Teaching the Entrepreneurial Mindset to Engineers

• Main Authors: Bosman, Lisa (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Fernhaber, Stephanie (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Science education.; Engineering-Vocational guidance.; Entrepreneurship.; Management.; Industrial management.; Science Education.; Job Careers in Science and Engineering.; Innovation/Technology Management.

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 str...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Part 1. What is the Entrepreneurial Mindset and Why is it so Important for Engineers?
• Defining the Entrepreneurial Mindset
• Why is the Entrepreneurial Mindset Important to Future Engineers?
• Part 2. Integrating the Entreprneneurial Mindset into Existing Engineering Curriculum
• Being Intentional About Incorporating the Entrepreneurial Mindset into Engineering Curriculum
• ABET Student Outcomes and the Entrepreneurial Mindset
• Part 3. Where Do We Go from Here?
• Integrating the Entrepreneurial Mindset as an Engineering Educator
• Pedagogical and Professional Development Resources
• Resistance and Change: Making a Case for the Entrepreneurial Mindset
• Part 4. Example Engineering Curriculum Incorporating the Entrepreneurial Mindset
• Example Engineering Curriculum: Value Creation Projects and Entrepreneurialy-Minded Tools.