TY - JOUR
T1 - A CULTure of entrepreneurship education
AU - Farny, Steffen
AU - Frederiksen, Signe Hedeboe
AU - Hannibal, Martin
AU - Jones, Sally
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - High hopes are invested in a rapid institutionalization of an enterprise culture in Higher Education (HE). This has heightened the importance of entrepreneurship education (EE) in most Western societies; however, how values and beliefs about entrepreneurship are institutionalized in EE remains relatively unchallenged. This study applies the lens of the cult, in particular three elements Rituals, Deities and the Promise of Salvation, to reflect on the production and reproduction of entrepreneurship in EE. In doing so, the paper addresses uncontested values and beliefs that form a hidden curriculum prevalent in EE. We argue for greater appreciation of reflexive practices to challenge normative promotions of beliefs and values that compare with forms of evangelizing, detrimental to objectives of HE. Consequently, we call for a more critical pedagogy to counteract a ‘cultification’ of entrepreneurship in EE.
AB - High hopes are invested in a rapid institutionalization of an enterprise culture in Higher Education (HE). This has heightened the importance of entrepreneurship education (EE) in most Western societies; however, how values and beliefs about entrepreneurship are institutionalized in EE remains relatively unchallenged. This study applies the lens of the cult, in particular three elements Rituals, Deities and the Promise of Salvation, to reflect on the production and reproduction of entrepreneurship in EE. In doing so, the paper addresses uncontested values and beliefs that form a hidden curriculum prevalent in EE. We argue for greater appreciation of reflexive practices to challenge normative promotions of beliefs and values that compare with forms of evangelizing, detrimental to objectives of HE. Consequently, we call for a more critical pedagogy to counteract a ‘cultification’ of entrepreneurship in EE.
KW - Cult
KW - enterprise culture institutionalization
KW - entrepreneurship education
KW - hidden curriculum
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84984691356&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/08985626.2016.1221228
DO - 10.1080/08985626.2016.1221228
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84984691356
VL - 28
SP - 514
EP - 535
JO - Entrepreneurship and Regional Development
JF - Entrepreneurship and Regional Development
SN - 0898-5626
IS - 7-8
ER -