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  • About
  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Exploring the current trends in curriculum design of entrepreneur education programmes through three case studies, in Cape Town, South Africa

Sexton, Emma January 2017 (has links)
This comparative case study aims to identify the pedagogic approaches embedded in the design of a selection of entrepreneur education programmes. Three non-profit organisations based in the Western Cape, South Africa, were selected as case studies. While each organisation offers an entrepreneur education programme for previously disadvantaged individuals who are in the early stages of running a business, each programme is unique in terms of its target market industry sector, learning objectives and business outcomes, as well as in its curriculum design intended to enable particular objectives and outcomes to be optimally achieved by the learners (entrepreneurs). Activity Theory and Bernstein's Models of Pedagogy provide analytical frameworks for the study. Data was gathered from three semi-structured interviews carried out with the principal curriculum designer within each organisation, as well as written documents and websites. Engeström's extension of Activity Theory provided the conceptual tools for the first level of analysis of the case data, which identified tensions within and between the activity system elements of each curriculum. Further analysis was conducted utilising Bernstein's models of pedagogy, in order to better understand the key assumptions about learning and knowledge underpinning each of the curricula. Within each Activity System, significant tensions were identified between the Subjects, the Rules and Object; the Subjects, the Tools and the Object; and the Subjects, the Division of Labour, and the Object. Two approaches to pedagogy were evident within the three curricula, which aligned to Bernstein's competence and performance models of pedagogy. By drawing on the tensions identified through mapping the curriculum using Activity Theory, the thesis proposes that the two pedagogic models should be seen as a continuum and can be used to identify key questions to consider in the design of entrepreneur education curriculum, in order to ensure a well-informed curriculum aligned to adult learning theory and to the programme's learning objectives and business outcomes, and which addresses the unique context in terms of target market. Further research is necessary to understand whether the programmes which combine elements from various models of pedagogy do indeed enjoy better outcomes.
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Do Entrepreneur Courses Matter? : An Investigation of Students from Swedish University, Mälardalen University

Centeno, Ignacio, Peng, He, Punthapong, Parityada January 2008 (has links)
<p>The purpose is to investigate the relationship between Entrepreneur</p><p>perspectives and education objectives in order to explore students´</p><p>attitudes towards the course and also their expectations to become an</p><p>Entrepreneur.</p>
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Do Entrepreneur Courses Matter? : An Investigation of Students from Swedish University, Mälardalen University

Centeno, Ignacio, Peng, He, Punthapong, Parityada January 2008 (has links)
The purpose is to investigate the relationship between Entrepreneur perspectives and education objectives in order to explore students´ attitudes towards the course and also their expectations to become an Entrepreneur.
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O empreendedorismo como instrumento de desenvolvimento. O programa IES/SOFTEX.

Braga, João Nestor de Pinho e January 2003 (has links)
p. 1-123 / Submitted by Santiago Fabio (fabio.ssantiago@hotmail.com) on 2013-03-26T18:12:33Z No. of bitstreams: 1 11111.pdf: 1065331 bytes, checksum: 433b17e47e141509ab82ff3319251b0d (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Tatiana Lima(tatianasl@ufba.br) on 2013-04-08T18:29:46Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 11111.pdf: 1065331 bytes, checksum: 433b17e47e141509ab82ff3319251b0d (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2013-04-08T18:29:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 11111.pdf: 1065331 bytes, checksum: 433b17e47e141509ab82ff3319251b0d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2003 / O tema "empreendedorismo e empreendedor" vem ocupando lugar de destaque nos estudos e pesquisas de vários campos da ciência, notadamente na administração. Nas duas últimas décadas, universidades, organizações e governos, têm se debruçado sobre esse objeto de pesquisa na procura por um melhor entendimento, abordando-o como uma das variáveis importantes na busca pelo desenvolvimento. O Brasil elegeu a difusão do empreendedorismo como uma das formas de dinamizar alguns segmentos de mercado do País. Este trabalho busca acrescentar uma contribuição ao entendimento do empreendedorismo, no que se refere à habilitação e emergência de novos empreendedores. Esta capacitação, contudo, é um assunto controverso, não existindo ainda uma aceitação consensual quanto a ser factível. Na primeira parte deste trabalho, o tema "empreendedorismo e empreendedor" é apresentado, e a seguir é discutida a possibilidade de capacitação empreendedora. Na segunda parte, é feito um estudo de caso do Programa IES/SOFTEX, onde é abordada a exeqüibilidade do modelo de capacitação adotado por esse programa. O IES/SOFTEX foi implementado com a missão de capacitar os alunos de graduação, dos cursos superiores de informática e ciência da computação, a serem empreendedores. Um modelo de capacitação foi criado, associando uma disciplina de capacitação empreendedora a uma incubadora, para acolher e materializar os planos de negócio oriundos desta disciplina. O referido programa é uma complementaridade ao Programa SOFTEX, criado pelo governo brasileiro com o objetivo de acelerar o crescimento da indústria de software. Na parte final do trabalho estão reunidas as conclusões decorrentes deste estudo, onde constata-se a difusão gradual do conceito empreendedor. Nesta estão assinalados a validade do modelo adotado, alguns fatores críticos e limitantes e sua aplicabilidade a outros segmentos de indústria. Estes elementos estão ali registrados e comentados, sendo também sugeridas possíveis melhorias. / Salvador

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