Education and Entrepreneurial Spirit of Vocational High School Girl Students Case of Mazandaran Province

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1 Assistant Professor of Education, Tehran Payam Noor University (PNU)

2 Assistant Professor of Management, University ofMazandaran (UMZ)

3 Graduate Student, Tehran Payam Noor University (PNU

Abstract

Three reasons why we pay attention to entrepreneurship are: creating wealth, building productive employment, and developing technology. It is believed that a revolution is needed for entrepreneurship to take place in societies nowadays. Thus this study is aimed at determining the role education plays in entrepreneurship spirit of vocational high school girl students at three dimensions of stimulating motives, nurturing specifications, and learning skills. The sample was 331 elements; data collection instrument was a related questionnaire with the reliability level of 0.79. The results states that, based on linear comparison, there was not found any relationship between education and three sub-variables related to entrepreneurship spirit, and the mean of three variables within a three-year period among students of the three grades have been similar, and that the curricula offered did not have any positive effects on promotion of entrepreneurship spirit. And, also based on breath-wise comparison, in spite of relative similarity of the mean scores, standard deviation, and dispersion coefficients of three variables, there had been differences among variables in terms of ranking their mean scores, based on the Friedman test. Finally, given these results, some suggestions were offered on how the managers and authorities can improve entrepreneurship spirit by attending to programs and contents of high school syllabus

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Women's Studies Sociological and Psychological
Volume 9, Issue 3
December 2011
Pages 111-141

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