The early bird catches the flywheel: pedagogical components of entrepreneurship education in American higher education institutions

PurposeThis paper aims to explore the core elements and essential characteristics of entrepreneurship pedagogy in American higher education institutions, outlining a model from multiple participants’ perspectives and offering a blueprint for teaching entrepreneurship in higher education settings.Des...

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Published in:Education & training (London) Vol. 66; no. 8; pp. 1077 - 1095
Main Authors: Wang, Chang, Shi, Yongchuan, Jiang, Shihao
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: London Emerald Publishing Limited 29.11.2024
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Subjects:
Adult education
Autonomy
Business education
Business schools
Colleges & universities
Core curriculum
Curricula
Economic development
Economic growth
Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship education
Flywheels
Higher education
Higher education institutions
Independent study
Learning activities
Pedagogy
Startups
Students
Teachers
Teaching
Teaching methods
United States > US
Grounded theory
Entrepreneurship education
Entrepreneurship pedagogy
ISSN:0040-0912, 1758-6127
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Summary:PurposeThis paper aims to explore the core elements and essential characteristics of entrepreneurship pedagogy in American higher education institutions, outlining a model from multiple participants’ perspectives and offering a blueprint for teaching entrepreneurship in higher education settings.Design/methodology/approachStructured interviews were conducted with 26 participants involved in entrepreneurship education in American higher education institutions, including teaching managers, teachers and students. The interview data were transformed into documentary materials and analyzed through grounded theory.FindingsThe characteristics of the core elements of entrepreneurship education pedagogy in American higher education institutions include unified and distinctive teaching content, diverse and practical teaching methods, disciplinary and interdisciplinary curriculum system, professional and inclusive teaching team, procedural and systematic teaching evaluation. More profoundly, entrepreneurship pedagogy in American universities can be conceptualized as a flywheel model, propelled by the significant autonomy of teachers. Teacher autonomy empowers dynamic interactions among teaching content, teaching method, curriculum development and teaching evaluation, facilitating ongoing innovation in American entrepreneurship pedagogy like a rapidly forward-rolling wheel.Originality/valueThis study contributes to a better understanding of the pedagogy of American entrepreneurship education as a mature discipline, which may assist educators in teaching entrepreneurship at the college level. Moreover, a flywheel model of entrepreneurship pedagogy is offered, emphasizing teacher autonomy as a vital but often overlooked role in the development of entrepreneurship education.
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ISSN:0040-0912
1758-6127
DOI:10.1108/ET-05-2023-0202