En la actualidad, la educación emprendedora está tomando un rol fundamental para fomentar el emprendimiento en todo el mundo, ya que tanto las economías desarrolladas o aquellas en vía de desarrollo consideran al emprendimiento como una alternativa para salir de la crisis económica y la incertidumbre laboral, que principalmente se ve en los jóvenes. Por ello, las universidades vienen desarrollando diferentes programas de educación emprendedora para fomentar esta intención y en este vínculo algunas investigaciones consideran como algo positivo el impacto de estos programas; mientras que otras, sostienen lo contrario. En el presente trabajo se han revisado investigaciones de los últimos 5 años relacionadas a la intención y educación emprendedoras, dado que dentro de esta participación existen posturas a favor y en contra de la influencia de los factores situacionales y personales. Además, se identifican y plantean nuevas líneas de investigación, de tal manera que los resultados contribuyan a comprender el proceso de formación de la intención emprendedora, para que así, tanto la academia como el gobierno, las empresas, los investigadores y actores interesados puedan desarrollar propuestas más acertadas. / At present, entrepreneurial education is taking a fundamental role in fostering entrepreneurship worldwide, since both developed and developing economies see entrepreneurship as an alternative to get out of the economic crisis and job uncertainty. , which is mostly seen in young people. For this reason, universities have been developing different entrepreneurial education programs to foster entrepreneurial intent, and in this connection, some research considers the impact of these programs to be positive, while others maintain the opposite. In the present work, investigations of the last 5 years related to entrepreneurial intention and entrepreneurial education have been reviewed, within this relationship the positions for and against the influence of situational and personal factors. In addition, new lines of research are identified and proposed, so that the results contribute to understanding the process of entrepreneurial intention formation, so that the academy, government, companies, researchers and stakeholders can develop proposals more successful.

The problem this study addresses is the relationship among the constructs content knowledge, beliefs, and previous experiences of prospective elementary teachers. The 36 participants in the study, 35 females and one male, were recent graduates from a five-year Elementary Education licensure program at a major university located in the Mid-Atlantic region. A correlational research design was used to investigate the relationships that might exist among the three constructs using Praxis I Pre-professional Math test scores, Beliefs Survey scores, and Previous Mathematics Experience Questionnaire [PMEQ] scores. Scores from the Praxis I Pre-professional Math test were self-reported and verified by the Licensure Coordinator in the Center for Teacher Education [CTE]. Scores for the Beliefs Survey and Previous Mathematics Experience Questionnaire [PMEQ] were collected from the survey and questionnaire completed by each participant and the data were analyzed using SPSS software. A frequency distribution was constructed for the Praxis I Math Test scores, the Beliefs Survey scores, and the PMEQ scores. A Pearson correlation was constructed to analyze the relationship among the following variables: Praxis I Math Test, beliefs, and previous mathematics experiences (feelings, teaching tools, and quantity of math courses taken). An alpha level of .05 was used for all statistical tests. A significant positive correlation was found to exist between Praxis I Math Test scores and feelings about mathematics using a two-tailed test indicating that prospective elementary math teachers who have higher Praxis I math test scores tend to report having more positive feelings about mathematics. A significant negative correlation was found to exist between beliefs and teaching tools using a two-tailed test. This indicates a tendency by prospective teachers to favor more relational beliefs when their previous experiences included the use of a wide variety of teaching tools. The prospective teachers' responses to the essay question and interview questions support their stated beliefs about the importance of teachers emphasizing relational understanding. On their essay responses, all 36 participants indicated a desire to provide a relational oriented learning-environment in their future classrooms. The findings in the study support the notion that the prospective teachers in this group with stronger content knowledge tended to report more positive feelings about mathematics. They also tended to favor a relational teaching/learning environment if they had experiences using a wide variety of teaching tools. No significant correlation was found to exist between any of the other variables that were tested. / Ph. D.