Um olhar para a educação empreendedora: despertando o espírito empreendedor nos alunos da escola pública.

Abstract

Considering the important role of school as an opinion leader and against a backdrop where the globalized world of work proves increasingly demanding in relation to knowledge, skills and attitudes essential to good training, public policies need to direct educational the priority of education for the formation of a school curriculum that meets the demands social, cultural and business. In this context, the present study was conducted in public schools and municipal Elementary School II or 3rd and 4th cycles in the city of Campina Grande - PB and aimed to analyze the perceptions of school managers about the feasibility of implementation of discipline entrepreneurship in the curriculum. We performed an exploratory study and descriptive through semi-structured interviews and direct observation. The sample represented 26% of the universe studied. The data were analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. The results indicated the predominance of favorable perceptions about the feasibility of the implementation of the entrepreneurship discipline in the school curriculum, but were pointed out some difficulties in this process, mainly related to the bureaucracy of government officials, lack of involvement of all the school, lack of qualification of teaching staff and limitations of physical space.