Teaching the Entrepreneurial Mindset to Engineers

Description

This book provides engineering faculty members and instructors with a base understanding of why the entrepreneurial mindset is important to engineering students and how it can be taught. It helps advance entrepreneurship education for all engineering students, and equips educators with tools and strategies that allow them to teach the entrepreneurial mindset. Divided into four parts, this book explores what the entrepreneurial mindset is, and why it is important; shows how to get started and integrate the mindset into existing coursework so that curricula can focus on both technical/functional concepts and entrepreneurial ones as well; guides readers through the growing multitude of conferences, journals, networks, and online resources that are available; and provides solid examples to get the reader started. This book is an important resource for engineering educators as they learn how to remain competitive and cutting-edge in a field as fast-moving and dynamic as engineering. Front Matter ....Pages i-ix Introduction (Lisa Bosman, Stephanie Fernhaber)....Pages 1-3 Front Matter ....Pages 5-5 Defining the Entrepreneurial Mindset (Lisa Bosman, Stephanie Fernhaber)....Pages 7-14 Why Is the Entrepreneurial Mindset Important to Future Engineers? (Lisa Bosman, Stephanie Fernhaber)....Pages 15-20 Front Matter ....Pages 21-21 Being Intentional About Incorporating the Entrepreneurial Mindset into Engineering Curriculum (Lisa Bosman, Stephanie Fernhaber)....Pages 23-38 Abet Student Outcomes and the Entrepreneurial Mindset (Lisa Bosman, Stephanie Fernhaber)....Pages 39-43 Front Matter ....Pages 45-45 Integrating the Entrepreneurial Mindset as an Engineering Educator (Lisa Bosman, Stephanie Fernhaber)....Pages 47-49 Pedagogical and Professional Development Resources (Lisa Bosman, Stephanie Fernhaber)....Pages 51-56 Resistance and Change: Making A Case for the Entrepreneurial Mindset (Lisa Bosman, Stephanie Fernhaber)....Pages 57-62 Front Matter ....Pages 63-63 Example Engineering Curriculum: Online Discussion Prompts (Lisa Bosman, Stephanie Fernhaber)....Pages 65-90 Example Engineering Curriculum: Value Creation Projects and Entrepreneurially Minded Tools (Lisa Bosman, Stephanie Fernhaber)....Pages 91-142