Papers by Dr Breda O'Dwyer
AISHE-J: The All Ireland Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2016
The context of this research is based on the European reference framework, which presented ‘Entre... more The context of this research is based on the European reference framework, which presented ‘Entrepreneurship and a sense of initiative’ as one of eight key competences for lifelong learning that citizens require in a knowledge-based society. The key competence ‘sense of initiative and entrepreneurship’ is defined as “an individual’s ability to turn ideas into action. It includes creativity, innovation and risk-taking, as well as the ability to plan and manage projects in order to achieve objectives” (EU, 2013, p.8). These European developments and initiatives contribute to the growing evidence of the need for individually based entrepreneurial learning and for more entrepreneurship educators. “Teachers are key actors”, (EU, 2015, p.89). Duening (2010) has attempted to develop the five minds of the future specifically to the five minds of the entrepreneurial future. However, realising that there is a difference between the cognitive thinking process for an entrepreneur and for a non ...
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Papers by Dr Breda O'Dwyer