Entrepreneurship, methodologies in higher education an experience in a portuguese business school

Carvalho, Luísa and Costa, Maria Teresa and Dominguinhos, Pedro and Pereira, Raquel (2008): Entrepreneurship, methodologies in higher education an experience in a portuguese business school.

Abstract

Today entrepreneurship education is an important issue to improve the process of creating new firm assuming new risks and rewards. The theoretical discussion about around the question: “Entrepreneurs are born or made?” assume that is possible educate to be entrepreneurs. Schools have an important role in this process. Believing in this possibility our Business School developed a set of pedagogical methodologies supported in apprenticeship based on “learning by doing”. This pedagogical methodology was created through a study of best practices. This study aims to propose a set of innovative methodologies and students perceptions about their apprenticeship experience/process. The study concludes with a set of recommendations and a best practices manual useful to appliance in higher education.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Innovative methodologies; entrepreneurship education; learning by doing
• Subjects: L - Industrial Organization > L2 - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior > L26 - Entrepreneurship; A - General Economics and Teaching > A2 - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics; M - Business Administration and Business Economics ; Marketing ; Accounting ; Personnel Economics > M1 - Business Administration > M13 - New Firms ; Startups

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