Contents: An introduction to Stimulating Entrepreneurial Activity in a European Context: Reflections on Programs, Courses, and Cases 1 Sílvia Costa, Aard Groen, Francisco Liñán, and Alain Fayolle PART I ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION: INNOVATIVE APPROACHES 1 Making sense of a co-innovation journey across multiple contexts: a case study of an entrepreneurship micro-credential 9 Anette Kairikko, Maija Suonpää, and Johanna Koskinen 2 Societal entrepreneurship and university–industry collaboration: a case study of an academic research community 28 Eeva Aromaa, Päivi Eriksson, Pasi Hirvonen and Outi-Maaria Palo-oja 3 Fostering task-readiness in venture creation education: an evaluation of the effect of hierarchically staging pedagogical approaches 48 Anoesjka Timmermans PART II APPROACHES TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP TEACHING: FROM TEACHERS’ DEVELOPMENT TO IDEOLOGICAL DEBATES IN THE CLASSROOM 4 The reflective entrepreneur: tools that increase metacognition during venture creation programs 70 Mariel Hjelle and Bob Bastian 5 Teachers’ entrepreneurship education practices: international comparison 90 Lea Oksanen and Elena Oikkonen 6 Reflecting on the potential of EntreCompEdu to stimulate teachers’ entrepreneurial thinking and activity 112 Russell Grigg, Felicity Healey-Benson, Hazel Israel, Elin McCallum and Lea Oksanen 7 Concept of entrepreneurship education in the argumentation of the heads of local education 135 Leena Rättyä and Minna Hämäläinen

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