Reflection on the role of training courses on creating an entrepreneurial spirit among university students

Subject Areas : Creativity and innovation from psychological, epistemological, educational and pedagogical

Saeid Ghiyasi Nadoshan ^{1 *} , Samira Falahiyani ²

1 - استادیار گروه مدیریت و برنامه‌ریزی آموزشی دانشگاه علامه طباطبائی (نویسندة مسئول)[e-mail]
2 - کارشناس ارشد برنامه‌ریزی آموزشی از دانشگاه علامه طباطبائی[e-mail]

Received: 2015-12-06 Accepted : 2015-12-06 Published : 2015-07-23

Keywords: entrepreneurship, training courses, entrepreneurial spirit, Academic Entrepreneurship,

Abstract :

Background: The academic entrepreneurial as a third mission of universities and higher education as well as the approach in recent years has been considered.  Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the role of the educational courses on creating and fostering entrepreneurial spirit among university students. Methods: This research is a quantitative and descriptive survey method. The data in this study using a questionnaire based on the aspects raised by the McClelland were collected. Its validity was confirmed by experts and experts and reliability was assessed using Cronbach's alpha 0/92 is reported. The study population included 2,500 Allameh Tabatabai University students who were studying in the academic year 94-1393 on central campus. Of those using cluster sampling and random sampling of 335 subjects were selected by Morgan table. Results: According to research all elements of entrepreneurship were measured in this study (achievement, tolerance for ambiguity, self-confidence, risk-taking and creativity) were lower than average. The role of education in creating a spirit of entrepreneurship and its components were not significantly different between male and female students. Conclusion: Allameh Tabataba’i University holds training courses on developing the entrepreneurial spirit in students not affected. So the university should rethink its educational programs, redesign and recreate.