Designing an optimal model to improve entrepreneurship education by focusing on weaknesses in the educational system

Document Type : research article

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1 PhD candidate in educational management, Marand Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marand, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Marand Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marand, Iran,

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Management, Shebester Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shebester, Iran

10.22080/eps.2025.28089.2291

Abstract

Aim: Entrepreneurial skills training faces challenges that reduce its effectiveness, necessitating an improved model for optimizing educational planning. Therefore, the purpose of the present study is to design an optimal model to improve entrepreneurship education by focusing on the weaknesses in the educational system.
Methodology: This study employs a mixed-methods (qualitative-quantitative) exploratory approach. In the qualitative section, content analysis was used to identify existing deficiencies in entrepreneurial skills education in schools. In the quantitative section, exploratory factor analysis was applied to categorize the identified factors, and the Friedman test was used for ranking the categories. The study's statistical population was divided into qualitative and quantitative sections. In the qualitative section, 20 experts in entrepreneurship education were selected, while in the quantitative section, 170 teachers involved in entrepreneurship skills training at the second level of secondary schools were chosen through convenience sampling from an estimated total of 275 teachers. SPSS software was used for exploratory factor analysis and the Friedman test.
Results: The findings indicate that "infrastructural factors in entrepreneurial skills education in schools," "content-related factors," "physical environment factors," and "teachers' scientific knowledge" are among the key factors influencing the improvement and enhancement of entrepreneurial skills education in schools.
Conclusions and suggestions: To improve entrepreneurial skills education in schools, it is essential to strengthen infrastructure, educational content, physical environment, and teachers' scientific knowledge. Accordingly, effective and efficient planning of entrepreneurship courses in schools requires consideration of a set of key and interrelated factors within the framework of existing deficiencies in entrepreneurship education.
Innovation and originality: This study, focusing on the local pathology of entrepreneurship education in Tabriz schools and identifying four key influencing factors, possesses thematic originality and practical innovation. Its findings can be utilized for planning entrepreneurship education in schools.

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Journal of Educational Planning Studies
Volume 14, Issue 27
September 2025
Pages 46-72

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  • Receive Date: 31 January 2025
  • Revise Date: 14 March 2025
  • Accept Date: 26 April 2025

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