Opportunity Recognition and Prior Knowledge: A Meta-Analysis

Educational Innovation Boosting Students’ Entrepreneurial Intentions

“…Likewise, Puni et al (2018) state that entrepreneurial education helps and teaches the necessary skills to develop EI. Thus, cooperative case studies can support the exploitation of new ideas thanks to cooperation and exchanges between one another (Wagner, 2012), these ideas and PO often arise through experience, resources and knowledge acquired over time, supporting PO and therefore EI (Canavati et al, 2016). As a result, the cooperative case studies moderate the relationship (H4 d 2 ) amongst these students.…”

“…However, although active learning methods can improve PO (Canavati et al, 2016) and increase EI, there are others who have not found this connection (Teixeira et al, 2018). This suggests that the active learning methods can perhaps contribute to increasing EI, moderating the relationship between PO and EI.…”

“…All of these, combined with theoretical training, play a central role in facilitating learning (Piperopoulos & Dimov, 2015). For example, through the use of critical thinking, learning by doing, or collaborative work; promoting and enabling the identification of opportunities (Anderson & Jack, 2008;Canavati et al, 2016;Ertuna et al, 2011), and facilitating the development of competences associated with increasing motivation for entrepreneurship (Farhangmehr et al, 2016).…”

“…The detection of such opportunities will be possible thanks to the possession of certain skills and knowledge (Canavati et al, 2016;Ikebuaku & Dinbabo, 2018). This is because the opportunity is both discovered and created (Ding, 2019).…”

“…Active learning methods enable the development of certain skills relating to entrepreneurs, such as: (a) autonomy or self-realization (Feder & Nit xu-Antonie, 2017;Sesen & Pruett, 2014); (b) visual thinking (Gismera et al, 2021;Mohedano-Suanes & Benı´tez, 2018); (c) design thinking (Gonza´lez-Lo´pez et al 2019;Kodrat, 2018); or (d) critical thinking and improving communication or interaction skills, thanks to active learning methods such as cooperative learning through the use of case studies (Bell, 2015;Farhangmehr et al, 2016;Martı´nez-Gregorio et al, 2021). Therefore, the use of these methodologies can facilitate not only the development of these skills but also an improvement in PO amongst students whose teachers use them (Hytti et al, 2010;Kodrat, 2018), thus boosting individuals' EI (Canavati et al, 2016;Ertuna et al, 2011), This overturns ''the traditional conception that entrepreneurial acumen can only be honed outside a classroom environment'' (Ding, 2019;p. 11).…”