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In this chapter, the authors deal with the social constructivist entrepreneurial process-based training methodology approach at venture creation across different fields as experienced by trainers moderating the learning process with both social entrepreneurs and technology entrepreneurs in traditional (handicraft) and virtual technologies. The social constructivist approach-based methodology was first developed for implementation within the framework of a venture lab-type of ecosystem/environment at the University of Tartu, Centre for Entrepreneurship. The combination of the above methodology with the venture lab environment was called Entrepreneurship Home® and registered as the trademark of the University of Tartu. Following this, the Entrepreneurship Home® methodology was incorporated into mainstream entrepreneurship courses across study programs of the university, including adult training courses.
Entrepreneurship skills should be part of literacy—3rd literacy after reading and writing, and computer proficiency.
Anzori Barkalaja
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The authors acknowledge the support offered by the Estonian Ministry of Education’s project SF 0180037s08 and CB INTERREG IVA projects CREAENT and ENTREINT, and ESF HRD Programme Measure 1.3.1 project No. 1.3.0102.09-0036 “Handicraft for Job 2”.
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Mets, T., Raudsaar, M., Summatavet, K. (2013). Experimenting Social Constructivist Approach in Entrepreneurial Process-Based Training: Cases in Social, Creative and Technology Entrepreneurship. In: Curley, M., Formica, P. (eds) The Experimental Nature of New Venture Creation. Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00179-1_11
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