Innovative Pedagogies for Entrepreneurship Education: Insights and Reflections from South Africa

Abstract

Entrepreneurial education has seen significant growth in both local and international universities, indicating a significant focus on its development including higher education within South African context. However, there is still no universally accepted curriculum dedicated to aspiring entrepreneurs (Rasmussen & Sørheim, 2006). Solomon (2007) argues that the traditional teaching methods of creating business plans still serve as a foundation for teaching entrepreneurship and small business management, however, the focus should be on inspiring and enhancing entrepreneurial abilities to students. Anand et al. (2016) indicated that poor education programmes result in high unemployment rate.