{"title":"Advancing Methods in Entrepreneurship Education Impact Research: The Benefits and Limitations of Register Data","authors":"Torgeir Aadland","doi":"10.1177/25151274231209970","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/25151274231209970","url":null,"abstract":"With the increasing introduction of entrepreneurship education, supported by governments and policymakers, questions on their effect have occurred. Thus, several studies on their impact have also emerged over the years. However, many of these studies have issues related to control groups, students’ self-selection into the education, unclear objectives and vague descriptions of the education, or no contextual considerations in the studies’ design. In addition, although there have been many calls for studies investigating behavioural outcomes over a longer timeframe, few studies have answered the calls. As a continuous evaluation of graduates in many instances would be costly and time-consuming, not to mention the difficulty of obtaining a sufficient response rate over time, a potential source for evidence is register data, for instance, from public records. In this conceptual paper, I discuss the issues of the current evaluation practices of entrepreneurship education before the use of register data is introduced in consideration of long-term evaluation and common methodological issues. I present potential evaluation examples using register data on a particular program in entrepreneurship. The potential benefits and limitations of using such data are addressed, along with potential avenues for future research using register data in entrepreneurship education impact research.","PeriodicalId":472238,"journal":{"name":"Entrepreneurship education and pedagogy","volume":"15 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136261504","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sílvia Costa, Silke Tegtmeier, Susana C. Santos, Mark T. Schenkel
{"title":"Special Issue Guest Editorial: The Challenges of Experimental Designs in Entrepreneurship Education Research - An Interview With Thomas D. Cook","authors":"Sílvia Costa, Silke Tegtmeier, Susana C. Santos, Mark T. Schenkel","doi":"10.1177/25151274231207726","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/25151274231207726","url":null,"abstract":"Research into entrepreneurship education is on the rise, yet the assessment of causality resulting from various teaching methods and their impacts on students and society at large remains limited. Consequently, incorporating experimental designs into entrepreneurship education research becomes imperative to move the field forward. Establishing cause-and-effect relationships, discerning which approaches yield desired outcomes (and which do not), contributes to a clearer understanding of the connections between educational activities and their results. This special issue underscores the importance of experiments as a methodological tool for showcasing causality. In this editorial, we expand on the reasons for the need for more experiments within the field. Additionally, we feature an interview with Dr. Thomas D. Cook, a pioneer in education research experiments, and offer an overview of the articles included in this special issue. We finish with a shortlist of tips for anyone interested in conducting experiments.","PeriodicalId":472238,"journal":{"name":"Entrepreneurship education and pedagogy","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135217321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jules M. Rubyutsa, Leona Achtenhagen, Emma Stendahl, Celestin Musekura
{"title":"Advancing Rural Entrepreneurship in Rwanda Through Informal Training – Insights From Paulo Freire’s <i>Pedagogy of the Oppressed</i>","authors":"Jules M. Rubyutsa, Leona Achtenhagen, Emma Stendahl, Celestin Musekura","doi":"10.1177/25151274231204342","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/25151274231204342","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we draw attention to the relevance of informal training in entrepreneurship for advancing sustainable and inclusive rural development. Adopting a perspective inspired by Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed, we explore how the informal training facilitated by CARE International’s village savings and loan associations (VSLAs) impacts the lives and livelihoods of members of these associations in a rural region of Rwanda. Based on our findings from a qualitative interview study of multiple stakeholders, we show how this informal training is facilitated through CARE’s train-the-trainer methodology and through regular dialogue, peer feedback and reflection at weekly group meetings. Our analysis highlights how such training emancipates and empowers participants, enabling them to act more reflectively and make more informed decisions in their efforts to improve their socioeconomic circumstances through entrepreneurial activities. Whereas prior research has tended to measure the impacts of membership in VSLAs on financial outcomes quantitatively, our qualitative study explores how VSLAs also contribute to the creation not only of economic but socio-cultural value in rural settings.","PeriodicalId":472238,"journal":{"name":"Entrepreneurship education and pedagogy","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135367519","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Usefulness of Practice-Based Pedagogical Approaches for Nascent Student Entrepreneurs","authors":"Siba Théodore Koropogui, Étienne St-Jean, Safaa Zakariya","doi":"10.1177/25151274231207047","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/25151274231207047","url":null,"abstract":"This article focuses on the impact of an entrepreneurship education program on nascent student entrepreneurs. It is based on the implementation of the French-language program “Étudiant-entrepreneur… Oui, c’est possible” (Student-entrepreneur… Yes, it’s possible) in different faculties at the Hassan I University in Morocco. The study used a pretest-posttest research design with 32 participants trained in the program and 30 participants in the control group. The results show that the program significantly improved knowledge, skills, or competencies about starting a business, entrepreneurial self-efficacy (ESE), and entrepreneurial behavior (marginally), but not entrepreneurial attitudes and intentions. Under the assumption that strong attitudes and intentions are prerequisites for becoming nascent entrepreneurs, the present results suggest that specific content training coupled with pedagogical approaches adapted based on progress in the entrepreneurial process benefits those with insufficient knowledge and ESE as they work to develop their entrepreneurial ideas.","PeriodicalId":472238,"journal":{"name":"Entrepreneurship education and pedagogy","volume":"173 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136032831","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analysis of a Small Business Development Center’s Entrepreneurial Training Program and Counseling Services for Rural and Urban Entrepreneurs in Wisconsin","authors":"Danielle Ailts Campeau, Logan Kelly","doi":"10.1177/25151274231204327","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/25151274231204327","url":null,"abstract":"Rural entrepreneurs face unique contextual factors that influence the business formation process. While urban entrepreneurship receives greater attention than new venture creation in rural settings, growing research indicates that founders in less populated regions may benefit from specialized support. Entrepreneurship education and training programs have emerged as a way to support rural entrepreneurs, though research on the impact of existing training programs is limited. Using the theory of guided preparation, this study evaluated business formation and capital acquisition following participation in an entrepreneurial training program and utilization of counseling services by the Small Business Development Center program for rural entrepreneurs in the state of Wisconsin from 2014–2021. This study found that the increased likelihood of starting a business and acquiring capital following participation in the entrepreneurial training program and utilization of counseling services is comparable for urban and rural entrepreneurs. The results imply that the guided preparation services offered by Wisconsin SBDC regional centers are effective in improving rural business startup rates and capital acquisition.","PeriodicalId":472238,"journal":{"name":"Entrepreneurship education and pedagogy","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136352896","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Identifying Your Superpower to Develop Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy","authors":"Emma Fleck, Jennifer Asmuth, Georgann Jouflas","doi":"10.1177/25151274231200456","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/25151274231200456","url":null,"abstract":"In the last 15 years, there has been a surge of superhero stories within popular culture. This learning experience is not focused on the external heroism of the individual and their achievements, but on the internal growth that the hero experiences as they discover their powers and learn how to use them for success. This popular journey narrative is consistent with the following: (1) The superhero first gains the self-knowledge of their powers. (2) They develop this power over time to achieve mastery. (3) The superhero must develop a belief in their capacity to use their power (i.e., self-efficacy), and finally (4) use this superpower to succeed. Consistent with this narrative approach of the superhero’s discovery journey, this experiential learning activity helps learners first recognize that they also possess an important skill or personal resource. Then, the participant is challenged to trace the growth of this skill as it evolved to become their “superpower.” In doing so, the learner begins to realize that they already have a growth mindset, although they may have not been explicitly aware of it, which can be leveraged and applied to their entrepreneurial aspirations. This, in turn, leads to increased entrepreneurial self-efficacy.","PeriodicalId":472238,"journal":{"name":"Entrepreneurship education and pedagogy","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135733831","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}