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Effective models of science, technology and engineering entrepreneurship education: current and future research

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Instruction begins when you, the teacher, learn from the learner. Put yourself in his place so that you may understand what he learns and the way he understands it.

Soren Kierkegaard, 1848.

Abstract

Science, Technology and Engineering Entrepreneurship Education (STEE) might raise student awareness towards the opportunities seeking challenges of entrepreneurship to promote technology transfer. However, despite the face validity of teaching technology entrepreneurship, there has traditionally been a weak link between the fields of research entrepreneurship education, and technology management and commercialization literature. In this introductory article, we ask whether entrepreneurship could be taught to students in engineering, science and technology majors via the use of dedicated teaching models. We highlight the prevailing approaches in STEE and identify two main research streams. We discuss promising research avenues for extending research on STEE focusing on the background and profile of target audiences, and assessing their impact on students’ learning outcomes. Finally, we provided summaries of the papers in the special issue and how they contribute to wider understanding of the effective models of STEE.

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  1. In this paper the words Science, Technology, Engineering, Education are used with varying sequence and combinations. This however represents entrepreneurship education pertaining to students/trainees in the typical STE related academic disciplines.

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  1. EMLyon Business School, Lyon, France

    Alain Fayolle

  2. Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

    Wadid Lamine

  3. School of Business, State University of New York, Oswego, USA

    Sarfraz Mian

  4. The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, Baltimore, USA

    Phillip Phan

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Fayolle, A., Lamine, W., Mian, S. et al. Effective models of science, technology and engineering entrepreneurship education: current and future research. J Technol Transf 46, 277–287 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10961-020-09789-3

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