GİRİŞİMCİLİK BECERİSİNİN SOSYAL BİLGİLER ÖĞRETMENLERİ TARAFINDAN DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ

Abstract

The present study aimed to investigate the views of social studies teachers on entrepreneurshipskills using the phenomenology design. The study data was collected with semi-structuredinterviews. Criterion sampling was used in the research. The study criterion included the socialstudies teachers that instructed the course in 5th and 6th grades since it was stated in socialstudies curriculum that entrepreneurship skills should be acquired in the 5th and 6th grades. Tensocial studies teachers, who were employed in various schools in Aydın province districts,participated in the study. Data collected in the study were analyzed with content analysis.Teachers described entrepreneurship skills with risk taking, curiosity, being brave, discoveringneeds, generating ideas, thinking differently, being confident, active, and prioritizing the socialwelfare. Teachers emphasized mental, emotional and social traits among the behavior of thestudents with entrepreneurship skills. They mentioned environmental, familial, personal andeducation-related points on the factors that affect entrepreneurial skills were analyzed.Upskillingbetter entrepreneurship skills within the context of educational and instructionalactivities, the teachers provided information by utilizing the environment. Majority of teachersmentioned that they conducted various activities and utilized the material for the students toacquire entrepreneurship skills. Several teachers measured the students’ entrepreneurship skillsvia observations in the process. Furthermore, social studies teachers suggested thatentrepreneurship should be instructed more clearly in educational activities.