
Decoding Entrepreneurship Education Ecosystems (EEE): A Cross-European Study in Primary, Secondary Schools and Vocational Training
Author(s) -
Olivier Toutain,
Sabine Mueller,
Fabienne Bornard
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
management international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1918-9222
pISSN - 1206-1697
DOI - 10.7202/1066711ar
Subject(s) - vocational education , entrepreneurship , metaphor , ecosystem , sociology , pedagogy , knowledge management , geography , political science , ecology , computer science , linguistics , philosophy , law , biology
This article studies entrepreneurship education as a living ecosystem, on the basis of the ecological metaphor. It contributes to a multidimensional model to analyse Entrepreneurship Education Ecosystems (EEE). This model contains six key dimensions, extracted from the literature review: a/the learning framework; b/networks, connections and relational proximity; c/entrepreneurial culture; d/pedagogical solutions; e/learning spaces and materials; and f/the motivation of its actors. Based on these dimensions, we analyse nine case studies (53 interviews) of best practice programmes across schools in Spain, Germany and Finland to understand how the single actors experience their ecosystem at individual and collective levels.