Designing Desirable Curriculum Goals Based on the Components of Entrepreneurship in Elementary Schools: The Viewpoint of Teachers and Experts
Subject Areas : Curriculum Design and DevelopmentAsiyeh Sadat Modarresi Saryazdi 1 , Ezatolah Naderi 2 , Maryam Seif Naraghi 3
1 - PhD Student, Department of Educational Sciences, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Department of Educational Sciences, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
3 - Department of Educational Sciences, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Keywords: entrepreneurship, Curriculum, goals, Entrepreneurial components,
Abstract :
The purpose of this study was to carry out a design on the desired goals of curricula based on the components of entrepreneurship in elementary schools from the viewpoint of teachers and experts. Hence, the research employed grounded and applied methods. To collect data, a 22-item researcher-made questionnaire was designed in terms of knowledge, attitude, and skill. The sample size of 289 teachers was used using the Cochran formula, the entire statistical population was sampled as the statistical population of experts was limited. A random stratified sampling method was used to select the teachers’ sample. Frequency and percentages were used to analyze the data at the descriptive statistics level. In inferential statistics, the chi-square test was used at a 5% significance level. The results of the research revealed that, from the viewpoint of teachers and specialists, the desired goals in the entrepreneurial curriculum were well suited to the dimensions of knowledge, attitude, and skills.
Ahmadi, A., Mohammad Kazemi, R., Mohammadi Eliasi, G., (2017). Identifying entrepreneurship education practices in emotional learning with the approach "Education through Healthy Recreation", Quarterly of Development of Workers, 10 (2), 201 -220.
Amadi, U. P. W. (2010). Foundations of entrepreneurship development. Unpublished note mimeograph, Federal College of Education (Technical), Umunze.
Arasti, Z., Qodousi, S., Bagheri, A. (2016), The Effect of Entrepreneurship Education through Storytelling on Entrepreneurial Attitudes of Elementary Students, Quarterly of Development of Workers, 9(4), 593-612.
Block, Z., and Stump, S.A. (1992). Entrepreneurship education research: Experience and challenge. In D.L. Sexton and J.Kasarda, eds., The State of the Art in Entrepreneurship. Boston, MA: PWS-Kent, pp. 17-44.
Bourgeois, A. (2011). Entrepreneurship Education at School in Europe: National Strategies, Curricula and Learning Outcomes. Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, European Commission. Available from EU Bookshop. Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education (2008). Entrepreneurship everywhere: The case for entrepreneurship education. Columby, USA. Retrieved on April 10, 2015 from http://www.entre.cd-org
Elham, H. (2008). Children’s Entrepreneurship in America, Center for American Studies and Education, Fekre No Site, Entrepreneurial Women's Network.
Erkkila, K. (2000). Entrepreneurial education: mapping the debates in the United States, the United Kingdom and Finland. Taylor & Francis.
Estiri, A. (2010). The need for entrepreneurship education in the elementary school and explaining the curriculum elements for it. Master's Thesis, Al-Zahra University, Faculty of Management. 1-245.
European Commission (2013). Entrepreneurship Education: A Guide for Educator, Published by: Entrepreneurship 2020 Unit Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry European Commission 1049 Brussels , 1-97.
European Commission, (2016). Entrepreneurship Education at School in Europe. Eurydice Report. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. 1-235. http://ec.europa.eu/eurydice).
European Commission,(2006), The Oslo Aganda for Entrepreneurship Education in Europ, Oslo, October.
www.gvpartners.com/web/pdf/EC_Oslo_Agenda.pdf
Filion, L,J.(1994), Ten Steps to Entrepreneurial Teaching. Journal of Small Bussiness and Entrepreneurship 5(1): 27-31.
Garavan, T. and O’Cinne´ide, B. (1994), “Entrepreneurship education and training programmes: a review and evaluation”, Journal of European Industrial Training, Part I – Vol. 18 No. 8, pp. 3-12, Part II – Vol. 8 No. 11, pp. 13-21.
Gasse, Y. (1985), A Strategy for the promotion and identification of potentioal entrepreneurs at the secondary school level. Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Reseach, Babson College: MA: 538-559.
Heder, E., Ljubic, M., & Nola, L. (2011). Entrepreneurial learning: A key competence approach. ICSED Level 5/6. Zagreb: South East Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning. 1-224.
Heilbrunn; S ., Hefer, E. (2010), Advancing Entrepreneurship in An Elementary School: A Case Study, International Education Studies Vol. 3, No. 2; 174-184.
Henry, C., Hill, F., & Leitch, C. (2005). Entrepreneurship education and training: can entrepreneurship be taught? Part II. Education+ Training, 47(3), 98-111.
Hesrich, R., & Piters, M. (2002). The individual entreprenure inentrepreneurship, New York: MC Graw-Hill
Howard, S. (2004). Developing entrepreneurial potential in youth: The effects of entrepreneurial education and venture creation. University of South Florida Report, 3-17.
Jafari Moghaddam, S., Fakharzadeh, A. S., (2011). Development of entrepreneurial attitude in textbooks (case study: Persian books of elementary school). Journal of Entrepreneurship Development, 4 (1), 47-66.
Kent, C. A. (Ed.). (1990). Entrepreneurship education: current developments, future directions. Greenwood Publishing Group.Kiakejori, F. and Rodgar Nejad, F., (2009), providing a conceptual framework of the entrepreneurial learning process, Journal of development and evolution management, 1(3), 43-52.
Koohi, A.H., Khozeini, M.& Koohi, Z.(2015), The study of relation between designing the competency oriented curriculum in recently published book of work and technology on entrepreneurship spirit in the 8th grade students from the teachers point of view, 2th National Conference Bussines Managment . 1-22
Kousari, M. and Norouz Zadeh, R. (2009) Explaining the Characteristics of Multiple Elements in Bachelor's Curriculum with Emphasis on the Development of Employee Skills, Quarterly Journal of Research and Planning in Higher Education, No. 54, 1-18.
Krueger Jr, N. F. (2007). What lies beneath? The experiential essence of entrepreneurial thinking. Entrepreneurship theory and practice, 31(1), 123-138.
Kummar Sing, S. (2015). Entrepreneurship Education: Concept, Characteristics and Implications for Teacher Education, Shaikshik Parisamvad (An International Journal of Education), 5(1). 21-35.Mazbouhi, S., Sharafi, M., Moghaddam, M. (2011). Entrepreneurship Education Curriculum: Aim, Content, Teaching Method and Evaluation Method. Two Quarterly Journal of Innovation and Creativity in the Humanities, 1(3). 97-130.
Modarresi, S. M. M., & Modarresi, S. J. (2016). Entrepreneurship. 10th edition, Tehran, Termeh Publishing.
Moghimi, M. & Ahmadpour Dariani, M. (2008). Entrepreneurship Training in Small and Medium Sizes of Iran: Needs and Solutions. Journal of Entrepreneurship Development, 1 (1), 205-445.
Mohseni, A.L., Mousavi, S. H. and Jalali, M. (2013), The role of entrepreneurship education in entrepreneurial attitudes and general self-efficacy of students, Quarterly Journal of Research and Planning in Higher Education, 69 , 63-80.
Moradi Pordanjani and Jafari (2013). The Evaluation of Effectiveness of Entrepreneurship Curriculum Islamic Azad University, Journal of Higher Education Curriculum Studies 4(7), 139-161.
Mortazanejad, N., Attaran, M., Hosseinikhah, A., Abbasi, E., (2017), Explanation of Entrepreneurship Curriculum Components in General Education) Synthesis Inquiry, Journal of Theory & Practice in Curriculum, 9 (5), 105-149.
Mwasalwiba, E.S (2010) "Entrepreneurship education: a review of its objectives, teaching methods, and impact indicators", Education + Training, Vol. 52 (1): 20-47.
Naderi, E., & Seif Naraghi, M. (2010). shortcomings and pitfalls in research : A categorization. 1st edition, Arassbaran publication.
Naderi, E., & Seif Naraghi, M. (2016). Research methods and its evaluation in human sciences (with emphasis on education), Sixth Edition, Fourteenth Edition. Arassbaran Publishing.
Naderi, N., Amiri, S., Jafari, H., & Del-Angizan, S. (2015). Conceptual modeling of the effects of entrepreneurship education on students' attitudes toward business in their conservatories. Journal of Entrepreneurship in Agriculture, 2(2). 17-34.
Peterman, N. & Kennedy, J. (2003). Enterprise education: Influencing students’ perceptions of entrepreneurship.
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 12, 129-144.
Rahimi, H. and Agha Babaei, R. (2014), An Analysis of Relationship between Entrepreneurship Components and Learning Organization Dimensions in the University of Kashan. Higher Education Letter,6(24). 53-70.
Rahimi, H., & Sharif, M. (2014). Comparative study of entrepreneurship education in the selected countries of the north and south. Journal of Higher Education, 7(25),101-128.
Rahimi, H., Amini, M., & Jahanbani, F. (2015). The Place of Entrepreneurial Curriculum Components in Higher Education. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 5(9), 263-279.
Razavi Nematollahi, A. (2005), Concepts and Generalities of Entrepreneurship, Hammshahri Newspaper, 13(367)
Sabzeh, N. (2014). Designing an Entrepreneurship Curriculum in pre-primary school, PhD thesis. Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran. 1-224.
Siagian, P.J.R. & Simatupang, T.M (2011), A Competence-Based Curriculum Design for Entrepreneurship Study Program, International Research Journal of Business Studies , 4 (2), 137-155.
Szerb, L., & Imreh, S. (2007). Entrepreneurship Education and Entrepreneurial Attitudes of Hungarian Students: An International Comparison. In 5th MEB International Conference Budapest. 71-88.
The Ministry of Education (2012). National curriculum of the Islamic Republic of Iran, approved by the 857th to 872th sessions of the Supreme Council of Education. 1-68.
Udu, C. S., & Amadi, U. P. N. (2013). Integrating basic entrepreneurship studies into primary education curriculum: Platform for sustainable national development. Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 2(5). 69-74.
Urbano, D., Aponte, M., & Toledano, N. (2008). Doctoral education in entrepreneurship: A European case study. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 15(2). 336-348.
Yadollahi Farsi, J., & Mir Arab-Razi, R. (2009). Study on the presentation of an entrepreneurship education curriculum in the field of education. Entrepreneurship Development Quarterly, 1(3), 61-80
Yaghoobi Najafabadi, A. (2011), National Curriculum and Necessity of Attitudes to Employee, Journal of Professional Development, 7(2), 8-14.
Yaghoubi Najafabadi, A. (2010). The necessity of entrepreneurship education at all levels. Journal of School Counselor Development, 4, 28-32.
Yu Cheng, M., Sei Chan, W., & Mahmood, A. (2009), The effectiveness of entrepreneurship education in Malaysia, Journal of Education + Training, 51( 7), 555-566.