Enterprise education pedagogy and redesigning learning outcomes: Case of a public reform school

Existing research suggests that entrepreneurship education is mostly understood and implemented within a business-related framework, which is often questioned especially by teachers in compulsory education. In this chapter, we suggest a sharper focus on enterprise education pedagogy, as opposed to business and enterprise education as content. The focus on pedagogy emphasises that the goal for enterprise education is not supporting venture creation but active citizenship, fostering enterprising behaviour and helping the person be an enterprising individual. The chapter discusses how enterprise education pedagogy can be implemented in compulsory education and how it can positively affect school motivation and learning even in demanding educational contexts. By relying on theory of self-regulation, the chapter contributes to making sense of why entrepreneurship education pedagogy is efficient in supporting learning. The chapter suggests that development of self-regulation skills may be an appropriate new metric – learning outcome – for enterprise education pedagogy and related assessments.