Socially-responsible entrepreneurship education: A qualitative study among Egyptian teachers

Type Thesis or Dissertation - Master of Arts in International and Comparative Education
Title Socially-responsible entrepreneurship education: A qualitative study among Egyptian teachers
Author(s)
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2016
URL http://dar.aucegypt.edu/bitstream/handle/10526/4638/Socially-responsible entrepreneurship​education.pdf?sequence=1
Abstract
Raising citizens who can contribute to the betterment of the existing conditions has
become a critical goal. Socially-responsible entrepreneurship can play an important role in
attaining this, as it works towards social and economic contributions that do not ignore or violate
the rights of the other, including the environment. The aim of this qualitative research is to
explore to what extent the Egyptian faculties of education focus on socially-responsible
entrepreneurship education as well as the obstacles and best practices for this sociallyresponsible
entrepreneurship education in the Egyptian context. Seven fresh graduate females
from a faculty of education in a public university were interviewed. The semi-structured
interviews focused on the students’ different experiences during the four university years. The
findings showed that socially-responsible entrepreneurship was not introduced to the students at
all; in addition, there are issues that need to be addressed in the culture of the faculty which may
reflect positively on socially-responsible entrepreneurship education. The theoretical framework
of this study is guided by the great Brazilian philosopher, Paulo Freire.

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