Threshold Concepts in Entrepreneurial Learning

Enterprise activities have become indispensable components of higher education institutions across the UK. An emphasis on knowledge-based economies has motivated the proliferation of entrepreneurship programs in universities along with ever expanding infrastructure to support enterprise activities. Entrepreneurship programs have been conceived to extend the portfolio of business courses with the aim of transforming the students to budding entrepreneurs by instilling transferable ‘soft’ skills. This study explores the role of threshold concepts in transforming the way that the learner thinks and practices the profession of entrepreneurship. This study identifies the concepts that may act as threshold ones in entrepreneurship, and then explores how they might be transformative in relation to the students' learning experience. This study also examines the potential implementation of threshold concepts in entrepreneurship curricula and their implications for the educators and the learners.