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Fostering Entrepreneurship in Higher Education, by Problem-Based Learning

In: Education Tools for Entrepreneurship

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  • P. I. Santateresa

    (Florida Universitaria)

Abstract

This research describes the methodology used in the teaching of the subject market research, focused on problem-based learning, where the purpose is to think during development of research, through the practical application of market research in Tourism degree. The results show that this method increases the motivation of students, inviting them to become more involved in the process and approach the professional reality. The quantitative study of the results of the evaluation surveys and satisfaction of the subject, we observed that a collaborative methodology sustained in problem-based learning increases student motivation and it allows teacher to improve the quality in teaching. In their last academical year, students are more professional concerns, recording to the education reforms are committed to integrate the promotion of entrepreneurship in the classroom, the project pretends to work as a team for a tourism based company, holding in problem-based learning.

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  • P. I. Santateresa, 2016. "Fostering Entrepreneurship in Higher Education, by Problem-Based Learning," Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management, in: Marta Peris-Ortiz & Jaime Alonso Gómez & Francisco Vélez-Torres & Carlos Rueda-Armengot (ed.), Education Tools for Entrepreneurship, chapter 0, pages 167-182, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:innchp:978-3-319-24657-4_13
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-24657-4_13
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