The Backgrounds and Philosophies of Entrepreneurship Educators – Implications for Entrepreneurship Education

Entrepreneurship Educators come from a diverse range of backgrounds, from business studies to STEM subjects, and humanities. However, there is not a uniform approach to entrepreneurship education with different topics, different objectives, and different metrics for success. From our qualitative interviews of a range of entrepreneurship educators, we found educators tended to teach from their own experience, making a standardized curriculum difficult. All agreed experiential learning was most effective, although often used theory to underpin many topics. There was much freedom for educators on topic choices included in entrepreneurship courses, and a surprisingly large number had family members who were entrepreneurs. Many have come from a practical background and use this as part of their educational offering. Unfortunately, however, very little measurement of entrepreneurial outcomes was being undertaken by these educators. We explore the implications for entrepreneurship education going<br/>forward.