Internalizing the spirit of entrepreneurship in early childhood education through traditional games
ISSN: 0040-0912
Article publication date: 22 January 2018
Issue publication date: 15 August 2018
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to develop entrepreneurship games for early childhood education (ECE) and to develop a module using a number of systematic approaches.
Design/methodology/approach
There were two studies conducted. Study 1 focused on developing guidelines for traditional games. The games were collected and selected based on their entrepreneurial characteristics. In study 2, the authors selected eight relevant traditional games and then examined their effectiveness at internalizing the spirit of entrepreneurship. For the assessment, the authors trained 40 expert raters from the fields of psychology, ECE, and entrepreneurship studies.
Findings
The results showed that two groups of raters agreed (k=0.64) that the games were effective for internalizing the spirit of entrepreneurship in ECE. In the second part of the study, the authors intended to develop a set of multimedia digital instructions and guidelines for users (e.g. teachers and instructors) as the traditional games provided no written instructions. This study produced the multimedia digital instructions and constructed a set of assessment tools for the teachers to test the effectiveness of the games.
Research limitations/implications
This study focused on developing traditional games into a structured guideline for teachers. However, further investigation is still necessary to gather evidence regarding the validity of the game manual. Future study should focus on testing the effect of the games on ECE as well as students’ entrepreneurial traits.
Originality/value
This study created a new approach by considering local values in developing an entrepreneurship intervention.
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Citation
Jufri, M. and Wirawan, H. (2018), "Internalizing the spirit of entrepreneurship in early childhood education through traditional games", Education + Training, Vol. 60 No. 7/8, pp. 767-780. https://doi.org/10.1108/ET-11-2016-0176
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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