Abstract
This chapter explores a new andragogical model of graduate entrepreneurship and innovation education in which students 1) identify learning outcomes based on professional aspirations, 2) co-develop course curriculum, and 3) participate in identifying industry mentors to support their learning. Faculty serve as facilitators, helping to engage industry mentors and to negotiate immersive innovation experiences based on students’ learning objectives. This Practicum is also designed to overcome perceived hurdles to graduate education in entrepreneurship education: overemphasis on technical business education, student self-selection into traditional entrepreneurship training, and inflexible credit hour requirements, which do not fit within demanding graduate programs of study. Early indications suggest that students develop personal agency, a fundamental sense of self-confidence to act underlying success in entrepreneurship and innovation, and matriculate with the confidence and professional network necessary to pursue entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial intentions. Many Practicum students have pursued transformation in some way - through intellectual property development, intrapreneurship, and leading organizational transformations - providing early indications of the Practicum’s potential as transformational entrepreneurship education.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Cases on Transformational Entrepreneurship |
Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. |
Pages | 88-108 |
Number of pages | 21 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781035310395 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781035310388 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2024 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
- General Business, Management and Accounting