Can entrepreneurship be taught to vocational students? An intervention study
Series
Professional and VET Learning
ISBN
978-94-6209-594-6
Type
book section
Date Issued
2014
Author(s)
Abstract
In this chapter, we present the results of an intervention conducted in five vocational schools located in Switzerland. The intervention study was initiated in 2009 by the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) in order to assess how entrepreneurship could best be taught at TVET level and what could be the impact of such an entrepreneurship program. We seek to answer the following research question: Does entrepreneurship education change entrepreneurship-specific personality traits, beliefs, knowledge, competencies, and intention? We used a pre-, post-, and post-post-test quasi-experimental design. The initial sample consisted of 107 students who participated in the intervention and 133 other students in a control group.
The results suggest that the impact of entrepreneurship education and training should not be overrated. While our program could significantly increase perceived feasibility, entrepreneurship knowledge, and competencies, it had no impact on personality traits and entrepreneurial Intention. A significant increase of knowledge accumulation was observed in every workshops conducted. These results suggest that key entrepreneurship knowledge and skills can be taught through a program.
The results suggest that the impact of entrepreneurship education and training should not be overrated. While our program could significantly increase perceived feasibility, entrepreneurship knowledge, and competencies, it had no impact on personality traits and entrepreneurial Intention. A significant increase of knowledge accumulation was observed in every workshops conducted. These results suggest that key entrepreneurship knowledge and skills can be taught through a program.
Language
English
Keywords
Entrepreneurship
education
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
No
Book title
Becoming an Entrepreneur
Publisher
Sense Publishers
Publisher place
Rotterdam
Volume
1. Auflage
Number
3
Start page
161
End page
176
Pages
16
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
230748