì)“市場(chǎng)、消費(fèi)”有了概念。隨著所學(xué)內(nèi)容的增多以及領(lǐng)域的拓寬，這種對(duì)概念的理解也在歡聲笑語中上升到更專業(yè)性的層面。在過去整整一個(gè)月的策劃和籌備里，學(xué)生們學(xué)會(huì)了如何把在課堂上學(xué)到的技能運(yùn)用到真實(shí)的銷售場(chǎng)景中，為他們的畢業(yè)作品和中學(xué)學(xué)習(xí)做好了準(zhǔn)備。
未來，絕不止于紙上談兵
與此同時(shí)，今年獲得在當(dāng)?shù)仄髽I(yè)進(jìn)行實(shí)習(xí)機(jī)會(huì)的中學(xué)學(xué)生Gretchen, Lisa，Laure 和Qinglan 告訴我們通過在The Bulk House（零浪費(fèi)無包裝商店）的實(shí)踐經(jīng)歷，他們認(rèn)識(shí)到接受現(xiàn)實(shí)和真誠的重要性。在實(shí)習(xí)的過程中，創(chuàng)始人Joe提到在北京零廢棄商業(yè)很稀缺，他希望一些大型公司能夠采納“零廢棄”和“極簡主義”的理念。盡管如此，他們還是堅(jiān)持商業(yè)向善，保持真誠。這個(gè)實(shí)習(xí)經(jīng)歷讓學(xué)生們了解到可持續(xù)發(fā)展在現(xiàn)實(shí)中會(huì)遇到的阻礙，以便更好的提早計(jì)劃和想出解決方案。
Avenir商業(yè)大賽的協(xié)調(diào)員Erika老師告訴我們，“參賽者需要具有批判性思維能力，理清自己的商業(yè)思路與主題，群策群力，精雕細(xì)琢出一份商業(yè)項(xiàng)目提案，并最終在專家評(píng)委面前全方位地宣講自己的創(chuàng)業(yè)靈感，市場(chǎng)分析報(bào)告與行動(dòng)方案?！?/p>
什么是北京樂成國際學(xué)校的Avenir商業(yè)大賽？
Avenir商業(yè)大賽是由樂成學(xué)生共同發(fā)起與組織，并獲得澳洲昆士蘭科技大學(xué)（QUT）傾力資助的年度商業(yè)競(jìng)賽?！癆venir”一詞在法語中意為“未來”，大賽致力于為學(xué)生企劃與舉辦大型活動(dòng)提供豐富的機(jī)遇，為參賽者與商圈知名企業(yè)家零距離對(duì)話搭建互動(dòng)平臺(tái)。在競(jìng)賽為學(xué)生提供重要的學(xué)習(xí)機(jī)會(huì)的同時(shí)，Avenir的獲獎(jiǎng)?wù)哌€將獲得創(chuàng)業(yè)獎(jiǎng)金和當(dāng)?shù)仄髽I(yè)實(shí)習(xí)的機(jī)會(huì)。
與5年級(jí)的商業(yè)項(xiàng)目類似，Avenir商業(yè)大賽也為中學(xué)生們提供了一個(gè)真實(shí)的商業(yè)場(chǎng)景，為未來的學(xué)習(xí)和創(chuàng)業(yè)打下了基礎(chǔ)。而兩者均與樂成使命緊密相連, 通過不同的商業(yè)活動(dòng)，我們希望無論事情大小，學(xué)生們認(rèn)識(shí)到“負(fù)責(zé)任”與“采取必要行動(dòng)”的深遠(yuǎn)意義，每一個(gè)人能夠?yàn)槭澜绲目沙掷m(xù)發(fā)展獻(xiàn)出一份薄力。
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