TY - JOUR
T1 - Skills and knowledge management in higher education
T2 - how service learning can contribute to social entrepreneurial competence development
AU - Halberstadt, Jantje
AU - Timm, Jana Michaela
AU - Kraus, Sascha
AU - Gundolf, Katherine
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, Emerald Publishing Limited.
Copyright:
Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2019/12/11
Y1 - 2019/12/11
N2 - Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to elaborate on how service learning approaches are able to foster social entrepreneurship competences. The aim of the paper is to formulate a framework of key competences for social entrepreneurship and to give first insights in how service learning actually has an impact on change in students’ set of competences. Design/methodology/approach: This paper uses a mixed-methods approach combining qualitative data collectionmethods of learning diaries of the students and semi-structured interviews, including 40 master’s students studying at a German university in interdisciplinary learning settings and five instructors from the same universities. Analysis was carried out by means of qualitative content analysis. Findings: This paper provides empirical insights about the competences that are being fostered by service learning. From these, a framework for social entrepreneurship competences is being derived. Research limitations/implications: The set of competences should be further investigated, as it was derived out of a small data set. Therefore, researchers are encouraged to use the set of competences for social entrepreneurship as a basis for future research and on a longer-term perspective, which lead to substantial implications for educational practice. Practical implications: This paper includes implications for new perspectives on service learning in the light of the development of a relevant framework for social entrepreneurship competence, having significant implications for educational practice in social entrepreneurship education. Originality/value: With this paper, the authors fulfill the need of a framework of social entrepreneurship competences that serves as a foundation for educational practice and further research in the context of service learning and beyond.
AB - Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to elaborate on how service learning approaches are able to foster social entrepreneurship competences. The aim of the paper is to formulate a framework of key competences for social entrepreneurship and to give first insights in how service learning actually has an impact on change in students’ set of competences. Design/methodology/approach: This paper uses a mixed-methods approach combining qualitative data collectionmethods of learning diaries of the students and semi-structured interviews, including 40 master’s students studying at a German university in interdisciplinary learning settings and five instructors from the same universities. Analysis was carried out by means of qualitative content analysis. Findings: This paper provides empirical insights about the competences that are being fostered by service learning. From these, a framework for social entrepreneurship competences is being derived. Research limitations/implications: The set of competences should be further investigated, as it was derived out of a small data set. Therefore, researchers are encouraged to use the set of competences for social entrepreneurship as a basis for future research and on a longer-term perspective, which lead to substantial implications for educational practice. Practical implications: This paper includes implications for new perspectives on service learning in the light of the development of a relevant framework for social entrepreneurship competence, having significant implications for educational practice in social entrepreneurship education. Originality/value: With this paper, the authors fulfill the need of a framework of social entrepreneurship competences that serves as a foundation for educational practice and further research in the context of service learning and beyond.
KW - Knowledge management
KW - Service Learning
KW - Social Entrepreneurship Competences
KW - Social Entrepreneurship Education
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85074000013&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1108/JKM-12-2018-0744
DO - 10.1108/JKM-12-2018-0744
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85074000013
SN - 1367-3270
VL - 23
SP - 1925
EP - 1948
JO - Journal of Knowledge Management
JF - Journal of Knowledge Management
IS - 10
ER -