Designing the Structural Model of the Entrepreneurial Education System in Technical and Vocational Schools and Presenting a Model for its Improvement

• Hassan Azizpouryan, Ali ^[1] ; Eslampanah, Maryam ^[1] ; Karamafrooz, Javad ^[1] ; Malekyan, Faramarz ^[1] ; Kavyani, Elham ^[1]
  1. [1] Islamic Azad University

     Islamic Azad University

     Irán

     
• Localización: Revista Publicando, ISSN-e 1390-9304, Vol. 5, Nº. 15, 1 (Abril-Mayo-Junio), 2018, págs. 410-428
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The purpose of this research is to investigate the current status of entrepreneurial education system and to predict the optimal situation of entrepreneurship education system in technical and vocational schools, that for this purpose, the literature of the entrepreneurship education system was first reviewed and then university professors and experts in entrepreneurship were interviewed and based on their ideas, factors affecting the entrepreneurial education system in vocational schools were identified, then, using qualitative section results and identified factors, specific research questions and appropriate tools for the quantitative section were developed. Validity of the questionnaire was approved by professors and entrepreneurs. After performing a questionnaire on a sample size of 30 individuals and extracting the results using SPSS software, the reliability of the sub scales was obtained that the resulting coefficients were acceptable. The results of this study showed that according to the results of exploratory factor analysis and the significant confirmation of the relationship between each of the 9 identified components (entrepreneurship education, psychological characteristics of students, academic and professional counseling, leadership style, management and organization of vocational schools, communication with industry and commercial and managerial skills, attention to content, development of entrepreneurship skills in learners, space and educational equipment, and teaching methods), with current status of an entrepreneurial education system in technical and vocational schools, it is possible to present an entrepreneurial education system in technical and vocational schools.