Sustainable entrepreneurship undergraduate education: A case study in Swedish Business School

Ramirez-Pasillas, Marcela; Evansluong, Quang

Abstract

Research on sustainable entrepreneurship education is generally lacking. The aim of this chapter is to explore how an undergraduate elective course employs sustainable entrepreneurship to engage students in a community of practice. We conduct a case study of an undergraduate elective course re-designed to adopt sustainability and sustainable entrepreneurship education.
We found evidence that when building a community of practice for sustainable entrepreneurship students become aware of the importance of being critical citizens. We proposed two key activities: project work and embracing an active citizenship to nurture the full-participation of students in a community of practice. Through project work - the development of the sustainable venture idea, the prototype, the mentoring and the participation in the festival, students were provided of a learning context for changing their perceptions on sustainable entrepreneurship. Individual and collective reflections on the class activities were important to become aware of the own role as an active citizen.

Citation

Ramirez-Pasillas, M., & Evansluong, Q. (2016, June). Sustainable entrepreneurship undergraduate education: A case study in Swedish Business School. Paper presented at NU2016 Sweden's largest conference for the development of higher education

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (unpublished)
• Conference Name: NU2016 Sweden's largest conference for the development of higher education
• Start Date: Jun 15, 2016
• End Date: Jun 17, 2016
• Acceptance Date: Mar 1, 2016
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Keywords: business school
• Additional Information: Title of Conference or Conference Proceedings : NU2016 Sweden's largest conference for the development of higher education