3rd South American International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management

Trends In Entrepreneurship Education And Suggestions For Future Research Direction

Eren Ozgen
Publisher: IEOM Society International
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Track: Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Entrepreneurship is vital in economic advancement and global competitiveness. Entrepreneurship education has shown a rapid growth worldwide as education provides an environment that will stimulate the growth of the learner; and facilitates innovation and competition. Transformative changes in entrepreneurship education provide students with an environment to grow and sharpen their entrepreneurial skills and exploit innovation opportunities. Academic entrepreneurship education delivers sustainability within the education system by improving knowledge and competencies of entrepreneurship and provides avenues for more advantageous learning. In this paper recent entrepreneurship education studies were reviewed to understand the trends and development in entrepreneurship education studies. The research mainly focused on the status of innovative methods in entrepreneurship education and outlined current innovative methods that are being implemented to inspire a dynamic and self-regulating attitude and a mindset in learners for new opportunities. Among innovative methods, technology-enhanced learning and using various technology platforms are found very helpful in bringing about social awareness and innovation from students. Digital technologies and e-skill are outlined very helpful in increasing knowledge retention and engagement in a particular topic in entrepreneurship settings to better prepare students for the challenges that are most certainly ahead in the future.  Also it is important to adjust different techniques used in teaching to correspond to the needs of the students with multidisciplinary backgrounds. The paper summarizes future research suggestions on research directions in technology enhanced learning and includes implications of interdependence between learning and economic growth.

Published in: 3rd South American International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management

Publisher: IEOM Society International
Date of Conference: May 10-12, 2022

ISBN: 978-1-7923-9159-0
ISSN/E-ISSN: 2169-8767