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Finnish Parents' Attitudes toward Entrepreneurship Education
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Räty, Hannu; Korhonen, Maija; Kasanen, Kati; Komulainen, Katri; Rautiainen, Riitta; Siivonen, Päivi – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2016
This study set out to investigate parental attitudes toward entrepreneurship education as evaluative directing components of social representations. A nationwide sample of parents (N = 625) was asked to indicate their opinions on a set of statements about entrepreneurship education. The parents' attitudinal orientation suggested that they would…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Entrepreneurship, Parent Attitudes, Educational Policy
Do "Good Students" Make Better Entrepreneurs than "Bad Learners?" Ninth-Grade Pupils' Perceptions of Entrepreneurial Abilities within the School's Discursive Practices
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Korhonen, Maija; Komulainen, Katri; Räty, Hannu; Mattanen, Johanna; Hirva, Laura – European Educational Research Journal, 2016
Research on entrepreneurship education (EE) has not discussed the comprehensive school's traditional discourse of abilities and the related aim of categorising pupils according to their "natural" talents. It has also neglected pupils' perceptions of entrepreneurial abilities; however, these perceptions are important for understanding the…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Qualitative Research, Interviews, Talent
Social Representations of Educability in Finland: 20 Years of Continuity and Change
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Raty, Hannu; Komulainen, Katri; Hirva, Laura – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2012
This study set out to replicate a survey conducted 20 years ago on Finnish parents' social representations of educability. A nationwide sample of parents (N = 642) were asked to indicate their opinions on a set of statements pertaining to topical educational issues. The results indicated that educational discussion is still structured by two major…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Influences, Entrepreneurship, Surveys
Risk-Taking Abilities for Everyone? Finnish Entrepreneurship Education and the Enterprising Selves Imagined by Pupils
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Komulainen, Katri; Korhonen, Maija; Raty, Hannu – Gender and Education, 2009
This article examines the spread of the neo-liberal educational policy in Finnish schools by considering entrepreneurship education. We examined the kinds of gendered and classed enterprising selves that were narrated in the Finnish writing competition "Good Enterprise!" written by pupils in the 9th grade of comprehensive school. In…
Descriptors: Competition, Educational Change, Grade 9, Entrepreneurship