SBL Effectiveness in Teaching Entrepreneurship Skills to Young Immigrant Mothers Head of Household in Colombia: An Experimental Study

Autor: Heidy Rico, Florentino Rico, Mario de la Puente, Carlos De Oro, Elkyn Lugo
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Social Sciences, Vol 11, Iss 4, p 148 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2076-0760
DOI: 10.3390/socsci11040148
Popis: This article analyses the perception of the effectiveness of the Simulation-Based Learning method in enhancing entrepreneurship skills and academic performance in 78 young immigrant mothers head of household in Colombia in an entrepreneurship course titled Youth and Entrepreneurship. A Wilcoxon signed rank test, and a Kendall Tau correlation coefficient were used to analyze the perceptions and academic performance from the sample studied during a five-month period. A pre-test, post-test, and achievement of academic objectives questionnaire were applied, as well as a verification test of previous knowledge and a focus group at the end of the entrepreneurship course. It was found that SBL enhance the Planning and Management Skills and the Communication Skill and does not fulfill all the course objectives. This study contributes to the analysis of the effectiveness of unconventional teaching methods in different socioeconomic contexts.
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