<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>An objective of the European Union’s Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan is to address high levels of youth unemployment in Europe by promoting entrepreneurship. Implementing entrepreneurship education in schools, colleges and universities is one of three strategic interventions proposed by the Action Plan. Sustainable entrepreneurship is a recognised branch of the wider field of entrepreneurship and the literature on sustainable entrepreneurship sees it as a means of addressing some of the sustainability challenges of the 21<sup>st</sup> century. This article compares the pedagogical approaches and the competences of ESD (Education for Sustainable Development) with those of entrepreneurship education to identify how ESD might influence entrepreneurship education in order to develop entrepreneurs that contribute to a sustainable future. This comparison is placed in the context of the broader debate on the need to transform the dominant neo-liberal economic systems as part of the precondition for achieving a more sustainable future.</p></abstract>

An objective of the European Union’s Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan is to address high levels of youth unemployment in Europe by promoting entrepreneurship. Implementing entrepreneurship education in schools, colleges and universities is one of three strategic interventions proposed by the Action Plan. Sustainable entrepreneurship is a recognised branch of the wider field of entrepreneurship and the literature on sustainable entrepreneurship sees it as a means of addressing some of the sustainability challenges of the 21st century. This article compares the pedagogical approaches and the competences of ESD (Education for Sustainable Development) with those of entrepreneurship education to identify how ESD might influence entrepreneurship education in order to develop entrepreneurs that contribute to a sustainable future. This comparison is placed in the context of the broader debate on the need to transform the dominant neo-liberal economic systems as part of the precondition for achieving a more sustainable future.

Can Education for Sustainable Development Change Entrepreneurship Education to Deliver a Sustainable Future?

Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education

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An objective of the European Union’s Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan is to address high levels of youth unemployment in Europe by promoting entrepreneurship....

Can Education for Sustainable Development Change Entrepreneurship Education to Deliver a Sustainable Future?

Published Online: May 26, 2018

Page range: 36 - 49

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/dcse-2018-0003

Keywords
entrepreneurship education, education for sustainable development, pedagogy, economy, transformation

© 2018 Glenn Strachan, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Can Education for Sustainable Development Change Entrepreneurship Education to Deliver a Sustainable Future?

Published Online: May 26, 2018

Page range: 36 - 49

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/dcse-2018-0003

Keywordsentrepreneurship education, education for sustainable development, pedagogy, economy, transformation

© 2018 Glenn Strachan, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
entrepreneurship education, education for sustainable development, pedagogy, economy, transformation