Learning to become entrepreneurial through a change laboratory methodology
PDF

Keywords

Entrepreneurship
Expansive learning
Transformative agency
University

How to Cite

Garraway, J., Friedrich-Nel, H., & Dippenaar, H. (2023). Learning to become entrepreneurial through a change laboratory methodology. Critical Studies in Teaching and Learning, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.14426/cristal.v10i1.1817

Abstract

Following Clark’s early work, the concept of the entrepreneurial university has been circulating for a number of years. Being entrepreneurial entails that staff develop the sort of open-ended, problem-solving, and innovative solution-generating thinking underlying the concept. This manner of thinking may be important as an orientation to working life both inside and outside the university, not only in the commercial sense, but also in dealing with societal issues. Although there are guides as to what areas a university should develop to become entrepreneurial, there is little guidance as to how staff may explore and develop their own entrepreneurial thinking. This article suggests that the problem and solution generating approach of the change laboratory, underpinned by the theory of expansive learning (and transformative agency), may provide such guidance. Furthermore, forwarding this approach may support the critical developmental and transformative role that universities can play in society and so serve to balance out the more commercial thrusts often proposed by managing bodies.

https://doi.org/10.14426/cristal.v10i1.1817
PDF
Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.