Toward a Dynamic Understanding of Entrepreneurship Education Research across the Campus – Social Cognition and Action Research

Abstract

To date, there is little consensus about which types of educational methods, approaches, and support systems best facilitate entrepreneurial learning. By looking at entrepreneurship education through a socio-cognitive lens, this article presents a theory-based practical model that characterizes entrepreneurship education as a dynamic field of inquiry that considers the triadic reciprocal relationship of personal, behavioral and environmental factors of entrepreneurial learning. Based on this dynamic model and understanding of entrepreneurship education, action research is proposed as a new way of inquiry in order to facilitate the continuous improvement and evolution of educational methods and pedagogies across entrepreneurship programs in both academic and non-academic learning environments across the campus.