Entrepreneurship education (EE) plays a vital role in fostering an entrepreneurial
culture and promoting the growth of the small- and medium-sized business sector in
a nation. Research on EE has advanced extremely rapidly in the last two decades. These
changes are evident not only in the quantity of published works but also in the evolving
methods of academic communication, the rise of emerging nations as prominent contributors
to EE research, and the shifting areas of focus in study themes. This current study
aims to provide a comprehensive picture of these processes based on a big-data-centred
bibliometric analysis of a corpus of 3787 articles that appeared in the Web of Science
literature database. The bibliographic metadata was analysed using Biblioshiny, CitNetExplorer,
and VOSviewer. To understand the most significant development trends, researchers
employed the triangulation method, which included scientific mapping and epistemological
analysis in addition to standard tools of bibliometric analysis. This has led to the
identification of some study needs. First, improving EE methods in secondary school
curricula; second, EE in adult education and the practicality of the findings for
andragogy; third, EE in least developed countries and its unique challenges; fourth,
combining EE with internet-based, innovative training and education approaches like
gamification and simulations; fifth, EE’s role and methodological development in societal
economic integration; and sixth, women’s unique EE requirements. On top of that, this
study provides the basis for policymakers and practitioners to consider incorporating
entrepreneurial education programmes, which can help to create a prosperous entrepreneurial
ecosystem.
