Integration of Entrepreneurship into Higher Education (Educational Sciences) in Lithuania and Latvia: Students and University Teachers’ Opinion

The purpose of this article is to highlight the aspects of integration of entrepreneurship into higher education (Educational sciences) in Lithuania and Latvia. The article examines the nature of challenges for entrepreneurial teaching and learning as well as provides some insights received form stu...

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Published inBalkan Region Conference on Engineering and Business Education Vol. 2; no. 1; pp. 159 - 166
Main Authors Melnikova, Julija, Norbert, Grünwald, Ahrens, Andreas, Zaščerinska, Jeļena
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published De Gruyter Open 20.12.2017
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Educational sciences
Entrepreneurial teaching and learning
Entrepreneurship
Higher education
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Summary:The purpose of this article is to highlight the aspects of integration of entrepreneurship into higher education (Educational sciences) in Lithuania and Latvia. The article examines the nature of challenges for entrepreneurial teaching and learning as well as provides some insights received form students and university teachers on how to improve the entrepreneurship-based teaching and learning in the universities of Lithuania and Latvia. The article describes the empirical study, which explored 32 student and 16 university lectures’ opinion on entrepreneurship in Educational sciences. The implications of the article could be useful for university educators, who seek to educate students more effectively with a real intention to become entrepreneurs.
ISSN:2391-8160
2391-8160
DOI:10.1515/cplbu-2017-0022