Entrepreneurship Competence Model for Supporting Learners Development at All Educational Levels

Urve Venesaar, Elina Malleus, Grete Arro and Martin Toding
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Urve Venesaar: School of Business and Governanvce, Tallinn University of Technology, Ehitajate Rd. 5, 19086 Tallinn, Estonia
Elina Malleus: School of Educational Sciences, Tallinn University, Narva Rd. 25, 10120 Tallinn, Estonia
Grete Arro: School of Educational Sciences, Tallinn University, Narva Rd. 25, 10120 Tallinn, Estonia
Martin Toding: School of Business and Governanvce, Tallinn University of Technology, Ehitajate Rd. 5, 19086 Tallinn, Estonia

Administrative Sciences, 2021, vol. 12, issue 1, 1-29

Abstract: The development of entrepreneurship competence considering a broad view of entrepreneurship requires a systematic approach to determine the validated content of learning and methodological basis for supporting learners’ entrepreneurial attitudes and behaviour. There is still relatively little research in this area at all levels of education. Addressing entrepreneurship competence as key competence of lifelong learning allows to broaden the understanding and describe the development of different aspects of entrepreneurship competence through meaningful and supportive interactions in the learning environment. This will allow a better understanding of how to support entrepreneurship competence in various courses and age groups. In this article, a framework of entrepreneurship competence called the Comprehensive Entrepreneurship Competence Model (CECM) is proposed. The development of an entrepreneurship competence model relies on the theory of systems thinking. The CECM model focuses on the developmental perspective (fundamental processes of human development) that is not emphasised in other models. The article also suggests how to support the development of entrepreneurship competence systematically at all levels of education through embedding entrepreneurship competence into the curricula, study programmes of different subjects and overall learning processes.

Keywords: entrepreneurship competence; competence model; sub-competencies; personal development; designing a teaching model; learning process; all educational levels (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L M M0 M1 M10 M11 M12 M14 M15 M16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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