In the dynamic field of entrepreneurship education, one challenge looms especially large for its educators: the question of content. What exactly should be taught? With entrepreneurship education in continuous high demand, universities are encouraged to provide more and varied programmes that cater to the diverse interests of students and the changing demands of society. Deciding what to teach has thus become increasingly complex, reflecting the need for a curriculum that is both relevant and adaptive.
This workshop, led by Dr. Colette Henry, offers a fresh perspective on selecting educational content. It considers the needs of the entrepreneurship educator against the backdrop of an ever-changing global landscape, marked by shifts in social, economic, environmental, and technological factors.
The workshop aims to examine the role of the contemporary entrepreneurship educator with a focus on overcoming the challenge of content selection. Participants will have the opportunity to:
- Gain insights into some of the many factors influencing the content of entrepreneurship programmes and affecting the decision on ‘what to teach’
- Share experiences and strategies for addressing content selection, reflecting on personal teaching practices
- Explore potential future challenges in content selection and how to prepare for them
By the end of the workshop, educators will be better equipped to navigate the complexities of content selection in entrepreneurship education, ensuring their programs are both relevant and forward-thinking.
REFERENCES
Henry, C. (2020) Reconceptualizing the role of the future entrepreneurship educator:
an exploration of the content challenge, Entrepreneurship & Regional
Development, 32:9-10, 657-676, DOI: 10.1080/08985626.2020.1737416. Available
as open access here: Full article: Reconceptualizing the role of the future entrepreneurship educator: an exploration of the content challenge
Henry, C. (2023) Is there a Role for Entrepreneurship Education in Veterinary
Medicine? A UK Study. Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy, 6(1), 161-
186. https://doi.org/10.1177/25151274211040423
Henry, C. & Lewis, K.V. (2023) The art of dramatic construction: Enhancing the
context dimension in women’s entrepreneurship research, Journal of Business
Research, Vol. 155, Part B,113440, ISSN 0148-2963,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.113440. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/ pii/S0148296322009055)
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Professor Colette Henry, PhD, is Head of Department of Business Studies at Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) Ireland, and Adjunct Professor (Business Strategy & Innovation) at Griffith University, Queensland, Australia. She is also an Affiliated Researcher with Jönköping University, Sweden. Her previous roles include Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at UiT-The Arctic University of Norway; Norbrook Professor of Business & Enterprise at the Royal Veterinary College, London, and President of the Institute for Small Business & Entrepreneurship, UK. She is the Founding Chair of the Global Women’s Entrepreneurship Policy Research Network (Global WEP) and Founding Editor/former Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Gender & Entrepreneurship. She has extensive experience of designing and managing international education and training programmes focusing on entrepreneurship, and currently leads a series of EU-funded entrepreneurship programmes for DkIT. She has published widely on entrepreneurship education, gender, the creative industries, and veterinary/rural business, with over 7,000 citations to her work. Her recent work focuses on equality, diversity, and inclusion issues within entrepreneurship education. In 2015 she received the Diana International Research Project Trailblazer Award, and in 2017 received the Sten K Johnson European Entrepreneurship Education Award from Lund University, Sweden. Colette is a fellow of the Royal Society, the Higher Education Academy, the Academy of Social Sciences, and the Institute for Small Business & Entrepreneurship. She has led a series of GWEP publications including, with the OECD, “Entrepreneurship Policies Through a Gender Lens” (OECD, 2021).
