Role of Pedagogical Practices in Entrepreneurship Education and its impact on New Venture Creation: A Critical Review

Abstract

Over the last decade, the millennials seemed to have lapped up the idea of Entrepreneurship and many have started their ventures. While Entrepreneurship is becoming prevalent across the country, there are differences in the way Entrepreneurship is taught. The impact of such teaching programs on Entrepreneurship on actual venture creation is not clear. It is with these broad themes in mind that this research has been undertaken to explore the linkages between the pedagogical practices in Entrepreneurship education and New Venture Creation. The research aims to reveal insights for better curriculum development and delivery and contributing to the greater likelihood of new ventures becoming successful. Pittaway found that the link between entrepreneurship education and outcomes is underresearched. Researchers like Oosterbeek call for more research into different variants of entrepreneurship education. This review paper takes stock of current knowledge in Entrepreneurship pedagogy and identifies four main research areas and identifies research gaps in research done on pedagogical practices in entrepreneurship education in India specially related to the practices related to Learning by Doing.