Perception of Teachers on Entrepreneurial Education Before and After the Implementation of a Pilot Program

Abstract

Teachers’ commitment to entrepreneurial education determines the effect of an intervention program. The objectives of the study, which was conducted in 2019, were both to explore seventy-five (75) teachers’ perceptions on entrepreneurial education and ways of implementing it and record the differences through a questionnaire which was completed before and after the pilot program. According to the results, the teachers revealed higher mean values in the post-test, compared to the pre-test values, in all items of the questionnaire, except from the one that concerned their preparation during the university studies. More specifically, the pilot program seems to have broadened teachers’ knowledge on entrepreneurial education and skills. They also recognized its value in learning engagement and commitment and selected teachers in elementary education and mathematicians in secondary education as the most appropriate professionals to teach entrepreneurship in school as part of all subjects through activities and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). Finally, according to the findings, networking and cooperation with the headmaster, teachers’ association members, entrepreneurs and parents’ and guardians’ association can have a positive impact on entrepreneurial education. This study highlights the necessity not only to enhance teachers’ knowledge on entrepreneurial education by including it in their undergraduate studies, their in-service training, and the school curricula but also to foster entrepreneurial education at primary and secondary school level.