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Toward a Dynamic Understanding of Entrepreneurship Education Research across the Campus – Social Cognition and Action Research

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Published/Copyright: November 30, 2013

Abstract

To date, there is little consensus about which types of educational methods, approaches, and support systems best facilitate entrepreneurial learning. By looking at entrepreneurship education through a socio-cognitive lens, this article presents a theory-based practical model that characterizes entrepreneurship education as a dynamic field of inquiry that considers the triadic reciprocal relationship of personal, behavioral and environmental factors of entrepreneurial learning. Based on this dynamic model and understanding of entrepreneurship education, action research is proposed as a new way of inquiry in order to facilitate the continuous improvement and evolution of educational methods and pedagogies across entrepreneurship programs in both academic and non-academic learning environments across the campus.

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    For more information about best practices of entrepreneurship education in higher education, please read the recent online publications by Torrance (2013) “Foundation Entrepreneurial Campuses: Action, Impact and Lessons Learned from the Kauffman Campus Initiative” and Kauffman (2013b) “Entrepreneurship Education Comes of Age on Campus. The challenges and rewards of bringing entrepreneurship to higher education.”

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    It should be noted that action research findings are increasingly shared through professional organizations and associated interest groups (e.g., Action Research Special Interest Group at the American Educational Research Association (AERA): http://www.aera.net/SIG002/Action ResearchSIG2/tabid/11391/Default.aspx) and published through peer-reviewed journals (e.g., Action Research Journal: http://arj.sagepub.com).

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