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Developing children's non-cognitive skills by early entrepreneurship education

  • Zhaojun, Pang (School of Education, Xi'an Fanyi University) ;
  • Heng, Zhang (College of innovation and entrepreneurship, Xi'an Fanyi University)
  • Received : 2022.04.11
  • Accepted : 2022.06.17
  • Published : 2023.01.25
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Abstract

This research aims to explore the influence of early entrepreneurial education on cognitive and non-cognitive abilities of male sixth-grade primary school pupils using a randomized pretest-posttest control group design. A total of 45 students were randomly allocated to experimental, active-control, and control groups using a multi-stage random selection procedure. The experimental group was taught entrepreneurship using the Bizworld entrepreneurship education package. The active control group did not get entrepreneurship education but was instructed on a non-entrepreneurship-related issue (hygiene). The Control group received no instruction. The findings revealed that early entrepreneurial education skills impacted noncognitive abilities (such as risk-taking propensity, creativity, self-efficacy, persistence, and need for achievement). Early entrepreneurship education seems to be an effective technique for developing children's non-cognitive abilities in the late years of primary school. As a result, entrepreneurship education may be taught in primary schools, emphasizing the development of non-cognitive abilities, which will affect children's individual, educational, social, and vocational futures and can have long-term advantages for students, families, and society.

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Acknowledgement

This work was supported by the research team of Xi'an Fanyi University, Project NO.XFU20KYTDC01; Stage research results of Shaanxi Basic Education Reform Project (Project No.JYTYB2022-13); Research results of Shaanxi Social Science Foundation Project (Project No. 2022P027).

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