Pedagogical Approaches to Responsible Entrepreneurship Education

Paul Agu Igwe, Nnamdi O. Madichie, Okechukwu Chukwuemeka, Mahfuzur Rahman, Nonso Ochinanwata and Ikenna Uzuegbunam
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Paul Agu Igwe: Lincoln International Business School, University of Lincoln, Lincoln LN6 7TS, UK
Nnamdi O. Madichie: Centre for Economic Governance & Leadership, University of Kigali, Kigali 20093, Rwanda
Okechukwu Chukwuemeka: Centre for Entrepreneurship Development, Coal City University, Enugu 400231, Nigeria
Nonso Ochinanwata: African Development Institute of Research Methodology (ADIRM), Enugu 400102, Nigeria
Ikenna Uzuegbunam: Department of Management, School of Business, Howard University, Washington, DC 20059, USA

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 15, 1-16

Abstract: This article explores innovations in and pedagogical approaches to Responsible Entrepreneurship Education (REE), with a specific focus on how to advance responsible entrepreneurial competencies (“know-how”) and entrepreneurial practices (“know-that”). Consequently, this article proposes the “4Rs” framework (re-imagining, reconfiguring, reshaping, and reforming) to guide entrepreneurship educators’ actions. Firstly, it is necessary to “re-imagine” the intended and enacted curriculum to develop a contemporary awareness and knowledge of social and environmental enterprises. Secondly, it is essential to “reconfigure” teaching pedagogies to problematize the entrepreneurship environment and outer world. Thirdly, it is required for educators to “reshape” the attained curriculum with the stakeholders to offer learners co-curricular and extracurricular experiences. Finally, pedagogical “reforms” provide an opportunity to incorporate innovations into the discovery of new knowledge and paths of responsibilities. These pedagogical approaches support entrepreneurial learning as “processes” and entrepreneurship as a “process” aligned to the achievement of responsible entrepreneurial behavior.

Keywords: Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME); Responsible Entrepreneurship Education (REE); entrepreneurial curriculum and pedagogy design; responsible education; responsible entrepreneurship revolution; Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Higher Education (IE4HE); British Council—Innovation for African Universities (IAU) programme (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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