Ensino do empreendedorismo: para crianças do ensino fundamental no município de Chapecó

Abstract

Entrepreneurship has occupied an important position over the last few years in Brazil, including in basic education, such as elementary and high school, bringing with it the entrepreneurial culture and teaching about entrepreneurship. The present work had as problematic to understand how the teaching of entrepreneurship to elementary school students is being worked in the city of Chapecó/SC, thus seeking with main objective to analyze how the teaching of entrepreneurship is applied in elementary education between 6th to 9th grade in schools in the city of Chapecó/SC, seeking an innovative construction, motivational in each child since the basic education. For the goal to be achieved, a mapping of entrepreneurship teaching actions in elementary education was carried out, identifying which are the main references of entrepreneurship teaching in the municipality of Chapecó/SC, checking how entrepreneurship actions are developed in the municipality, which are the subjects that promote entrepreneurial actions. A qualitative study was developed, classified as to the ends, being descriptive and as to the means being bibliographic and field research. The data collection was carried out by means of focus group interviews conducted in person at the Municipal Education Secretary - SEDUC, through a sample by representativeness and accessibility. The results show that entrepreneurship education plays a fundamental role in the personal and professional development of elementary school students. Still, it is a new aspect of studies and many novelties end up appearing in the course of development, positively surprising those who apply the teaching, however, daily construction and adaptations are part of the process, demanding mainly from students, teachers and coordinators; innovation, planning, sustainability and commitment to the promotion of entrepreneurship teaching for elementary school students.