The teaching of entrepreneurship has been resisted on the same basis that the teaching of business and management was haft a century ago. Yet recent experience clearly shows that those students who are subjected to entrepreneurial teachings perform better and are more apt to succeed when starting their own businesses. At the British Columbia Institute of Technology the success rate for graduates from their Venture Program is 80 percent. The program now has hundreds of successful graduate entrepreneurs who provide a dynamic network for students and faculty in the program.
In this chapter students will acquire knowledge of, and an appreciation for, education and the entrepreneur. They will
. gain insight into why and how entrepreneurship can be taught
. appreciate the different teaching modes that are available for instruction at all levels.
. be able to differentiate between managerial and entrepreneurial learning philosophies
. realize that errors in entrepreneurship, as in management, are avoidable through education
. have an opportunity to compare their courses of instruction with those of other institutions
. gain insight into the entrepreneurial options available to them