CRiEDO professors and researchers José Luís Muñoz and David Rodríguez Gómez have published a new scientific article entitled “Entrepreneurial intention among future education professionals.”
The article analyses entrepreneurial intention among Education Sciences students, understood as a transversal competence in Higher Education to address social, pedagogical, and organisational challenges. Entrepreneurship is conceived beyond the creation of businesses and incorporates pedagogical innovation and social impact. An exploratory study was conducted through a questionnaire addressed to students enrolled in degrees in Early Childhood Education, Primary Education, Pedagogy, and Social Education at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
The instrument included measures of entrepreneurial, intrapreneurial, and social entrepreneurial intentions, along with key competencies related to opportunity recognition and evaluation, risk management, future vision, creativity, value creation, and resilience.
The results indicate that intrapreneurial and social intentions are higher than traditional entrepreneurship. Competencies show an overall favourable perception, with higher ratings for risk management, future vision, and value creation. Patterns associated with age and academic year are also observed, suggesting progression in both disposition and self-perceived competence.
It is concluded that entrepreneurship is interpreted as a tool for pedagogical innovation and social transformation. Its curricular integration is recommended through active methodologies, evidence-based assessment, and alignment with European frameworks such as EntreComp, in order to promote transfer to professional practice and the sustainability of projects with educational and social value.
You can read the article here.
