A look at the evolution of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial pedagogies in the era of the Covid-19

Abstract

While the Coronavirus pandemic (Covid 19), unprecedented by its nature, continues to rage, creating a climate full of fears and uncertainties and upsetting the economic paradigm, the hope of returning to normal remains dependent on a stubborn vigilance and a resolute commitment for all the actors in order to work simultaneously to strengthen the resilience of the economic, logistical, social and environmental fabric and to deal with pre-existing vulnerabilities, job losses and unequal social conditions. Then, this current context requires from public decision-makers and more than ever, the need to work together to strengthen the capacity and competitiveness of the national economy, promote the intention and the entrepreneurial culture in preparing young people for a non-linear professional trajectory, allowing them to satisfy their desire to be their own bosses, to have a more independent job that is more in line with their aspirations and values. However, entrepreneurship being seen as a response to economic and social problems is closely linked to the creation of wealth.

So much time has passed since the vision of innate entrepreneurship was called into question; entrepreneurial education is today becoming the miracle remedy for the emergence and dissemination of an entrepreneurial culture. However, teaching and learning in entrepreneurship present a great diversity in terms of audiences, objectives, content and teaching methods.

Therefore, the purpose of this article is to bring out the reflection around the issues generated by the health crisis and its impacts on the evolution of the Moroccan economy and to show to what extent entrepreneurial resilience can contribute to activating the recovery of the economy. Similarly, by approaching the didactics of entrepreneurship from a polysemous and interdisciplinary angle, we also hope to contribute to nourishing this reflection around active entrepreneurial pedagogy as a learning tool, focused on the experiences, the abilities of individuals and the preferred approaches, unlike traditional teaching in entrepreneurship, which is essentially based on lectures and obsolete learning methods. However, we immerse ourselves in the entrepreneurial context with the theoretical concepts, we learn to be entrepreneurs, nevertheless with active transversal pedagogy, a particular pedagogy which also requires a new posture on the part of the teachers.

Keywords: health crisis, Covid 19, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial education, active pedagogy, entrepreneurial intention, entrepreneurial culture.

JEL classification code : A2, L26, F63, F66

Paper type: Theoretical article