CREATING MEANINGFUL ENTREPRENEURIAL PRACTICE: CRAFTING PEDAGOGICAL AWARENESS

Higgins, David ORCID: 0000-0002-3685-5495 and Refai, Deema (2017) CREATING MEANINGFUL ENTREPRENEURIAL PRACTICE: CRAFTING PEDAGOGICAL AWARENESS. In: ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION. Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship Research, 7 . Emerald Publishing Limited,London, pp. 171-195. ISBN 978-1-78714-281-7

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Abstract

The field of entrepreneurial education has struggled with fundamental questions in regards to the subject’s nature and purpose - to whom and for what means are educational agendas ultimately directed; these questions have become of central importance to policy makers, practitioners and academics alike in the context of the dynamic nature of the business world. Concerns have been expressed about University Business schools engaging more critically with the lived experiences of practicing entrepreneurs through alternative pedagogical approaches and methods, seeking to account for and highlighting the social, political and moral aspect of management practice. For example, in the United Kingdom where funding in higher education has become increasingly dependent on student fees there are renewed pressures to educate students for management practice as opposed to educate them about management and what it does. This latter point will be the main focus of this workshop and one which demands the inclusion of critique. Government and EU policies are calling on Business Schools to develop and enhance entrepreneurial skill sets, in order to meet these challenges entrepreneurial focused education programs must be more proactive in providing innovative educational practices that helps and facilitates life experiences and experiential learning.

Item Type:	Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Entrepreneurship education, reflexivity, relational learning, experiential learning
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	14 Nov 2016 08:46
Last Modified:	16 Mar 2024 12:36
DOI:	10.1108/S2040-724620170000007012
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3004485