Designing Entrepreneurship Education and Training Program: In Search of a Model

Abstract

Recently entrepreneurship education has received enormous attention from the researchers, academicians and policy makers. However, still there is lack of agreement about the definition, objectives, contents, approaches of delivery, and the characteristics of the facilitators of entrepreneurship education programs. This paper attempts to synthesize the existing literature on the entrepreneurship education and outline a model for entrepreneurship education program. The proposed model provides a recipe with the most crucial ingredients of an entrepreneurship development program in terms of trait, skill and knowledge content (what is to be taught?) as well as approaches of teaching (how it is to be taught?) and the essential features of the facilitators (Who should teach?).

Keywords: Entrepreneurship, education, training, trait, skill, knowledge.