Entrepreneurship education as a factor of society’s modernization

Abstract

Entrepreneurship education (EE) is often regarded as one of the most important elements of the policy of stimulating small business and self-employment, creating start-ups and innovative business projects. The implementation of EE in the system of professional training at a new stage in the development of society could significantly increase the potential of using universities in the process of economic growth. The article sheds light on the nature and features of EE, analyzes the prospects and difficulties of its integration with other areas of training. The study demonstrates great prospects for the implementation of EE into the program of higher education training. EE has to be concentrated around several important characteristics of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurs themselves. The implementation of EE at the curriculum and extra-curriculum activities at the institutions of higher education of Ukraine, the combination of theoretical, problem- and project-oriented learning with the immersion into practical activities concerned with business planning, creating and running, training of students in groups together with nascent and experienced entrepreneurs would be extremely useful and productive in terms of motivating more and more young people to take an entrepreneurial path and achieve prosperity and selfactualization. The practical realization of EE will contribute to the formation of more resilient and competitive local communities as well as a more inclusive, just, equal, and happy society.