This book discusses paradigmatic changes in the field of entrepreneurship education in response to economic, political and social needs, and the consequential need to reassess, redevelop and renew curricula and methods used in teaching entrepreneurship.

Contents: Foreword Allan Gibb 1. Issues and Newness in the Field of Entrepreneurship Education: New Lenses for New Practical and Academic Questions Alain Fayolle and Heinz Klandt PART I: KEY ISSUES IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION 2. Learning and Teaching Entrepreneurship: Dilemmas, Reflections and Strategies Per Blenker, Poul Dreisler, Helle M. Faergeman and John Kjeldsen 3. Entrepreneurship Education: Can Business Schools Meet the Challenge? David A. Kirby 4. To Support the Emergence of Academic Entrepreneurs: The Role of Business Plan Competitions Lorella Cannavacciuolo, Guido Capaldo, Ginaluca Esposito, Luca Iandoli and Mario Raffa 5. Attitudes, Intentions and Behaviour: New Approaches to Evaluating Entrepreneurship Education Alain Fayolle and Jean Michel Degeorge PART II: ABOUT THE NEWNESS IN METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO TEACH ENTREPRENEURSHIP 6. The Continental and Anglo-American Approaches to Entrepreneurship Education – Differences and Bridges Paula Kyrö 7. Mentoring for Entrepreneurs as an Education Intervention Asko Miettinen 8. Can You Teach Entrepreneurs to Write their Business Plan? An Empirical Evaluation of Business Plan Competitions Benoît Gailly 9. Skills Demonstrations: A Possibility for Meaningful Co-operation with Work-Life in the Internationalizing Vocational Education Seija Mahlamäki-Kultanen 10. Pathways to New Business Opportunities: Innovations and Strategies for the Entrepreneurial Classroom Jill Kickul PART III: DIFFUSING AND PROMOTING ENTREPRENEURIAL CULTURE AND DEVELOPING ENTREPRENEURIAL POTENTIAL 11. Developing an Entrepreneurial Spirit Among Engineering College Students: What are the Educational Factors? Caroline Verzat and Rémi Bachelet 12. Undergraduate Students as a Source of Potential Entrepreneurs: A Comparative Study between Italy and Argentina Sergio Postigo, Donato Iacobucci and María Fernanda Tamborini 13. Entrepreneurship Education Among Students at a Canadian University: An Extensive Empirical Study of Students’ Entrepreneurial Preferences and Intentions Yvon Gasse and Maripier Tremblay 14. Motivations and Drawbacks Concerning Entrepreneurial Action: A Study of French PhD Students Jean-Pierre Boissin, Jean-Claude Castagnos and Bérangère Deschamps 15. Entrepreneurship Education for the African Informal Sector Hanas A. Cader and David W. Norman Index

'The importance of this volume is that it addresses the major pedagogical issues that inevitably arise in the context of entrepreneurship education. It represents a valuable source for those involved in the training and development of entrepreneurial skills and initiative.'