Theory and Practice of Entrepreneurship Education: a German View

Abstract

Following developments in America, entrepreneurship education has now become a political issue in Germany, too. More and more institutes of higher education are making efforts to add courses of study specifically designed for potential entrepreneurs and self-employed business people to their curricula. Many different paths have been taken and there have been few attempts to systematically analyze them. There is little agreement on objectives and target groups or on content and suitable concepts of learning and teaching. Against this background, the following paper explores the question of teachability and learnability of entrepreneurship both theoretically and based on a discussion of empirical case study material on entrepreneurship education concepts at German universities. The aim is to present some ways of approaching an individual and integral education of entrepreneurs.