DIALOGUE AS A TOOL FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP Chris Ehiobuche Berkeley College New Jersey USA Hui-wen Tu Berkeley College New Jersey USA Bright Justus Agosy University Chicago IL USA ABSTRACT This paper empirically validates the relevance and complexity of the use of dialogue as a method of teaching and learning of entrepreneurship. Historically, entrepreneurial educators and scholars have been faced with the problem of searching and choosing methods of conveying the required information and knowledge to their learners. With information technology and the explosion of information literacy, changes in demography and styles of learning, globalization and changes in tin business practices and leadership principles come the problem of choose on how best to teach and learn entrepreualship at minimum cost of time and money. Consequently educators are going back to time by reinventing the successes of early Greek scholars like Socrates as a modern way of teaching. This paper investigates and discusses the phenomena dialogue as a means of teaching, learning and development of business and leadership competence. It further discusses the challenges and trends in applying this method through different phases of learning. PURPOSE The purpose of this research is to employ and contribute an insight to the following questions; Are there enough interest in business educator and researchers in understanding and improving the use of dialogue as a teaching and learning tool? How effective and under what conditions is this tool most recommended? Can dialogue as a teaching and learning method earn some empirical validations? Can this paper contribute to the literatures that discuss the use of dialogue in entrepreneurial education? Are there bigger questions yet to be asked about the use of dialogue in entrepreneurial education? INTRODUCTION According the Freire (1970) Dialogue is a literary and theatrical form consisting of written or spoken conversational exchange between two or more people. Ouer the years Dialogue has been used as a teaching tool, and other setting. Usually, in some circles dialogue is used in a structured conversation void of conflict and anger. While in other situations it is being used as a problem solving technique. Dialogue entails partnerships relationship between students and teachers. Through dialogue, people are engaged in a practice to listen to different perspectives, promote cooperation, work on difficult issues, and build skills. Additionally, this open and inclusive process has significant long term effects, however not only Proceedings of ASBBS Volume 19 Number 1 ASBBS Annual Conference: Las Vegas 300 February 2012