"We Don’t Need No Education!”: Are Formal Education and Entrepreneurship Binary Opposites?

Cormac McMahon; Henk Huijser

doi:10.1057/9781137476982_6

"We Don’t Need No Education!”: Are Formal Education and Entrepreneurship Binary Opposites?

Cormac McMahon
, Henk Huijser

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Abstract

The popular media image of the successful entrepreneur is a no-nonsense, all-action, money-generating innovator who is also a college dropout (Scarborough, 2010). The perception would suggest that formal education relies on pedagogies that are irrelevant to entrepreneurs and that the very things entrepreneurs do best, creating products, developing ‘know-who’ and an ability to sell (Aronsson, 2004) are taught inadequately in higher education. This chapter takes issue with the perception that higher education is inappropriate for entrepreneurial development and chronicles profound changes (Wilson, 2008) in this sector to adapt to a new entrepreneurial paradigm. This chapter aims to: articulate an understanding of the partial truths and inaccuracies of what can be regarded as a myth; highlight the growing role of higher education in creating entrepreneurial graduates.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Myths in Education, Learning and Teaching
Subtitle of host publication	Policies, Practices and Principles
Publisher	Springer
Pages	97-113
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-137-47698-2
ISBN (Print)	978-1-349-50205-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137476982_6
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2015

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 4 Quality Education
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

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