IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/h/spr/fgfchp/978-3-031-28559-2_6.html
   My bibliography  Save this book chapter

Re-evaluating Entrepreneurship Education Through a Team-Based Approach: Activities and Archetypes Within a Scottish University

In: Progress in Entrepreneurship Education and Training

Author

Listed:
  • Robert Crammond

    (University of the West of Scotland)

  • Ibiyemi Omeihe

    (University of the West of Scotland)

  • Alan Murray

    (University of the West of Scotland)

Abstract

A university’s overall enterprising strategy, which includes identifying key stakeholders and teaching teams, promotes Entrepreneurship Education (EE) and encourages desired behaviours such as creativity, problem-solving, and both market and risk awareness. Specifically within the classroom environment, EE is strengthened by a variety of formative or summative methods, exercises, and positive cultures. However, there is a lack of a clear conceptualisation of the team-based approach comprising EE academics. Therefore, this chapter examines the enterprising activities and typical archetypal individuals and standards through an exploratory mixed-method study involving four selected undergraduate courses within a Scottish University. These activities and archetypes include prescriptive courses offered, surrounding enterprising opportunities for students, and influential individuals and processes. Qualitative student feedback is reviewed from across these four courses, and utilising a quantitative survey method, 136 students and staff responded from a sample of over 250 concerning themes of the embedding of enterprise in university, teaching methods, and networking with external partners. Findings indicate a remarkable, positive reaction to course structure and delivery, the support given from the new team-based approach, and voiced a need for EE to be universal across programmes involving experienced educators and entrepreneurs. However, results display an uncertainty concerning available networking opportunities during the entrepreneurial journey. This results in the chapter’s Team-Based Re-Evaluation Model for EE. The model encourages systematic change towards a university’s pedagogical and experiential-based EE offering, originating from enterprising academic teams. Additionally, it heightens the significance of educator personality and experience and embedding progressive, industry-relevant practices within the university context.

Suggested Citation

  • Robert Crammond & Ibiyemi Omeihe & Alan Murray, 2023. "Re-evaluating Entrepreneurship Education Through a Team-Based Approach: Activities and Archetypes Within a Scottish University," FGF Studies in Small Business and Entrepreneurship, in: Joern H. Block & Jantje Halberstadt & Nils Högsdal & Andreas Kuckertz & Helle Neergaard (ed.), Progress in Entrepreneurship Education and Training, pages 73-85, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:fgfchp:978-3-031-28559-2_6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-28559-2_6
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    To our knowledge, this item is not available for download. To find whether it is available, there are three options:
    1. Check below whether another version of this item is available online.
    2. Check on the provider's web page whether it is in fact available.
    3. Perform a search for a similarly titled item that would be available.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:spr:fgfchp:978-3-031-28559-2_6. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.springer.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.