A Brief Review of Our Agile Teaching Formats in Entrepreneurship Education

Sophie Fischer, Maximilian Rosilius, Jan Schmitt and Volker Bräutigam
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Sophie Fischer: Institute Digital Engineering, University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt, 97421 Schweinfurt, Germany
Maximilian Rosilius: Institute Digital Engineering, University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt, 97421 Schweinfurt, Germany
Jan Schmitt: Institute Digital Engineering, University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt, 97421 Schweinfurt, Germany
Volker Bräutigam: Institute Digital Engineering, University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt, 97421 Schweinfurt, Germany

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 14, issue 1, 1-18

Abstract: Companies are confronted with increasingly demanding environments, including globalization, technologization, intergenerationality, and crises such as the coronavirus pandemic. To accept uncertainties as a challenge and to recognize opportunities for development, well-educated and resilient founders are needed who can foster innovation and sustainable development within society and the economy. The majority of today’s entrepreneurs have an academic background. Hence, institutions for higher education need to provide comprehensive educational offerings and support initiatives to train and sensitize future entrepreneurs. Therefore, since 2013, agile teaching formats have been developed in our project at a Bavarian university of applied sciences. In two stages, we founded a limited company for hands-on experimentation with entrepreneurship and also conceptualized an elective course and an annual founders’ night. Based on a theoretical model and continuous teaching evaluations, we adjusted the individual modules to suit the target group. The objective is to promote the acquisition of key competencies and exert a positive influence on the startup quotient in the region. There are six startups by students who can be traced back to our project. This indicates that a target-group-oriented educational program encourages motivation and awareness of entrepreneurial thinking and action among students.

Keywords: agile teaching; entrepreneurship education; third mission; competency development; experiential learning; social sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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