THE “TRIPLE-I” LEARNING MODEL OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION IN INDONESIA: Where Do We Go from Here?
THE “TRIPLE-I” LEARNING MODEL OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION IN INDONESIA: Where Do We Go from Here?
Author : RATNA LINDAWATI LUBIS Published on : International Journal of Arts & Sciences??? (IJAS) (Nanyang Executive Centre, Singapore)
Abstract
Entrepreneurship Education (EE) is rapidly growing and drawing the attention of policy-makers, universities and companies. Most policy-makers and academicians agree that EE is critical to the development and well-being of society. Findings from previous study suggest that EE is to nurture talent and develop the next wave of leaders and innovators who will not only create jobs and value for society but also empower others to create a better future. An extraordinary proliferation of EE programs and courses has been underway worldwide. Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) across the world have taken up the challenge of EE. They support EE and engage in a variety of knowledge transfer activities that promote entrepreneurship. During recent times, EE in Indonesia has flourished in the domain of higher education. Numerous HEIs have contributed a considerable amount of effort in providing appropriate EE, which have helped this discipline to develop and gain momentum. However, serious questions are being voiced as to what should be the focus of this form of education. Since education and especially HEIs play a vital role in the transformation of economies and societies, the specific role of HEIs in fostering EE was considered to be an appropriate topic of investigation, discourse and dissemination. The author takes a comprehensive analysis of the environment, the institutional factors that provide the necessary rules and constraints for entrepreneurial activity to cover the landscape of debate and inquiry regarding EE in Indonesia. An ethnographic approach is used to explore a deeper holistic understanding. Such an approach resulting from naturalistic inquiry, because of the interaction between researcher and subject, also reduces Type III error (asking the wrong question) and Type IV error (solving the wrong problem). As the author reviewed the evolution and elements of the four case studies, insights emerged about their success factors. From those insights, the author developed recommendations by creating a new model, so called The “Triple-I” Learning Model of Entrepreneurship to create the future generation of Indonesian educated entrepreneurs as a response to the entrepreneurial global network.
