Inge Birkbak Larsen - 2nd year PhD presentation

Supervisors: Helle Neergaard & Per Blenker
Discussants: Irene Pollach & Carsten Bergenholtz

Abstract
There has never been so much discussion about the entrepreneurial mindset (EM) as in the past few years. The purpose of focusing on EM in higher education is to make entrepreneurial behaviour more desirable and feasible for a higher number of students in the long term, including students who have not previously shown interest in entrepreneurial action (Ilonen and Heinonen, 2018; Kuratko and Morris, 2018; Larsen, 2022). However, little is known about the role of specific educational interventions in fostering the attributes associated with EM. One of the difficulties facing researchers attempting to address this question relates to the identification of potential markers of the EM attributes in the individual students (Robinson et al., 2016) . This study proposes the use of reflection logs embedded in the learning process as an approach to identify markers of EM. Drawing on discourse analysis, the underlying rationale is that markers of EM attributes can be identified in the way students communicate about entrepreneurship and themselves as entrepreneurial change agents. The study thus addresses the question: In which ways are EM attributes expressed in the reflections students make when going through an EE program?

• Ilonen S and Heinonen J (2018) Understanding affective learning outcomes in entrepreneurship education. Industry and Higher Education 32: 391-404.
• Kuratko DF and Morris MH (2018) Examining the Future Trajectory of Entrepreneurship. Journal of Small Business Management 56: 11-23.
• Larsen IB (2022) Fostering an entrepreneurial mindset: A typology for aligning instructional strategies with three dominant entrepreneurial mindset conceptualizations. Industry and Higher Education 0: 1-16.
• Robinson S, Neergaard H, Tanggaard L, et al. (2016) New Horizons in Entrepreneurship: From Teacher-Led to Student-Centered Learning. Education + Training 58.

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