DIDACTIC-PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICES IN THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE AND POST-GRADUATE COURSES

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  • Daniel Christian Henrique Centro Universitário Curitiba
  • Sieglinde Kindl da Cunh Universidade Positivo

Abstract

The aim of this article is to provide state-of-the-art didactic-pedagogical practices used in the entrepreneurship education of national and foreign under graduation and graduation courses and to prove or refute them through the practices adopted by a post-graduation course in Business Management of a university at Curitiba. Firstly, a historic description of the entrepreneurship education in the universities has been developed as well as its importance in the social economic development of the countries and in the generation of innovations, followed by an explanation of its current situation in the world and in Brazil. In a second stage was outlined the methodology, seeking analyze the main publications on the topic of entrepreneurship education. They were searched in all its contents of the publication, the annals: Enanpad and Egepe; and international periodics: Journal of Business Venturing and Education + Training. They were reviewed, although, publications of the authors of domestic and foreign most authoritative on the subject, as well as other important international journals that address the topic of entrepreneurial training, but not through a general review of publications. The main results show that: the universities are implementing the entrepreneurship education in their curricular grades using more efficient didactic-pedagogical practices, but not putting aside, in most of the times, the traditional methods of education; the professor therefore shall establish a balance between the roles of facilitating and teaching in the process of learning; the professors' former experience and work in small companies will help the students in the process of learning and undertaking. However, it is important to mention, that the incubators are essential for the implementation of the business plans developed by the students.

KEYWORDS: Didactic-pedagogical practices; Entrepreneurship education; Entrepreneurship; Post-graduation; Education.

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Author Biographies

Daniel Christian Henrique, Centro Universitário Curitiba

Mestre em Administração pela Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR). Especialista em Administração de Empresas pela Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV). Bacharel em Economia pela Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Professor no Centro Universitário Curitiba (UNICURITIBA).

Sieglinde Kindl da Cunh, Universidade Positivo

Doutora em Economia pelo Instituto de Economia da Universidade de Campinas (UNICAMP). Professora/Pesquisadora pela Universidade Positivo.

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2008-11-13

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