The call for experiential learning and educational outsourcing: business proposal for Nova Sbe and dialog social enterprise

• Autor(a) principal: Bachouti, Lara Katerine Bandeira El
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/114714
• topic: Social entrepreneurship; Social enterprises; Experiential learning; Educational outsourcing; Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão

In the past couple of years, universities and colleges have started introducing social entrepreneurship education and social enterprise initiatives within their curricula. Research has identified social entrepreneurship education as a different kind of education that is best delivered with experience and practice. Despite the theoretical nature of higher education, universities and colleges are capable of equipping and training students with the skills to start or join a social venture, however, with the transformation of their current approaches. While practice-based training in the form of case studies and writing business plans has proven beneficial, especially in the field of social entrepreneurship, this paper aims to bring into light the existing body of knowledge on the importance of experiential learning and educational outsourcing. Although done within the formal walls of universities and colleges, with the help of social entrepreneurs and social enterprises, the classroom can be altered to represent the real world provoking experience that can impact attitudes and intentions. Based on the review of the literature on social entrepreneurship and social ventures, this data is analyzed to set later the ground for a proposal of a potential partnership between Nova School of Business and Economics and Dialog Social Enterprise.