Education and Teaching

Education and Teaching articles seek to improve entrepreneurial education through sharing new teaching methods, exercises, simulations, course structures, etc. The article should focus on communicating best practices in the classroom. Its emphasis is on providing new skills, knowledge and insights to educators at all levels (K-12, Community College, Undergraduate and Graduate)

Length: <4,000 words

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Design Remote Learning to Help Students Feel Connected

Online learning is unsettling new territory for professors and students, with many professors using it for the first time. As all of us switch to new ways of teaching, I’d like to share one of my Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Rob Mitchell

Professors Share Best Practices for the Online Classroom

With so many professors being required to move their courses online, we'd like to ease the burden of our fellow scholars by offering advice. In this first article, we provide general tips for Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Online Teaching Resources from EIX

During the pandemic many instructors quickly revised their courses to be delivered online, and remote learning is still happening today. These free and peer-reviewed resources can help. Listed below Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Daniel Forbes

Family Business Professors: Resources For Online Learning

Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic, many professors are quickly revising their courses to be delivered online. FamilyBusiness.org is here to help with an array of free and peer-reviewed Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Technology Tools for Working or Teaching Remotely

These online communication platforms and supporting technologies can keep businesses humming and students learning even when being physically in the same place is not possible. While many in the Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Jon Eckhardt

Why Monopoly Is a Bad Business Model but a Great Teaching Tool

Monopoly bears little resemblance to real entrepreneurship, but its flaws create valuable opportunities to teach finance, markets and business strategy. Investopedia defines an entrepreneur as “an Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Authors: Stevie Arroyo and James Hoffman

Why Great Business Ideas Often Come From Combining Existing Ideas

A 30-minute entrepreneurship exercise shows students how connecting unrelated ideas can break creative blocks and generate promising concepts. This classroom exercise encourages students to practice Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Dan Holland

Why Students Learn More When They Solve Real Problems

Students learn more deeply when lessons help them solve problems that matter. Doris Korda explains how entrepreneurship makes that possible. EDITOR’S NOTE: Doris Korda spent more than a decade at Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Catherine Buday

How to Teach Family Business With Movies, TV Shows and Case Studies

A wide range of movies, TV shows, TED Talks, magazines and case studies can help students connect family business theory with real-world situations. The demand for family business education is Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Authors: Alfredo De Massis and Josip Kotlar

How Universities Can Build an Entrepreneurial Mindset in STEM Students

The University of Minnesota’s MIN-Corps program shows how customer discovery, mentoring and commercialization training can help STEM innovators become entrepreneurs. The University of Minnesota Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Carla Pavone