ABSTRACT

Over the past few decades, the field of entrepreneurship education has undergone exponential growth. Courses in entrepreneurship are now found in many different fields of education, including ones that have a social rather than a commercial focus. In line with this, courses in social entrepreneurship are now common within social work education. Entrepreneurship offers new opportunities in terms of dealing with societal problems. Still, entrepreneurship is based on rationales that potentially conflict with the norms found in social work education. In order to find ways to implement entrepreneurship in education, a better understanding of the different norms must be developed. In this article, the potentially conflicting norms are explored through a case study of social work students in Denmark who participated in an entrepreneurship competition. The study indicates that the students felt alienated because of the commercial and competitive aspects, which seemed to be predominant within the entrepreneurship community. On the other hand, the students’ focus on social issues seemed to be in line with the ideals and norms of entrepreneurship. Thus, both differences and similarities seem to exist between the different institutions and traditions explored. At the end of the article, future perspectives and potentials regarding social work education and entrepreneurship are discussed.

摘要

在过去的几十年里，创业教育领域经历了指数级增长。现在，在许多不同的教育领域都可以找到创业课程，包括以社会而非商业为重点的课程。与此一致，社会创业课程现在在社会工作教育中很常见。企业家精神在处理社会问题方面提供了新的机会。尽管如此，创业是基于可能与社会工作教育中的规范相冲突的基本原理。为了找到在教育中实施企业家精神的方法，必须更好地理解不同的规范。在本文中，通过对参加创业竞赛的丹麦社会工作学生的案例研究，探讨了潜在的冲突规范。研究表明，学生们因为商业和竞争方面而感到疏远，这似乎在创业社区中占主导地位。另一方面，学生对社会问题的关注似乎符合创业的理想和规范。因此，在所探索的不同制度和传统之间似乎既存在差异也存在相似之处。在文章的最后，讨论了社会工作教育和创业的未来前景和潜力。所探讨的不同制度和传统之间似乎既有差异又有相似之处。在文章的最后，讨论了社会工作教育和创业的未来前景和潜力。所探讨的不同制度和传统之间似乎既有差异又有相似之处。在文章的最后，讨论了社会工作教育和创业的未来前景和潜力。