OTHER RESOURCES

Here we included information about other resources that may complement the e-book and additional stories included in this collection. Some of these resources are OER (that is, open-access and possibly also modifiable), while others will need to be purchased and used according to their copyright agreement. Here you can find a list of these resources, along with brief descriptions and links to the resource itself whenever open-access.

We also invite users to contribute to this section by suggesting additional materials to be included in addition to those already listed, by following the directions included in the “Guidelines for Contributions.” All submissions will be reviewed by the editors to select which ones will be included in this section.

Open-access and modifiable online resources for instructors

Here are additional OER materials that were created to complement the e-book and the additional stories- which can be copied and adapted as needed for specific assignments.

List of entrepreneurial practices specific to different stages of the process of initiating an innovation
(by Raffaella Borasi & Constance Flahive, 2009, 2022; extracted from Ch.13 of the e-book)
These tables, derived from our cross-case analysis as reported in Chapter 13 of our e-book, could be used by students as a reference to guide their in-depth analysis of new stories of educational innovations when focussing on specific stages of the process of initiating an innovation (based on the model shown in Chapter 13, as well as selected stories). All the tables reported in Chapter 13 are collected here for convenience (with a table of content that will allow to jump to any selected table), and to enable Instructors to modify any of these tables to show only a subset of targeted practices and/or to include additional mindsets/practices suggested by other stories, if desired.

List of entrepreneurial practices most relevant for specific areas of entrepreneurial activity
(by Raffaella Borasi & Constance Flahive, 2009, 2022; extracted from Ch.11 of the e-book)
These tables, derived from our cross-case analysis as reported in Chapter 11 of our e-book, could be used to guide a complementary analysis of stories of educational innovations by focusing on specific areas of practice for entrepreneurial educators. Depending on the story, context, and/or goals of the activity, any of these tables could be modified to show only a subset of the practices identified in our case-studies and/or include additional ones.

List of key “types” of educational innovations
(by Raffaella Borasi, 2022; extracted from Ch.12 of the e-book)
This table, derived from our cross-case analysis and included in Chapter 12 of our e-book, could be used as a reference to classify innovations undertaken by the same entrepreneurial educator or a group of them. . Instructors may choose to modify this table to include only a subset of targeted types of innovation and/or to include other types of innovations suggested by other stories.

Opportunity Evaluation Tool (OET)
(by Raffaella Borasi; extracted from Appendix C of the e-book)
This tool can be used to guide and support the systematic evaluation of any opportunity for educational innovation. The Google doc version linked here can be copied and adapted as desired.

Example of worked-out Opportunity Evaluation Tool (OET) – Starting the Horizons Summer Program at Warner
(by Raffaella Borasi; extracted from Appendix C of the e-book)
To better understand how to use the “Opportunity Evaluation Tool”, here we provide an example of its use, around the evaluation of an opportunity to start a new summer program for K-8 urban students on a university campus.

Other open-access online resources

Here are links to other publicly accessible online materials that may complement our e-book – but can only be used in a non-derivative way:

A Life Outside: The inspirational story of Lynn Gatto, 2004 New York State Teacher of the Year (video)
This 1-hour documentary complements the case-study reported in Chapter 10 of the e-book, as it follows Lynn Gatto’s class over the period of a year, showing in action a number of innovative learning experiences, including their field trip to Kentucky.

Other resources requiring purchase

In this section we have listed a short selection of published books and articles that we and other users have found useful, but would need to be purchased and used according to traditional copyright rules.

Entrepreneurial “stories”
- Bornstein, D. (2004). How to change the world: Social entrepreneurs and the power of new ideas. New York: Oxford University Press.
  This book includes many inspirational stories of social entrepreneurs; although only one of those stories showcases an educator, it is interesting to look at these stories in comparison to the stories of educational innovations included in this OER collection.
- Leisey, D., & Lavaroni, C. (2000). The educational entrepreneur: Making a difference. San Rafael, CA: Edupreneur Press.
  This book collects several stories of entrepreneurs that started new businesses related to education.

Selected books on entrepreneurship across fields
- Brown, R., & Cornwall, J. (2000). The entrepreneurial educator. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press.
  This book well complements the stories included in our E-book by discussing principles and strategies that can inform the activities of an education change agent.
- Hess, F. M. (Ed.) (2006). Educational entrepreneurship: Realities, challenges, possibilities. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press. This book assumes more of a “business” interpretation of entrepreneurship and applies it to K-12 education.
- Hess, F. M. (Ed.) (2008). The future of educational entrepreneurship: Possibilities for school reform. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press.
  A follow-up to the previous 2006 publication, this book focuses on the challenges involved in innovation and entrepreneurship in the context of K-12 schools.
- Bornstein, D., & Davis, S. (2010). Social entrepreneurship: What everyone needs to know. New York: Oxford University Press.
  As a complement to Bornstein’s previous collection of stories of social entrepreneurs, this book articulates what characterizes social entrepreneurship and how it differs from business entrepreneurship.
- Bygrave, W. & Zacharakis, A. (2004). The Portable MBA in Entrepreneurship (3^rd ed.). Mississauga, Ontario: John Wiley & Sons.
  Among the many books and textbooks about business entrepreneurship, we have found this one most useful to use together with our e-book to stimulate comparisons between entrepreneurship in education and in business.