Designing an Entrepreneurial Learning Model in Primary Education

Abstract

The present study presents an entrepreneurial learning model in primary education. The research is applied in nature and follows an exploratory method. Data collection was carried out using a mixed-method approach (quantitative and qualitative), with the data collection tools being expert interviews using the Delphi technique and a questionnaire. After the administration of the questionnaire, data analysis in the qualitative section was performed using coding methods (open, axial, and selective), while the quantitative data were analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics via SPSS 16 and Smart PLS software. Descriptive statistics, including frequency, percentage frequency, frequency distribution tables, chart creation, and the description of respondent characteristics, were used to describe the data. In the inferential analysis, factor analysis was conducted to analyze the data. The results indicated that the components of entrepreneurial educational factors, organizational entrepreneurial factors, extra-organizational entrepreneurial factors, individual factors, and finally, entrepreneurial management factors, all had factor loadings greater than 0.3 and were therefore not excluded from the factor analysis process. Consequently, all five components, along with their indices, were accepted as the dimensions and components of the entrepreneurial learning model in primary education. The model fit indices in the factor analysis confirm the adequacy of the model fit.