Estudos e experiências na área de educação empreendedora e estímulo à inovação para crianças e jovens: uma análise comparativa

Abstract

Entrepreneurship in its meaning and contemporary sense, which is not restricted to doing business, is established as a cultural phenomenon and entrepreneurial education as a relevant field for the formation of this culture of stimulating the creative spirit, innovation and the search for improving solutions in the contexts in which individuals are inserted. Given the importance of this subject and the need to promote it in order to promote the improvement and enhancement of entrepreneurial education in Brazil, this study sought to identify studies and experiments in entrepreneurial education and encouraging innovation, presenting possibilities for its implementation at the school context, based on studies and experiences aimed at children and young people. It is an applied research, with hybrid approach, combining quantitative and qualitative methods, in order to obtain a rich and contextual basis to interpret and validate the results. The study consisted of three steps, namely: (1) Bibliometric research in the databases SCOPUS (Elsevier) and WEB OF SCIENCE, as well as in the search engine of the company Amazon; (2) Comparative study of the most cited publications, in order to verify the points of convergence and/or divergence between the proposals focused on entrepreneurial education and innovation in the child and youth context, nationally and internationally; and (3) understanding of the local scenario, investigating if innovative entrepreneurship has been promoted in schools in Maceió - AL. The results found in the study indicate the increase in the number of researches about the subject, however they point to a small quantity of publications focusing especially on children. In addition, they reveal the need to approach these studies with the professionals responsible for conducting the pedagogical work focused on entrepreneurial education and innovation in most investigated contexts. The aim of this research is to enable the elaboration of pedagogical subsidies to encourage entrepreneurial education since childhood.