Učenje za poduzetništvo, Vol. 2 No. 2, 2012.
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Entrepreneurial Drive In Elementary School Teachers In Croatia
Dijana Vican
; Odjel za pedagogiju, SVEUČILIŠTE U ZADRU, Zadar, RH
Sažetak
Entrepreneurial competence among children and pupils is most efficiently developed at the level of preschool, elementary and secondary education. It is a requirement of the contemporary national curricula of EU countries and also the fundamental objective of the national framework curriculum in Croatia. The realization of this modern educational requirement depends, among other things, upon teachers’ personal perception towards the orientation of innovation, creativity, desire to succeed, new answers to new challenges, new methods of solving problems. These characteristics are components of the entrepreneurial drive which includes the set of traits responsible in motivating a person towards entrepreneurial and innovative activity. Starting from the assumption that teachers who perceive themselves as persons having an entrepreneurial drive can more efficiently pursue the development of entrepreneurial competencies among students, we conducted an empirical study on a sample of 466 subject teachers in 23 elementary schools in Croatia. The survey aimed to discover and discuss those dimensions of the entrepreneurial drive which appeared to be most significant on the questionnaire which was created as a scale with 42 statements structured into five subscales. This indicated the five dimensions of entrepreneurial drive of the elementary school teachers. Using descriptive statistics in this procedure, the results were interpreted with respect to the fundamental variables of the respondents (gender, tenure and teaching subject). Special attention was given to the three dimensions of entrepreneurial drive in elementary school teachers from a pedagogical standpoint, and that was the focus towards innovation and proactivity along with self-esteem and the orientation towards achievement.
Ključne riječi
entrepreneurial competencies as core competencies; entrepreneurial drive in teachers; enterprising and innovative work of teachers; entrepreneurship
Hrčak ID:
130230
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Datum izdavanja:
1.12.2012.
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