Entrepreneurship Education and Political Change: An Exploratory Study
Walmsley, Andreas and Wraae, Birgitte (2023) Entrepreneurship Education and Political Change: An Exploratory Study. In: Progress in Entrepreneurship Education and Training: New Methods, Tools, and Lessons Learned from Practice. FGF Studies in Small Business and Entrepreneurship (FGFS) . Springer, pp. 61-72. ISBN 978-3-031-28558-5
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Abstract
This study explores the extent to which entrepreneurship education (EE) impacts individual political attributes at the level of the individual student. The rationale here is EE’s alignment with an emancipatory principle that can also be found in Critical Pedagogy (CP). This emancipatory principle resonates with the individual recognizing their place within a socioeconomic system and subsequently seeking to change the system; i.e., they become politically engaged. Drawing on a sample of entrepreneurship students in Denmark, scores on a range of political measures were compared at the start and at the end of a semester in which students engaged in entrepreneurship education. The political measures comprised “political interest,” “political orientation,” “civic engagement,” and “sociopolitical control.” Overall, results indicate a shift toward more politically interested and engaged students. This exploratory study sets the scene for more research in this area that seeks to understand the potential inherent in EE for political change.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Keywords: | Critical Pedagogy, Emancipation, Politics, Political Change, Civic Engagement |
| Depositing User: | Ms Raisa Burton |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Mar 2024 15:58 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Mar 2024 15:58 |
| URI: | https://marjon.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/17821 |
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