Profession-centrism in entrepreneurship education programs from the perspective of the value-based approach

Abstract

In this article, which is based on the functional theory methodology of entrepreneurship, the author consistently examines the value-based principles of profession-centric entrepreneurship education programs. Developing previous research on the profession-centric nature of entrepreneurship education, the author focuses on the axiological interpretation of entrepreneurship as a subject of study at various levels of Russian education. The primary objective of this article is to explore the methodology of the valuebased approach to designing profession-centric entrepreneurship education programs. The key objectives are to study the functional professionalism of graduates of entrepreneurship programs which is seen as a value-based foundation for their inclusion in entrepreneurial activities; to harmonize ideas on the value status of the entrepreneurial profession as an object of education; to substantiate the axiological approach to mastering the dialectic of entrepreneurial service in the process of training future graduates; to determine the value status of the entrepreneurial profession and its expression using the category of "entrepreneurial service"; to refute non-labor and non-ownership approaches to the interpretation of the phenomenon of entrepreneurship in the process of developing professional entrepreneurial competencies; and to consider the value foundations of the functional pragmatism methodology in teaching entrepreneurial service.