The Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division and Yeshiva University are delighted to introduce the winner of the Entrepreneurship Pedagogy Award for the year 2023:
Derek Lidow, Princeton University
Keller Center
For their course entitled:
The Histories of Entrepreneurship
Course Description:
The History of Entrepreneurship class developed at Princeton University over the past five years fills important gaps in entrepreneurship education (EE). The pedagogical framework of the class rests upon 70+ deeply researched historical examples of entrepreneurs and the impact of their behaviors on society and culture over the past nine-thousand years. The framework enables students to realize and simply understand the underlying reasons why and how entrepreneurs have such oversized impacts, which in turn contextualizes the importance of entrepreneurial ethics. Students love the class for being interesting, engaging, unexpected, accessible, and relevant. A detailed syllabus and abundant documentation make the class easily transferable and configurable for varied undergraduate and graduate school formats.
This class and its supporting materials and pedagogies were developed to deliver the following learning objectives:
- Provide context for students to realize the magnitude of the impact of entrepreneurs on surrounding cultures and societies (i.e., its importance),
- Understand the nature (i.e., the why and how) of those impacts,
- Contemplate the ethical ramifications of entrepreneurial behaviors and the societal expectations they could or should engender.
“This recognition and award means a great deal to me because I love to teach entrepreneurship and I love to figure how how to get students excited about the topic and to think deeply about its impact. This award means even more to me now winning this award for a second time.
I feel that the History of Entrepreneurship class that I developed at Princeton University over the past five years fills important gaps in entrepreneurship education.
The class enables students to realize and simply understand the underlying reasons why and how entrepreneurs have such oversized impacts, which in turn contextualizes the importance of entrepreneurial ethics.
The class is structured around more than 70 deeply researched historical examples of entrepreneurs and the impact of their behaviors on society and culture over the past nine-thousand years.” – Derek Lidow
To make The Histories of Entrepreneurship course easy for others to teach, there is an accompanying book, The Entrepreneurs, a detailed syllabus, and abundant documentation, including over 100 slides that are available to anyone interested in the class or subject matter. To access these materials, feel free to reach out to Derek Lidow dlidow@princeton.edu
Short description of the Entrepreneurship Pedagogy Award
The purpose of the award is to encourage not only innovations in pedagogy, but also the dissemination of such innovations. Criteria for evaluation of nominations included (1.) the innovativeness and novelty of the content and pedagogical process; (2.) the demonstrated and potential impact and transferability; and (3.) the course’s relevance (e.g., actionable lessons for entrepreneurs, addresses a social need).
The teaching committee would like to thank all participants for putting together excellent proposals! Our jury members were impressed by the quality of the material presented and we are proud to see that our Division members are nurturing future entrepreneurs through their teaching curricula.