Verification of PBL Activation Methodologies by the SECI Model in Entrepreneurship Education Program

Abstract

Entrepreneurship education programs in universities are flourishing. The programs in Europe provide practical knowledge and skills on top of learning an entrepreneurial attitude. On the other hand, in the U.S., programs just provide practical knowledge and skills. In Japan, the programs provide practical knowledge and skills in the US style. However, it is very unlikely that students who will launch their business immediately after completing the program. In order to actually start a business, it is essential to develop “Entrepreneurial intentions,” but all program participants do not necessarily foster entrepreneurial intentions. In this paper, we define the preliminaries of entrepreneurial intentions as the willingness of students participating in the program to actively engage in PBL activities. As a means of fostering the preliminaries of entrepreneurship intentions, a series of methodologies is proposed as the VIA model using the SECI model’s conceptual framework as a means to verify its effectiveness.