Integration of Erasmus+ Students in Entrepreneurship Classes

Almeida, Fernando

doi:10.20319/pijtel.2018.23.101119

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“…At the academic level, international mobility programme enables students to attend some of the most prestigious universities and benefit from different teaching methods and lifelong learning period. However, the experience of studying abroad extends the students' horizons in a wide range of areas, thus allowing students to gain greater independence, maturity, learn a new culture, new language and make new friends (Almeida, 2018). Regarding professional and social life, student's priority motivation to go abroad is related to a new experience, by acquiring new technical, social and behavioural skills.…”

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The Impact of International Student Mobility on Entrepreneurial Attitude

Stamenovic¹

2020

International Scientific Conference EMAN – Economics &Amp; Management: How to Cope With Disrupted Times

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The Erasmus international mobility programme represent a significant step in a student’s development. In the past decades, millions of European students gained experience and lifelong learning period from prestigious universities abroad. Erasmus students are seen as independent people, curious about cultures and languages, open to new ideas and especially predisposed to become entrepreneurs. This study was designed to identify the entrepreneurial attitude of Erasmus students in order to ascertain the contribution of international mobility. For this purpose, the expectations of international students who benefited from the Erasmus Plus Programme were compared to the level of satisfaction after completing the international mobility programme at Institute of Business Administration (IAE), University of Sophia Antipolis, Nice. Factors that most influenced students’ departure in Erasmus mobility are academic and professional opportunities abroad. The data for this study was collected using a questionnaire and sent in collaboration with International Relations Office of IAE Nice. The results indicate that international mobility had a high impact on student’s self-confidence and relational skills. Regarding professional and social life, the entrepreneurial attitude was increased by the Erasmus experience.

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The Impact of International Student Mobility on Entrepreneurial Attitude

Stamenovic¹

2020

International Scientific Conference EMAN – Economics &Amp; Management: How to Cope With Disrupted Times

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“…Going by the foregoing discussions on the importance of integrating entrepreneurial competencies into technical college curriculum Onuma [4] suggest that the curricular of technical colleges should be reviewed to integrate entrepreneurial competencies. Furthermore, Almeida [9] du Toit and Gaotlhobogwe [10] emphasized the significance of integrating entrepreneurial competencies to technical education programs. The inclusion of entrepreneurial…”

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Challenge of Integrating Entrepreneurial Competencies into Technical College Programs

Muhammad¹,

Kamin²

2019

IJEAT

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For a country to keep abreast of being competitive in global economy technical and vocational education must play a critical role. For long time, technical and vocational education disciplines have been in cache, living graduates unable to connect learned knowledge with real life problems. The emergence of integrating technical education with entrepreneurial competencies in some institutions in Nigeria advocates transformative changes both at the conceptual and technological levels. One of the challenge facing technical education in Nigeria is lack of appropriate entrepreneurial competencies in the content of technical college curriculum. The purpose of the study was to explore the challenge facing the integration of entrepreneurial competencies into the technical college curriculum. This study uses phenomenological research design method was guided by interview protocol, thus the data were qualitatively collected. This research involved ten experts from three technical institutions in Kano state Nigeria based on their educational background, field of teaching and experience in entrepreneurship education. The study found that poor funding, lack of qualified teachers, inappropriate curriculum and negative attitude toward on entrepreneurship education are the main challenges hindering the integration of entrepreneurial competencies into technical college programs in Nigeria. It is recommended that the need for an appropriate entrepreneurial competencies for technical college programs this will facilitate easy and rapid self-employment among the graduates to enable them become novice entrepreneurs for self-reliance. Consequently, 20 per cent of public expenditure should be allocated to bridge the gap in funding education

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Exploring the Entrepreneurial Profile, Competencies, Intentions and Attitudes

Almeida

2021

JMBE

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Entrepreneurship education aims to contribute to the emergence of innovative skills, abilities, and competencies in people, in the most diverse sectors and branches of activity of contemporary society, regardless of the intention to establish a new start-up. This study explores the development of entrepreneurial competencies, intentions and attitudes offered by a higher education institution through the adoption of the eValueComp assessment tool. It offers significant contributions to the business education field particularly aimed at higher education professors who intend to place the student in a more active position and provide an entrepreneurial education, which will be useful for their future professional career. The findings revealed a significant increase of entrepreneurial competencies, general entrepreneurial attitudes, and perception of entrepreneurial feasibility. However, entrepreneurial intentions have evolved only marginally. Furthermore, the age and number of years of professional experience are two correlated factors that contribute to students having a greater perception of the risks associated with the entrepreneurship process. Resumen La educación emprendedora tiene como objetivo contribuir a la aparición de habilidades, destrezas y competencias innovadoras en las personas, en los más diversos sectores y sectores de actividad de la sociedad contemporánea, independientemente de la intención de establecer una nueva empresa. Este estudio explora el desarrollo de las competencias, intenciones y actitudes empresariales que ofrece una institución de educación superior mediante la adopción de la herramienta de evaluación eValueComp. Ofrece importantes contribuciones al campo de la educación empresarial, especialmente dirigidas a los profesores de educación superior que pretenden colocar al estudiante en una posición más activa y proporcionarle una educación empresarial, que le será útil para su futura carrera profesional. Los resultados revelaron un aumento significativo de las competencias empresariales, las actitudes empresariales generales y la percepción de la viabilidad empresarial. Sin embargo, las intenciones empresariales sólo han evolucionado marginalmente. Además, la edad y el número de años de experiencia profesional son dos factores correlacionados que contribuyen a que los estudiantes tengan una mayor percepción de los riesgos asociados con el proceso emprendedor.

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Integration of Erasmus+ Students in Entrepreneurship Classes

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The Impact of International Student Mobility on Entrepreneurial Attitude

The Impact of International Student Mobility on Entrepreneurial Attitude

Challenge of Integrating Entrepreneurial Competencies into Technical College Programs

Exploring the Entrepreneurial Profile, Competencies, Intentions and Attitudes

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