In an era defined by volatility, complexity, and uncertainty, educating future-oriented change agents is essential to address pressing societal challenges such as climate change and the transition to a circular economy. These change agents play a pivotal role in driving societal transformation, requiring a mindset and skills suited to navigating complex problems and adapting to environments full of uncertainty. Entrepreneurial education emerges as a critical lever in fostering such capabilities, integrating seamlessly into higher education and lifelong learning contexts to prepare change agents for active, constructive participation in societal transitions.
This book introduces a design-science research approach to entrepreneurial education, emphasizing the design, implementation, and evaluation of educational practices tailored to diverse contexts. Real-life case studies illustrate how the design-science approach has been successfully applied, offering practical insights for educators and researchers aiming to enhance their own research and teaching practices.
By connecting theory to practice, the design-science approach offers a fresh perspective on entrepreneurial education. It not only unpacks the mechanisms behind effective program design but also fosters innovation through continuous, data-driven cycles of collecting and processing feedback. This approach ultimately enables the development of evidence-based entrepreneurial education that prepares change agents capable of driving the necessary societal transformation across contexts.
1. Advancing the field of Entrepreneurial Education: Leveraging a
Design Science Approach for educating the change agents of the future.-
2.
Designing artifacts in entrepreneurial education research.-
3. The
Entrepreneurial Educator as an Architect of Effective Entrepreneurial
Education: Design and Redesign of the CBL course innovation Space Project:
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Processes.-
4. The Entrepreneurship
Education Canvas.-
5. The Entrepreneurial Educational Method: a DSR artifact
to support educators in designing entrepreneurial education.-
6. A Two Flows
Framework Leveraging Challenge-Based Learning for Entrepreneurial Education:
A Design Science Approach.-
7. Embracing failures: Advancing the
entrepreneurship education pedagogy through design science approach.-
8. From
EntreComp to EntreAct: 16 validated design principles for making people more
entrepreneurial (EEE).-
9. Design science approach to building a large
university entrepreneurship education ecosystem.-
10. Moving design science
research and practice in entrepreneurial education forward.
Bart Derre is Director at HOGENT University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Ghent, Belgium, and holds the (HOGENT-Xerius) research chair on entrepreneurial learning at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium. As Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship, he has overseen numerous entrepreneurial education programs. His research, including a Ph.D. from TU Eindhoven (The Netherlands), focuses on the design and implementation of entrepreneurial education that drives meaningful impact.
Yvette Baggen is an Assistant Professor at Wageningen University & Research, specializing in entrepreneurial learning and ecosystems in higher education. Her work empowers students and professionals as change agents, equipping them to tackle real-world challenges. Yvettes research integrates education, entrepreneurship, and societal impact, promoting transformative learning experiences that prepare learners for impactful careers.
