Success Through Failure: Towards a Problem-Based Approach to Entrepreneurship Education

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Entrepreneurship Education on Students’ Entrepreneurial Intention: Case Study From Malaysia

“…Indicating that the course increased the emotional excitement and self-esteem around the idea of being an entrepreneur but not on becoming an entrepreneur. Further, other researchers found that EE does not motivate entrepreneurial action, and actually has a negative impact on entrepreneurial intention (Oosterbeek, Van Praag, & Ijsselstein, 2010;Dobson, Castro, Dobson, & Moros, 2019).…”

“…Social psychology theories allow researchers to understand entrepreneurs and their development within academic settings (Weber, 2012). In addition, in the field of entrepreneurship research, the TPB has been used to measure students' attitudes towards entrepreneurship within the focus of self-employment (Luthje & Franke, 2003) and intention to become entrepreneurs (Dobson & Dobson, 2022). The TPB allow researchers to explore the various factors to better understand a nascent entrepreneurs decision to launch a business.…”

“…Unfortunately, none of this research has been able to identify how to increase student intention to become entrepreneurs. Dobson et al, (2019) argue that these efforts have of yet, failed to develop academic programs in entrepreneurship that positively promote entrepreneurial development in todays' university students. They further contend that the problem lies in the pedagogical framework used in EE, which focuses teaching students about entrepreneurship through hypothetical business plans, models, and canvas instead of helping students to become entrepreneurs.…”