Student-led clubs that seek to enhance entrepreneurial learning can be found in many universities. Yet, like many areas of extra-curricular activity in entrepreneurship education, their role in supporting learning has not been researched widely. The paper introduces research that addresses this...

Social constructionism as an underlying philosophical approach offers much potential in entrepreneurship research. This chapter introduces social constructionism, explains the underlying philosophy that guides approaches of this nature and highlights prior approaches using a social...

This paper explores the role of ‘action' in entrepreneurial learning and illustrates how programs designed to support action learning can enhance management development in entrepreneurial businesses. The paper begins by exploring action learning and the way ‘action' is conceived in different...

This paper introduces a course design that used history and inquiry-based learning to develop science students understanding of invention, innovation and commercialisation processes. First, it explains inquiry-based learning and next it introduces a sample course design explaining the rationale,...

Theorising about entrepreneurial learning is examined in this paper to determine key learning processes within this body of research. It explores how these processes might be simulated in a student-learning environment and highlights the role of emotional exposure, situated learning,...

The purpose of this paper is to develop knowledge about the nature of student assessment practice in entrepreneurship education. This paper introduces general assessment practice issues and highlights key considerations. It explains prior research on assessment practice in entrepreneurship...

The purpose of this paper is to explore different themes within entrepreneurship education via the use of a systematic literature review (SLR). Systematic literature reviews are recognised methods for conducting evidence-based policy (Tranfield et al., 2003). The particular approach to the SLR...

This chapter explains a method new to entrepreneurship inquiry and a recent introduction to management inquiry, the systematic literature review (SLR). It discusses the current status of entrepreneurship research and shows that it has been criticised for being fragmented when drawing evidence...

This chapter summarizes the latest studies in entrepreneurial learning in order to highlight their implications for the design of educational programs (Pittaway & Thorpe, 2012). It examines in detail the latest thinking on the subject, summarizes the key concepts and empirical contributions with...