Teaching Social Entrepreneurship in Two Worlds

Teresa Chahine shares about teaching social entrepreneurship in two worlds on episode 161 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

There is definitely a mental barrier between traditional charity and traditional commerce.
—Teresa Chahine

Social entrepreneurship is everything that lies between charity and commerce.

—Teresa Chahine

If you’re giving people money, you’re not actually changing the status quo, you’re helping them endure the status quo.
—Teresa Chahine

Teaching, practice, and research all inform each other.
—Teresa Chahine

Embrace failure as part of the process.
—Teresa Chahine

Resources Mentioned

• Kiva
• Alfanar
• Master of Public Health: Sustainability, Health, and the Global Environment
• Social Franchising Article
• Amy Collier on Not Yet-Ness
• Food Truck Film: Soufra and the Refugee Food Truck
• Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship* by Teresa Chahine
• Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher* by Stephen Brookfield
• Alfanar Campaign

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