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<p>The aim of the study is to identify the entrepreneurial tendencies of primary school fourth grade students. The study was designed using the survey research model, which is one of the quantitative research methods. The participants of the study are 505 students attending the fourth grade of a primary school affiliated to the Ministry of National Education in the province of Izmir, located in the western region of Turkey, during the 2020–2021 school year. The Personal Information Form developed by the authors and the Entrepreneurial Tendency Inventory for Children (ÇGEE) developed by Yurtseven and Ergün (2018) were used to collect the data of the study. The data obtained were analyzed using the statistical package program. The findings of the study indicate that while a significant difference is found in all of the entrepreneurship tendencies inventory factors in terms of gender, a significant difference is found only in the innovativeness factor based on the number of siblings. Based on the social activities that the students participated in, it is found that there is a significant difference for the students who deal with dancing. While no significant difference was found based on the mothers’ educational background, a significant difference was found in the success and problem-solving factors based on the fathers’ educational background.</p>
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The aim of the study is to identify the entrepreneurial tendencies of primary school fourth grade students. The study was designed using the survey research model, which is one of the quantitative research methods. The participants of the study are 505 students attending the fourth grade of a primary school affiliated to the Ministry of National Education in the province of Izmir, located in the western region of Turkey, during the 2020–2021 school year. The Personal Information Form developed by the authors and the Entrepreneurial Tendency Inventory for Children (ÇGEE) developed by Yurtseven and Ergün (2018) were used to collect the data of the study. The data obtained were analyzed using the statistical package program. The findings of the study indicate that while a significant difference is found in all of the entrepreneurship tendencies inventory factors in terms of gender, a significant difference is found only in the innovativeness factor based on the number of siblings. Based on the social activities that the students participated in, it is found that there is a significant difference for the students who deal with dancing. While no significant difference was found based on the mothers’ educational background, a significant difference was found in the success and problem-solving factors based on the fathers’ educational background.

Entrepreneurship Tendencies of Primary School Students and Variables Affecting Their Entrepreneurial Tendency

Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education

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The aim of the study is to identify the entrepreneurial tendencies of primary school fourth grade students. The study was designed using the survey research...

Entrepreneurship Tendencies of Primary School Students and Variables Affecting Their Entrepreneurial Tendency

Publié en ligne: 15 nov. 2022

Pages: 40 - 56

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/dcse-2022-0017

Mots clés
entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial trends, primary school student

© 2022 Nuray Kurtdede Fidan et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Entrepreneurship Tendencies of Primary School Students and Variables Affecting Their Entrepreneurial Tendency

Publié en ligne: 15 nov. 2022

Pages: 40 - 56

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/dcse-2022-0017

Mots clésentrepreneurship, entrepreneurial trends, primary school student

© 2022 Nuray Kurtdede Fidan et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial trends, primary school student