Self-directed entrepreneurial learning

Volume editor

Adri du Toit

Volume editor

Sukie van Zyl

Volume editor

Aubrey Golightly

Synopsis

The rapid pace of global change challenges education at all levels to prepare 21st‑century learners for a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) world. Self‑directed entrepreneurial learning examines how self‑directed learning (SDL) and entrepreneurial learning (EL) can be integrated across various educational contexts to support lifelong learning, teacher preparation and student adaptability.

Beginning with problem‑based entrepreneurial learning (PBEL), this scholarly book explores strategies for fostering self‑directed entrepreneurial learning (SDEL). The authors present empirical studies that illustrate SDL and EL integration across subjects such as Technology, Computer Applications Technology, Economic and Management Sciences, Coding and Robotics, Life Orientation, Life Skills and the arts. Furthermore, the authors investigate approaches such as cooperative learning, productive failure and arts-based project-based learning that offer practical ways to develop these competencies in pre‑service and in‑service teachers.

While the studies have been conducted in South Africa, the insights and frameworks brought forward are broadly applicable across the African continent and the Global South. This scholarly volume offers actionable strategies for academics to design, implement and evaluate SDEL, promoting autonomy, entrepreneurial thinking and socially impactful learning in a rapidly changing world.

Chapters

Foreword

Thomas Howard Morris
Chapter 1
Problem-based entrepreneurial learning towards self-directed entrepreneurial learning

Danél Kruger, Aubrey Golightly
Chapter 2
Student readiness for adopting self-directed learning in entrepreneurship programmes

Thea Tselepis, Chris Schachtebeck, Cecile Nieuwenhuizen
Chapter 3
Self-directed teacher empowerment: Integrating entrepreneurial learning into Technology education

Faren McCarthy-Kettledas, Adri du Toit, Gideon P van Tonder
Chapter 4
Cooperative learning to enhance self-directed learning and entrepreneurial skills in financial literacy

Viné Petzer, Sukie van Zyl
Chapter 5
Enhancing entrepreneurial skills through practice-oriented learning tasks integrated in cooperative learning

Christelle Kruger, Elsa Mentz, Elsie Lubbe
Chapter 6
Productive failure in Coding and Robotics: Fostering self-directed and entrepreneurial learning

Sukie van Zyl, Fotiene Avrakotos-King, Francois Papers
Chapter 7
Incorporating entrepreneurial learning into Life Orientation’s well-being framework

Adri du Toit
Chapter 8
Developing entrepreneurial mindsets through an arts-based playful project-based learning workshop

Merna Meyer, Ewie Erasmus, Linda Hesse

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NWU Self-Directed Learning Series

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