posted on 2007-01-01, 00:00authored byHoward Frederick
Using a grounded theory approach, this pedagogical study explores “What are the key content areas and pedagogical interventions around which to build a blended learning method for Generation Y (also known as the Net Generation) entrepreneurship students (as opposed to other business students)?” The study uses a variety of “information-rich cases” and presents the argument that entrepreneurs learn differently from other students. The author develops the Etappe Method of Training Entrepreneurs, a blended learning approach for the technology-savvy generation under the motto “Teaching is best done online and learning is best done in the classroom”. Drawing upon the theory of experiential learning as concretised by learning styles inventories, this learning method provides entrepreneurs, in their unique teachable moments, with active and concrete pedagogical interventions that can be enhanced through a blended learning environment of online and face-to-face modalities leading them step-by-step through deepening learning in the theory, process and practice of entrepreneurship. In conclusion, the author presents suggestions for further research that can verify this emerging theory in an empirical fashion.
History
Event
Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference (21st : 2007 : Sydney, N.S.W.)
Pagination
1 - 16
Publisher
University of Technology
Location
Sydney, N.S.W.
Place of publication
Sydney, N.S.W.
Start date
2007-12-04
End date
2007-12-07
ISBN-13
9781863081405
ISBN-10
1863081402
Language
eng
Notes
Reproduced with the specific permission of the copyright owner.
Publication classification
E1.1 Full written paper - refereed; E Conference publication
Copyright notice
2007, ANZAM
Editor/Contributor(s)
R Chapman
Title of proceedings
ANZAM 2007 : Managing our intellectual and social capital