Elena Oikkonen

Lappeenranta – Lahti University of Technology LUT

This study focuses on entrepreneurship in vocational education and training (VET). Generally, teachers’ operations in entrepreneurship education (EE) have been researched widely from the perspective of teaching and working practices and pedagogy. However, there are only a few studies of EE from the VET teacher’s perspective. As a practice-oriented...

This study explores teachers’ professional development in entrepreneurship education (EE). It examines empirically the change in teachers’ EE practices among Finnish teachers in 2011–2017. Overall, the quantitative analysis reveals that entrepreneurship education practices are increasing, albeit unevenly. Three groups of teachers, EE experimenters,...

The aim of this study is to examine how conflicts with partners may help an underdog organization to innovate and grow. The research was conducted as a qualitative and longitudinal case study of Metallica band as the underdog, and its partners. Metallica was chosen as the focal company because of its conflict sensitivity, success, and ability to ch...

The purpose of this study is to add to the literature on entrepreneurial universities by investigating entrepreneurial culture (EC) in higher education institutions (HEIs). The authors investigate how students experience EC and which factors explain their perceptions of EC. The study is based on a survey of HEI students in Finland with 1277 respons...

The purpose of this study was to examine the utilization of the opportunities offered by teacher and school autonomy in entrepreneurship education with companies involved. The research question was: How do schools and teachers use their autonomy in the implementation of entrepreneurship education? This research question was complemented by two addi...

This study contributes to the research field of entrepreneurship education by providing a new perspective that combines concepts of the entrepreneurial teacher, entrepreneurial teaching methods and the development of entrepreneurial competences in students. As being entrepreneurial in the teaching context can be explored from various angles, the pa...

Entrepreneurship is a multifaceted phenomenon that has a vital role in Finnish society. It has become a top priority in national government policies because of its significance as a driver of economic growth, creativity, and innovation. The crucial role of entrepreneurship has also been reflected in educational policies. The research field of entre...

This theme issue of the Journal of Finnish Studies brings together eight articles, which reflect cutting-edge research on entrepreneuship in Finland. The collection grew out of two important conferences held at the Tampere University of Applied Sciences in 2018 and 2019. Dr. Tiina Brandt from Haaga-Helia University is the guest editor of this colle...

This sequential mixed method study explores how pedagogy affects students' entrepreneurial intentions. It outlines how positivist and constructivist educational paradigms are the basis of conventional and entrepreneurial pedagogy, and how these paradigms manifest themselves in entrepreneurship course learning objectives and teaching strategies. Thi...

Previous research into entrepreneurial learning has focused mainly on defining its aims; however, there seems to be little discussion on understanding the barriers or incentives involved when carrying out the pedagogical solutions that would enable entrepreneurial learning. In this study, we examine basic education level schools' cooperation with o...

Purpose The purpose of this paper studies the role of paradoxes in the adoption of entrepreneurship education (EE) in schools. Design/methodology/approach Qualitative research methods were used, and the data were collected via semi-structured interviews with Finnish teachers and principals. Findings Paradoxes are an important factor slowing the a...

The regional impact of entrepreneurial universities is a well-researched topic, but less attention is paid to the expectations of the regional policy institutes toward the university. This chapter investigates the regional policy expectations toward the university and what the influence of the university to these expectations is. This study is base...

The purpose of this study is to add to the literature on entrepreneurial university ecosystems by highlighting the ways in which academics engage or decouple in entrepreneurship processes an thereby in the emerging entrepreneurial ecosystem. The study extends our understanding of the emergence of an entrepreneurial university ecosystem by providing...

Artikli eesmärk on uurida koolijuhtide tegevust ettevõtlusõpet toetavate võrgustike arendamisel. Uurimuses keskendume sellele osale koolijuhtide tegevusest, mis on seotud ettevõtlusõppe arendamisega koolides. Täpsemalt öeldes vaatleme, kuidas kaasavad koolijuhid väliseid huvirühmi koolide tegevusse. Uurimuse ajendiks sai asjaolu, et kuigi ettevõtlu...

The purpose of this article is to examine the principals’ networking activities in entrepreneurship education. In this study, we are interested in the principals’ actions, when they aim at developing entrepreneurship education in their schools. More precisely, the focus is on how principals utilize external stakeholders in the school context. Our m...

This study analyses entrepreneurship education and especially the role of principals affecting the practices used in schools. Particularly, we will analyse the relationship between principals' development activities and entrepreneurship education practices. In this study, we argue that school principals have a central role in managing and guiding t...

For the past 10–15 years, European universities have faced growing expectations for their role in promoting enterprise, innovation and small business development. As a response, European universities are rapidly developing new approaches to incorporate enterprise promotion in the university structure. The purpose of this study is to provide compreh...

The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of head teachers' background characteristics on the entrepreneurship education of schools. The study analyzes how the background characteristics of head teachers explain the implementation of entrepreneurship education in schools. The methods applied were analysis of variance and linear regression...

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to ascertain how the people who train Finnish teachers implement entrepreneurship education in the guidance they provide. The authors show how learning through, for and about entrepreneurship manifests in the self-evaluations of Finnish teacher educators. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected in s...

The aim of this paper is to illustrate and model the construction of a measurement tool for entrepreneurship education where the tool itself is targeted toward Finnish teachers working in primary and secondary education. This study represents participatory action research (Argyris 1993) as the research context has been facilitated and provided by t...

The research paper analyses how teachers in Finnish basic and secondary education use teaching situations and learning environments that facilitate the development of key skills and competences ad foster entrepreneurship in students. The article presents a quantitative analysis of 638 teachers. The results show that teachers are school-centered bu...

Different approaches and methodologies for entrepreneurship education have been introduced for schools. However, a better theoretical and empirical understanding of the antecedents of entrepreneurship education is needed. The authors analyze what entrepreneurship education practices are used in schools and what role the school and the teacher are p...

The purpose of this article is to describe the methods, contents and measures of entrepreneurship education used by Finnish teacher educators in their work. In the article, we present the most suitable working methods and methods for entrepreneurship education in teacher education, as well as the measures for developing entrepreneurship and interna...

The main purpose of the YVI-measurement tool is to help teacher educators to plan and realize entrepreneurship education in Finnish teacher education, especially in vocational and academic teacher education. The tool will explain, in specific terms, the teacher educator’s work as an entrepreneurship educator, provide guidelines for teaching and tea...

Purpose – This study aims to highlight the entrepreneurship education practices teachers use in their work. Another target is to analyze how these practices differ based on a number of background factors. Design/methodology/approach – This article presents a quantitative analysis of 521 teachers and other entrepreneurship education actors. The pape...

In Kalliola Satu, Kettunen Pekka, Eskelinen Ossi, Kosonen Kati-Jasmin, Rostila Ilmari, Leander Anu (eds.) Improvement by Evaluation. Tampereen yliopisto. TamPub Electronic Publications. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:978-951-44-8859, 101-109

The European Union (EU) considers the learning of entrepreneurial skills to be an essential factor in creating welfare. Therefore, in the EU, one of the latest core aspects is to develop entrepreneurship education in teacher education. However, entrepreneurship education still seems to be, across the countries, a quite uncommon theme. This article...

Suomessa perus- ja toisen asteen opetuksen opetussuunnitelmat pitävät sisällään yrittäjyyskasvatuksen ja velvoittavat näin opettajia ottamaan yrittäjyyskasvatuksen osaksi omaa opetusta. Opetussuunnitelmien kirjauksista huolimatta on vielä pitkä matka kansallisen ja kansainvälisen päätöksenteon tasoilta ja asetetuista tavoitteista todelliseen yrittä...

Tämän artikkelin keskeinen tavoite on nostaa esille yrittäjyyskasvatuksen arviointikeskustelua sekä siihen liittyviä haasteita. Käsittelemme aluksi arvioinnin käsitettä ja arvioinnin lähtökohtia. Tämän jälkeen tuomme esille erilaisia arviointitapoja, joiden käyttöä mielestämme voitaisiin testata yrittäjyyskasvatuksessa. Tarkastelemme yrittäjyyskasv...

This article has two aims: First, the purpose is to outline the current state and development opportunities of national entrepreneurship education guidance. On the other hand, the aim is to put forward proposals for measures to systematise the national entrepreneurship education guidance system. Our article aims at two types of benefits: Progress i...

This paper deals with a study of cooperative entrepreneurship education at Finnish universities of applied sciences. Cooperatives have been used as a tool for entrepreneurship education at Finnish universities of applied sciences since 1993. The main objective of the study was to find out how cooperative entrepreneurship works as a tool for entrepr...

Purpose The aim of this paper is to show how entrepreneurship education focuses on the teacher's learning and reflection and how, according to the data, undeveloped reflections impede the development of entrepreneurship education. Design/methodology/approach The data were collected through content typing in 2008 from 29 teachers at the basic, uppe...

Innovativeness has been associated with entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial spirit and entrepreneurship education. In this paper our aim is to describe how teachers evaluate entrepreneurship education and to find potential means for developing evaluation towards an element of the educational system that promotes creativity and innovativeness. The qua...

Paper published in the conference proceedings of the ESU conference 2009 on entrepreneurship, 8-12 September, Benevento, Italy, 19 p.

In Finland, entrepreneurship education has long been included in the national core curriculum. In order to achieve the societal goals of entrepreneurship education, teachers need to know these goals and act accordingly. Therefore, we wanted to study teachers' reflections on entrepreneurship education. The preliminary data was collected at the begin...

ABSTRACT Entrepreneurship education has gained increasing interest in European Union, and for example in Finland, entrepreneurship education has long been included in the national core

In Finland entrepreneurship education has been given a significant role in national policy and strategies and entrepreneurship education has long been included in the national core curriculum as one of the cross-curricular themes. The curriculum presents the current goals and contents for entrepreneurship education. Intrapreneurship and entrepreneu...

This article aims to highlight the crucial and challenging role that teachers have in entrepreneurship education. We will introduce a piece of data gathered during a project "Measurement Tool for Entrepreneurship Education". A group of teachers (n 29) in 2008 were asked to describe their aims and results concerning entrepreneurship education. The r...

Entrepreneurship education has increasingly gained interest in the European Union, and for example in Finland, entrepreneurship education has long been included in the national core curriculum as one of its cross-curricular themes. In order to achieve the societal goals of entrepreneurship education, teachers need to know these goals and act accord...

This article aims to present a three-year project calling Measurement Tool for Entrepreneurship Education. The project is coordinated by Lappeenranta University of Technology and it has three aims: Create a measurement tool for teachers Write a manual for the tool, and with them establish the role of entrepreneurship education in teaching and train...

National education systems are facing new challenges as entrepreneurs hip education and, consequently, its effectiveness measurements are to be brought in. The European Union has stated entrepreneurship as one of the key competences for Europeans. To achieve these challenges EU has named entrepreneurial skills, encouraging entrepreneurship by foste...