CAN ENTREPRENEURSHIP BE TAUGHT?

Abstract

Although most people still believe that entrepreneurship is ‘an innate talent coded in your genes’, the interest in entrepreneurship education has only grown over the last decade. Entrepreneurship is an experiential subject that requires learning by doing. EU Modernization Agenda lists; stimulating the development of entrepreneurial, creative and innovation skills in all disciplines, promoting through more interactive learning environments, strengthening the knowledge-transfer infrastructures and enhancing their capacity to engage in start-ups as priority areas for higher education institutions in an attempt stimulate entrepreneurial thinking and reduce youth unemployment. Entrepreneurial teaching must focus on offering an ecosystem where people can learn and acquire the skills they need to reach their goals and become their future selves through interaction with peers, mentors and role models