Entrepreneurship education in Indonesian higher education: mapping literature from the Country\u2019s perspective

Ria Tristya Amalia,Harald F O Von Korflesch

doi:10.1007/s41959-021-00053-9

Ria Tristya Amalia, Harald F O Von Korflesch

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Journal: Entrepreneurship Education	Publication Date: Jul 16, 2021
Citations: 7	License type: open-access

Affiliation: University of Koblenz and Landau

Abstract

Entrepreneurship education has become an important and fast-growing research area contributing to understanding and acknowledging global and national trends and developing future educational policies and actions. From the country’s perspective, the development of entrepreneurship education in Indonesia is relatively recent. This circumstance is reflected by the minimal amount of research in English language articles published in prominent journals, the uneven provision programs, and the lack of modern practices in teaching and learning entrepreneurship in higher education across the country. Due to those rationales, this study aims to serve as an initial proposition by mapping some current states concerning Indonesian entrepreneurship education programs’ provision, its common learning practices within the higher education context, and its relation to students’ entrepreneurial competencies, characteristics, and Indonesian entrepreneurs’ issues on entrepreneurship education. By using mapping literature methodology, this study has identified and analyzed 31 articles concerning Indonesian entrepreneurship in higher education, searched through electronic database and international and national universities publications for the last ten-year period (2010–2019). The results showed that major entrepreneurship education program provisions and implementation of contemporary entrepreneurship course contents and teaching methods in Indonesia are centralized in Java Island—Indonesia. Another notable finding is mentoring, the most recent and emerging entrepreneurial type in Indonesia to support more students’ learning engagement and independence, or education through entrepreneurship. The study’s findings could inform the Indonesian government, educators, researchers, and educational policymakers concerning the current circumstances of Indonesian entrepreneurship education and how to improve them in the future.

Highlights

Entrepreneurship education has experienced phenomenal growth globally over the last half-century
Previous data collected from the National Survey of Entrepreneurship Education in the USA (Solomon, 2007) represent that entrepreneurship and business management courses have grown in acceptance at an accelerated pace from 93 universities and higher education institutions in 1979 to over 1,600 in 2004
We will begin with the most discussed themes, i.e., entrepreneurship education (EE) programs’ provision and entrepreneurial learning in Indonesian Higher Education. The former will include a more extensive discussion on the most common course contents and teaching methods practiced in Indonesian EE programs

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Entrepreneurship education has experienced phenomenal growth globally over the last half-century. Previous data collected from the National Survey of Entrepreneurship Education in the USA (Solomon, 2007) represent that entrepreneurship and business management courses have grown in acceptance at an accelerated pace from 93 universities and higher education institutions in 1979 to over 1,600 in 2004. These include various teaching contents ranging from traditional courses (i.e., marketing and finance) to unconventional ones (i.e., new product development and technology) (Charney and Libecap, 2011). Numerous PhD programs conferring degrees in entrepreneurship, and entrepreneurship is a central aspect (Baum et al, 2007)

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