Guiding Students Towards an Entrepreneurial Mindset by Using the Berkeley Method of Entrepreneurship

Introduction This chapter presents a novel teaching an learning approach, called the Berkeley Method of Entrepreneurship (BMoE), which, in addition to the traditional elements of theory and practice, stresses the importance of including elements related to entrepreneurial mindset in the entrepreneurship curriculum. The method uses behavioral games and debriefing sessions as tools, and results in students with an entrepreneurial mindset, who, therefore, create more start-ups, ultimately leading to economic growth. Readers of this chapter will gain the following three insights: • Mindset is of great importance for entrepreneurs and should therefore be included in entrepreneurship education. • The mindset of successful entrepreneurs can largely be captured by a set of identified behavioral patterns. • Games and debriefing sessions are suitable tools for teaching and learning mindset. They provide the students with a mean for exploring their own mindset and behaviors, a give a starting point for a possible change.

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