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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Accepted/In press - 31 May 2019 |
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Keywords
- social entrepreneurship
- business plan
- graduate students
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Wrestling with wicked problems? The value of business plan competitions to social entrepreneurship education. / Teasdale, Simon; Steiner, Artur; Roy, Michael.
In: Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership , Vol. 10, No. 2, 31.05.2019.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
T1 - Wrestling with wicked problems? The value of business plan competitions to social entrepreneurship education
AU - Teasdale, Simon
AU - Steiner, Artur
AU - Roy, Michael
N1 - Acceptance in SAN Unknown publisher policy - made file open and contacted publisher via web form 29-7-19 ET
PY - 2019/5/31
Y1 - 2019/5/31
N2 - In this work we present an account of our experiences with a group of graduate students studying social entrepreneurship at Master’s level. They participated in a prominent international business plan competition which challenges students to come up with a solution to a significant real world problem. We facilitated the process of their involvement with the support of a visiting colleague to identify what the students thought was a workable solution. Our students learned about the nature, scale and complexity of so-called ‘wicked problems’ and potential solutions. We consider that practice-based co-curricular activities are not an easy option for faculty: that students need extensive support, and while they can gain significant learning from such experiences, we consider that learning outcomes are best enhanced through students working closely with those with a deep, contextualised familiarity of context in order to co-produce integrated solutions.
AB - In this work we present an account of our experiences with a group of graduate students studying social entrepreneurship at Master’s level. They participated in a prominent international business plan competition which challenges students to come up with a solution to a significant real world problem. We facilitated the process of their involvement with the support of a visiting colleague to identify what the students thought was a workable solution. Our students learned about the nature, scale and complexity of so-called ‘wicked problems’ and potential solutions. We consider that practice-based co-curricular activities are not an easy option for faculty: that students need extensive support, and while they can gain significant learning from such experiences, we consider that learning outcomes are best enhanced through students working closely with those with a deep, contextualised familiarity of context in order to co-produce integrated solutions.
KW - social entrepreneurship
KW - business plan
KW - graduate students
M3 - Article
VL - 10
IS - 2
ER -