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Metacognitive awareness and personal characteristics of students: A case of Estonia
Autor/es | Ling, Hannes
Liiv, Innar Toding, Martin Venesaar, Urve |
Coordinador/Director | Liñán, Francisco
Guzmán Cuevas, Joaquín J. |
Fecha de publicación | 2011 |
Fecha de depósito | 2017-04-24 |
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ISBN/ISSN | 978-84-694-7290-3 |
Resumen | Entrepreneurship education has acquired a great importance in higher education for the
development of entrepreneurial thinking, acquiring knowledge and skills for the development
of entrepreneurial initiative among ... Entrepreneurship education has acquired a great importance in higher education for the development of entrepreneurial thinking, acquiring knowledge and skills for the development of entrepreneurial initiative among students. However, there is a need to study more profoundly the input as well as outcome of entrepreneurship training courses, especially concerning the assessment and improvement of training courses for making them more effective. The purpose of this article is to investigate how the courses on entrepreneurship are influencing students‟ metacognitive awareness and whether different personal characteristics of students are connected with and influencing the development of their metacognitive abilities. The article is based on the survey carried out by using students‟ psychological profile questionnaire and additional metacognitive awareness questionnaire. The results of study have been analysed by the tools of linear statistical analysis and clustering methodologies. The results indicate that entrepreneurial mindset and metacognitive awareness are most developed among students presenting higher level of self-confidence, aspiration towards independence and and risk-taking propensity, i.e. entreprising students. On the basis of the results of survey it is possible to make a conclusion that in order to increase students‟ metacognitive awareness the content of courses and teaching methods are important aspects to consider for students with different personal characteristics. |
Cita | Ling, H., Liiv, I., Toding, M. y Venesaar, U. (2011). Metacognitive awareness and personal characteristics of students: A case of Estonia. En 8th ESU Conference on Entrepreneurship (1-18), Sevilla: Universidad de Sevilla. |
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