Enterprising Education in UK Higher Education: Challenges for Theory and Practice

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1 Enterprise education in the twenty-first century
	Introduction
	Entrepreneurship and enterprise education: what is it?
	Education in the entrepreneurial ecosystem
	From business and management education to enterprisee ducation
	Entrepreneurial ecosystems: linking education, innovation and enterprise
	References
2 Expanding entrepreneurship education and engagement with entrepreneurial ecosystems
	Introduction
	Role models of knowledge commercialization and best practices in the UK
	Conclusion
	References
3 Are the dominant teaching theories in higher education adequate to underpin teaching practices in enterprise and entrepreneurship context?
	Introduction
	Teaching in higher education - a synthesis and analysis of dominant concepts and practices
	Towards a new model to underpin and generate deeper understanding of teaching practices in HE
	Enterprise and entrepreneurship education in HE
	Teaching entrepreneurship in HE context - a synthesis and analysis of dominant concepts and practices
	Styles of teaching
	Methods of teaching
	Conceptions of teaching
	Learning environment
	Other activities that support learning
	Entrepreneurship education practices in UK and graduate entrepreneurship
	Conclusion and recommendations
	References
4 Coaching as an entrepreneurship learning and development tool
	Introduction
	Entrepreneurship
	Adult learning theories and entrepreneurship learning and development
	Coaching
	Conclusion
	References
5 Global Board Games Project: a cross- border entrepreneurship experiential learning initiative
	Entrepreneurial social skills development through business simulation
	Global Board Games Project
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
6 A Business Simulation Game (BSG) and its ability to enhance learning: an evaluation of student perspectives
	Introduction
	Literature review
	Methodology
	Analysis and discussion
	Conclusion
	References
7 Embedding high-impact enterprise and entrepreneurship education in higher education: getting to obvious
	Introduction
	Exploring the value in ‘getting to obvious’
	Getting to obvious – be clear on the definitions you use
	Enterprise and enterprise education
	Getting to obvious – means starting with desirability
	Getting to obvious – is inclusive leadership or scholarly leading
	Getting to obvious – means high-impact learning spaces
	Getting to obvious - means skilling students up for ‘learning to learn’
	Getting to obvious – means taking action
	Getting to obvious - when to take the learning out with the curriculum
	Case study 1: ‘context provides the fluidity’
	How it is used
	Future-proofing their skills
	Case study 2: industry engagement
	Case study 3
	Case study 4: creativity
	Case study 5: high-impactintervention
	Conclusion
	References
8 Sports entrepreneurship and the sporting chance initiative
	Entrepreneurs in a sporting context
	Sporting Chance Initiative - www.sportingchanceinitiative.co.uk/
	Step 1: check out what innovation means, then get started
	Step 2: focus and funnel (Innovation Pyramid)
	Step 3: you’re done. Do something with your idea, like enter the competition!
	Case studies
	Observations and reflections
	References
9 Placements and EE among engineering students
	Introduction
	Enterprise education
	The employee entrepreneur – case studies
	References
10 Educating the enterprise: SME learning in collaboration
	Introduction
	Knowledge required for SMEs
	Knowledge creating organisations
	SME learning processes
	Knowledge-creating mechanism
	Knowledge dissemination
	Creating knowledge in collaboration
	Conclusion
	References
11 ‘Before university’ provision: enterprise education through the school curriculum
	Introduction
	The recent policy context for schools
	What’s the enterprise in the careers and enterprise programme?
	We need to talk about enterprise education
	Enterprise education through the curriculum?
	In search of practices
	Conclusions
	Notes
	References
12 Making enterprise education more relevant through mission creep
	Introduction
	The definitional dilution syndrome of enterprise education
	A necessary return to the societal roots of entrepreneurship
	A new set of ways and reasons to infuse entrepreneurship into education
	Conclusion
	References
Index