scholarly journals Underpinning the entrepreneurship educator’s toolkit: conceptualising the influence of educational philosophies and theory

Author(s):  
Robin Bell

AbstractEntrepreneurship educators can maximise the effectiveness of their delivery by having a firm grasp of the different educational philosophies and theories that underpin entrepreneurship education pedagogy and practice. A particular educational philosophical orientation underlies, directs, and drives educator practices and should align with what the teaching seeks to impart and achieve, and the roles the learners and educator play in the learning process. Whilst educators might not always be explicitly aware of their philosophical orientation, it will direct and drive their pedagogic practice and have implications for what they deliver, and how they deliver it. The benefits of bringing together different learning theories, philosophies, and approaches for entrepreneurship education has previously been posited in the literature. However, it has been highlighted that connections between educational theory and practice are limited, and that the field of entrepreneurship education could be advanced through providing links between education literature, theory, and learning. This paper advances the literature by linking educational philosophy and theory to entrepreneurship education and pedagogy in higher education. It discusses and highlights how behaviourism, cognitivism, constructivism, and humanism can be used to underpin and support learning in entrepreneurship education. This meets calls for the conceptualisation of how educational philosophies and theories can be integrated into entrepreneurship education to support learners.

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 987-1004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin Bell ◽  
Heather Bell

PurposeExperiential approaches have become increasingly common in entrepreneurship education in response to calls for different approaches to the traditional didactic process-driven approach. Experiential approaches offer the potential to develop the skills and mindset that are required in entrepreneurship. Research has highlighted the critical importance of educator pedagogical competence in the delivery and quality of teaching and learning in further and higher education. Nevertheless, educator narratives and practices are often based on foundations that suggest a lack in the depth of knowledge and understanding of the underlying pedagogic learning theories and practice. This paper brings educational theory and pedagogic practice together in a three-stage framework of the experiential entrepreneurship learning process to support entrepreneurship educators within further and higher education.Design/methodology/approachThis paper reviews and brings together the seminal educational theories and philosophies of constructivism, objectivism, Kolb's (1984) theory of experiential learning, Schön's (1983) reflection-in-action and Mezirow's (1997) theory of transformative learning, to develop a framework which underpins the experiential entrepreneurship learning process.FindingsThis paper develops a three-stage framework which informs the roles of an educator and a learner in experiential entrepreneurship education within further and higher education, based on educational theories and philosophies that inform the learning process.Practical implicationsThe developed framework supports the pedagogic competence of educators in the delivery of experiential entrepreneurship education through a deeper understanding of the supporting theory that informs the pedagogic practice. This will provide consolidation to enable educators to maximise the effectiveness of their educational practice (Kaynardağ, 2019) and can increase the legitimacy of entrepreneurship education (Foliard et al., 2018).Originality/valueThis paper meets calls in the literature to provide a closer engagement between educational theory and pedagogic practice to afford guidance as to how educators can navigate some of the different educational theories and philosophies to consolidate the effective delivery of quality experiential entrepreneurship education. Applying seminal educational theories and philosophies to ensure the quality of experiential education can support the legitimacy of experiential entrepreneurship education.


Author(s):  
Victor X. Wang

Teaching is changing and it is being forced to change by many forces of social change. Today’s theory and practice of teaching in adult and higher education are not only shaped by technology, but also by prevalent teaching and learning theories such as constructivism, progressive principles of education, humanism and even behaviorism. While behaviorism, a major component of pedagogical teaching, successfully dominated adult and higher education in the past, the purpose of this chapter is to demonstrate that we are experiencing a paradigm shift from being pedagogical in our instruction to an andragogical mode of education in the 21st century due to the fact that we do know, to some extent, how students learn. Therefore, the way knowledge is delivered in the new century must be changed in order to serve the needs of this learning society.


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 774-789
Author(s):  
Güneş Korkmaz ◽  

Educational transformation at universities driven by the radical changes in society, culture, politics, economy, technology and industry has changed the knowledge, skills and competences demanded from individuals in professional life. This has also led to the problem and project-based learning (PBL) to gain importance once again. PBL is a learning model that all curriculum components are oriented at problems. This study aims to analyze the evolution of PBL from a teaching method to educational philosophy and to propose a novel conceptual model for an institution-level PBL design. This paper is based on a narrative approach to analyze the literature, proposes new relationships among constructs and creates links between existing theories to give a novel and broader insight to the theories using a combination of theory synthesis, adaptation, typology, and model. We think that problem and project-based learning should be considered together to create a framework to design a curriculum in higher education to bridge the gap between theory and practice. Also, we believe that the PBL model we proposed in our study can shed light on the practice of the universities in performing their educational and societal roles.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 1325-1367
Author(s):  
Hasan Hüseyin Şahan

The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between prospective teachers' tendencies towards educational philosophy and lifelong learning and their teaching-learning process competencies. The study used the descriptive model to determine the current situation and adopted a predictive correlational design to find out the extent to which educational philosophy and lifelong learning tendencies predict teaching-learning process competencies. The study group consisted of 238 prospective teachers. The data were obtained using three scales, namely "Educational Philosophy Tendencies Scale", "Lifelong Learning Tendencies Scale" and "Teaching-Learning Process Competencies Scale". The study revealed that prospective teachers adopted more the philosophy of progressivism and reconstructionism, and their lifelong learning and teaching-learning process competencies were at a high level. The gender variable was effective only in the essentialism dimension in terms of the educational philosophy tendencies. While it was effective in lifelong learning tendencies, it had no effect in teaching-learning process competencies. The branch variable, on the other hand, was effective in all dimensions of educational philosophy tendencies except for perennialism. It was determined that the tendencies towards educational philosophies alone are not predictors of the teaching-learning process competencies. When, however, lifelong learning tendencies and educational philosophies are taken into account together, they predict the teaching-learning process competencies.


2019 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valeska Delgado Viaro ◽  
Francisca Márcia Pereira Linhares ◽  
Maria Wanderleya de Lavor Coriolano Marinus ◽  
Tatiane Gomes Guedes ◽  
Luciane Soares de Lima Vanderley

ABSTRACT Objective: To point out limits and possibilities involved in the teaching and learning process of undergraduate students from Health of a Federal Public Higher Education Institution on breastfeeding. Method: Instantaneous photography study carried out in undergraduate courses in the area of Health with professors and students involved in the teaching and learning process on breastfeeding. For data collection, the Focal Group technique was used with the students and the semi-structured interview with the professors. The speeches were submitted to the thematic content analysis of Bardin. Results: It was identified the thematic category: Limits and possibilities for the teaching and learning process on breastfeeding, from two sub-categories: Structural limitations of the courses; and Advances and obstacles in the relationship between theory and practice. Final considerations: Limits indicated as workload deficit and professor-centered teaching made progress in learning about breastfeeding difficult, and interdisciplinarity was a step forward in this process.


2021 ◽  
pp. 7-12
Author(s):  
Slushnyi O.M.

The article considers innovation in the field of education through the synthesis of theory and practice as a branch of scientific knowledge. It is noted that educational innovation is aimed at finding the most effective methods of transmitting information from teacher to student, in the field of education, it is based primarily on pedagogy and psychology; innovation in education is perceived as a branch of scientific knowledge that explores the educational process and methods of its implementation. Pedagogical innovation includes the doctrine of the inseparable relationship of the following components of the innovation process: the development of educational innovations, their testing and implementation, application in practice and dissemination; the subject of pedagogical innovation is considered to be a set of tools and patterns in the field of development and implementation of pedagogical innovations in educational institutions. The article analyzes a number of concepts, in particular: “innovation”, “innovative person”, “educational innovation”. Thus, the concept of “innovative person” is interpreted as a person of such socio-cultural development, who is able to work creatively, to be competitive in today’s conditions. Attention is paid to the problems of forming innovative models of education in higher education. The model of innovative learning in higher education proposed by scientists is taken into account, which provides for: active participation of the student in the learning process; opportunities for applied use of knowledge in real conditions; bringing concepts and knowledge in a variety of forms, not just in text; approach to learning as a collective rather than individual activity; shifting the focus to the learning process rather than memorizing information. The article draws attention to the interpretation of the definition of “pedagogical innovation”. Pedagogical innovation is a purposeful change that introduces innovations into the educational environment that improve the characteristics of individual parts, components and the educational system as a whole; the process of mastering innovation; search for ideal methods and programs, their implementation in the educational process and their creative rethinking. It is noted that innovative processes in the education system are perceived as controlled processes of creation, perception, evaluation, development and application of pedagogical innovations. The classification of pedagogical innovations is given, in particular: by types of activity; by the nature of the changes; on the scale of changes; by scale of use; by source.Key words: innovation, innovative models, pedagogical innovation, educational environment, pedagogical innovations. У статті розглянуто інноватику у сфері освіти через синтез теорії та практики як галузь наукового знання. Зауважується, що освітня інноватиканацілена на пошук найбільш дієвих методів передачі інформації від вчителя до учня, у сфері освіти вона спирається в першу чергу на педагогіку і психологію; інноватика у сфері освіти сприймається як галузь наукового знання, що досліджує освітній процес і методи його втілення в життя. Педагогічна інноватика включає в себе вчення про нерозривний взаємозв’язок таких компонентів інноваційного процесу, як: розробка освітніх нововведень, їх тестування та впровадження, застосування на практиці і поширення; предметом педагогічної інноватики вважають сукупність засобів і закономірностей в області розробки і впровадження педагогічних нововведень в освітніх установах. У статті проаналізовано ряд понять, зокрема: «інноватика», «інноваційна людина», «освітня інноватика». Так, поняття «інноваційна людина» тлумачиться як особа такого соціально-культурного розвитку, яка здатна творчо працювати, бути конкурентноспроможною в умовах сьогодення. Звертається увага на проблеми формування інноваційних моделей навчання у вищій школі. Взято до уваги запропоновану науковцями модель інноваційного навчання у вищій школі, яка передбачає: активну участь студента у про-цесі навчання; можливості прикладного використання знань у реальних умовах; наведення концепцій і знань у найрізноманітніших формах, а не тільки у текстовій; підхід до навчання як до колективної, а не індивідуальної діяльності; зміщення акценту на процес навчання, а не на запам’ятовування інформації. У статті звертається увага на потрактування дефініції «інновація педагогічна». Інновація педагогічна – це цілеспрямована зміна, що вносить в освітнє середовище нововведення, які поліпшують характеристики окремих частин, компонентів і самої освітньої системи в цілому; процес освоєння нововведення; пошук ідеальних методик і програм, їх впровадження в освітній процес і їх творче переосмислення. Зауважуєть-ся, що інноваційні процеси в системі освіти сприймаються як керовані процеси створення, сприйняття, оцінки, освоєння і застосування педагогічних нововведень. Наводиться класифікація педагогічних інновацій, зокрема: за видами діяльності; за характером внесених змін; за масштабом внесених змін; за масштабом використання; за джерелом виникнення.Ключові слова: інноватика, інноваційні моделі, педагогічна інноватика, освітнє середовище, педагогічні нововведення.


2021 ◽  
Vol 92 ◽  
pp. 05019
Author(s):  
Elena Malkawi ◽  
Marina Khayrullina

Research background: Living in a digitalized connected world changes the dynamic of the learning process. Recent issues in the world economy and society have increased the demand for online education drastically. But many enterprises in higher education find themselves unprepared to satisfy this demand effectively because digital learning is a relatively new and under-researched field especially regarding digital instruments and social aspects. For this study we adopted connectivism learning theory proposed by George Siemens in 2005 together with the “old” behaviourism, cognitivism, and constructivism theory put forward by Ertmer and Newby in 1993. Purpose of the article: The study intended to investigate elements of digital learning process using student feedback and to suggest ways to improve the quality of digital higher education based on learning theories applied to digital environment. Methods: A total of 2347 university students participated in this study. Data were collected through an online survey and were analysed with the use of SPSS software. Findings & Value added: The study revealed that students pinpoint three groups of problems in online learning: the process of getting feedback form tutor and peers; the process of concentration and self-management; the technical difficulties of staying connected. The paper studies the theoretical background of problematic areas and proposes tools for their improvement.


Author(s):  
Antonius Prasetyo Hadi

: The use of learning media is one of the critical success factors in higher education, therefore an educator must have innovation to use of learning media. The purpose of this research is to develop learning media based on the Inspiring Suit 8 on arbitration material courses of theoretical and practice for Volleyball 1 academic year 2018/2019 at IKIP Budi Utomo Malang. The existence of media will be a big successful support in learning process, so that students do not feel boredom because of the weaknesses of the lecturers, in which they are unable to provided good learning variation or even have difficulty in conveying or transferring knowledge. The research was descriptive qualitative design. The research subjects were students of Physical Education, Health, and Recreation Study Program who took volleyball theory and practice courses in the even semester academic year 2018/2019. The instruments used were the media expert review questionnaire, the learning expert questionnaire, and the trial analysis questionnaire. The questionnaire will be analyzed to see the feasibility of the developed media. Based on the data results review by media expert volleyball, media learning expert and field trials, it can be concluded that media developed is useful in learning process. In addition, it is used to provide independent motivation, which can be used in lesson for students.


2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 501-516
Author(s):  
María Ángela Jiménez Montañés ◽  
◽  
Susana Villaluenga de Gracia

The implementation of curricula of degree, within the framework of the European space of higher education (EEES) has been a substantial change in University learning. The student spent acquire knowledge, competencies, being considered as “an identifiable and measurable set of knowledge, attitudes, values and skills related that allow satisfactory performance in real-life situations of work, according to the standards used in the occupational area” (Van-der Hofstadt & Gómez, 2013, p. 30). More specifically, we talk about generic skills, which are the cognitive, social, emotional and ethical (initiative, effort with the quality, liability, etc.) of transferable character that constitute “knowledge be” in vocational training of the University; and specific competencies in the various degrees and disciplines, allowing to specify functions and professional profiles to form. The degree of management and business administration, general objective is to train professionals and experts in the knowledge and use of processes, procedures, and practices employed in organizations. This overall objective implies to consider the interrelationships between the different parts of the Organization and its relationship with the environment. Studies administration and business management are aimed at learning theories, models and tools applicable to the processes of decision and management organizations. According to the book white of the title of the degree in economics and business, published by the national agency of evaluation and quality, distinguish between specific objectives in the field of knowledge and specific objectives in the field of competences and skills. Focusing on the latter, and in accordance with the Subject Benchmark Statements of General Business and Management, published by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education in the United Kingdom, the specific objectives in the field of skills and abilities that we focus the work would empower the student to it raise the ethical exercise of the profession, assuming social responsibility in decision-making. In this environment, it is necessary to consider the implementation of the 2014/95/EU Directive on disclosure of non-financial information and information on diversity of certain large companies and certain groups resulted in the publication of the Royal Decree 18/2017, of 24 November, whereby amending the commercial code, the consolidated text of the Capital Companies Act approved by Royal Legislative Decree 1/2010 of 2 July and the law 22/2015, 20 July audit of accounts , in the field of non-financial information and diversity. This new disclosure requirement for companies leads us to consider the need to introduce a transversal subject in the curricula of students in economics and management and business administration studies, in order to acquire the skills necessary in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), to produce the new business reports.


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