Development of Entrepreneurship Skills for Students Creative Thinking Support in Higher Education

2019 International Conference in Engineering Applications (ICEA 2019): Proceedings 2019
Nadežda Kuņicina, Ivana Bilic, Anatolijs Zabašta, Jeļena Čaiko, Leonīds Ribickis

Тhe development of entrepreneurship skills for next generation of students is a priority for Latvian Ministry of Science and Education (LMSE). In order to promote the development of students’ innovation and entrepreneurial abilities, the LMSE has developed a new model of student grant system, which was supported by the Cabinet of Ministers. The new efficient methodology approach for entrepreneurship skills development from a school by the higher education level and promotion of business development skills on the next education stages is the aim of this paper. The paper describes an approach that combines Project Based Learning method applied for the acquisition of product prototype design and planning skills by the students of electrical engineering branch. The work is based on the principle that the complexity of entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial competences and the ability to find a universal set of personal characteristics and environmental factors that would classified one individual as entrepreneur.

Keywords
Education entrepreneurship, creative thinking; product development; higher education
DOI
10.1109/CEAP.2019.8883450
Hyperlink
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8883450

Kuņicina, N., Bilic, I., Zabašta, A., Čaiko, J., Ribickis, L. Development of Entrepreneurship Skills for Students Creative Thinking Support in Higher Education. In: 2019 International Conference in Engineering Applications (ICEA 2019): Proceedings, Portugal, Sao Miguel, 8-11 July, 2019. Piscataway: IEEE, 2019, pp.1-6. ISBN 978-1-7281-2963-1. e-ISBN 978-1-7281-2962-4. Available from: doi:10.1109/CEAP.2019.8883450

Publication language
English (en)