Andragogical aspects of enterpreneurship

Abstract

This paper deals with research of aspects of entrepreneurship in adult education at the level of analysis of theoretical statements, documents of educational policy and examples of good practice. The structure of the paper is made of sections on the content of entrepreneurial competence, educational paths of development of entrepreneurial competence and potential barriers in this process, the position of entrepreneurship in educational (and other public) policy of Europe and Serbia, the possibilities of including entrepreneurship in the area of adult education. In this context the interest of andragogy to study the entrepreneurship as an important social and economic phenomenon, and the possible contribution of andragogy as a science and adult education as practice to the development of entrepreneurial competence have been considered. The results of the analysis showed that entrepreneurship is present in education and other public policies, and the research in adult education can contribute to the improvement of educational policies focussed on the development of entrepreneurial competencies, as well as improvement of the environment and the educational paths of development of entrepreneurial competence.