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Kissi, Ernest; Ahadzie, Divine Kwaku; Debrah, Caleb; Adjei-Kumi, Theophilus – Education & Training, 2020
Purpose: In Ghana, graduates often have limited entrepreneurial skills and rarely undertake entrepreneur initiatives as they are persistently in search of non-existing jobs in the formal sector. On this basis, this study was conducted to identify underlying strategies for improving entrepreneurial skill requirement of technical and vocational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Entrepreneurship, Skill Development, Vocational Education
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Jabarullah, Noor H.; Iqbal Hussain, Hafezali – Education & Training, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of the use of problem-based learning (PBL) with engineering students at a technical university in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach: The setting provided a unique opportunity to evaluate the impact of PBL, since Universiti Kuala Lumpur offers both the traditional, predominantly…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Vocational Education, Engineering Education
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Sas, Corina – Education & Training, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present a knowledge transfer method that capitalizes on both research and teaching dimensions of academic work. It also aims to propose a framework for evaluating the impact of such a method on the involved stakeholders. Design/methodology/approach: The case study outlines and evaluates the six-stage…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Knowledge Management, Technology Transfer
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Richardson, Ita; Hynes, Briga – Education & Training, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to consider the requirements for an industry sector approach to entrepreneurship education--the information and communications technology (ICT) sector. A modified Process Framework for Entrepreneurship Education is presented focusing specifically on ICT. The primary components of the Process Framework are…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Experiential Learning, Entrepreneurship, Industry
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Tan, Siok San; Ng, C. K. Frank – Education & Training, 2006
Purpose: While it is generally acknowledged that entrepreneurship can be taught, many differ in their opinions about the appropriate methodologies to teach and equip students with the requisite entrepreneurial skills. This paper presents a case to suggest that a problem-based learning (PBL) approach practised at the Republic Polytechnic in…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Case Studies, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
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Rae, David – Education & Training, 2003
This paper describes an approach called opportunity centred learning that has been developed by the author and applied in the field of enterprise education. The relationship between opportunity centred learning and existing theory and practice in learning and education is outlined in comparison with problem-based learning and action learning, and…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Experiential Learning, Educational Practices, Entrepreneurship