Environmental Factors, Personal Factors, and the Entrepreneurial Intentions of University Students from the Perspective of the Theory of Planned Behavior: Contributions to a Sustainable Vision of Entrepreneurship in the Business Area Vilma Geni Slomski, Antonio Vicente Tavares de Souza Junior, Carlos Eduardo Facin Lavarda, Itzhak David Simão Kaveski, Valmor Slomski, Ronaldo Frois de Carvalho, Ana Lucia Fontes de Souza Vasconcelos Sustainability Switzerland, 2024 This study analyzed the relationship between environmental and cognitive factors and the entrepreneurial intentions of business students from the perspective of the Planned Behavior Theory. Data were collected in the classroom through a questionnaire that was distributed to 229 freshmen in the first year of the Accounting, Economics and Administration course, and the analysis was carried out using the Partial Least Squares - Structural Equation Model (PLS-SEM). It was found that education and conducive business environments are predictive of cognitive factors, such as a favorable evaluation of an entrepreneurial career choice and social pressures, with indirect effects on intentions to undertake entrepreneurship (EI). In addition, entrepreneurial intentions are influenced by cognitive factors, such as a positive evaluation of an entrepreneurial career and perceived entrepreneurial ability. This demonstrates that environmental factors potentiate cognitive factors and, indirectly, the intention to undertake entrepreneurship (EI). It was identified that public policies do not influence the perceived entrepreneurial capacity and that social pressures are not predictive of the surveyed students’ intentions to undertake entrepreneurship. These data require the attention of universities and governments to create environments that are conducive to entrepreneurship and students’ decisions to engage with sustainable projects and business models. It is concluded that environmental factors are predictive of cognitive aspects with positive and significant effects on the entrepreneurial career intentions of university students. An entrepreneurial attitude and the ability to transform ideas into actions create space for the promotion of a student micro-entrepreneur and the cultivation of a sustainable entrepreneurial culture in higher education.
Cases of educational practice in the learning of university teachers Vilma Geni Slomski, Jessica Barros Anastacio, Adriana Maria Procopio de Araujo, Valmor Slomski, Ronaldo Fróes de Carvalho Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2020 Esta pesquisa teve como objetivo analisar os tipos de saberes que se fazem presentes em casos da prática educativa relatados por professores que atuam em curso de graduação em Ciências Contábeis oferecido por instituições públicas de ensino superior. Realizou-se uma pesquisa exploratória de abordagem qualitativa. Os autorrelatos de casos foram coletados por meio de entrevista em profundidade e analisados por meio da análise de conteúdo. Os casos versaram sobre três tipos de problemas/dilemas que permeiam o processo de ensino-aprendizagem: o uso de tecnologias na educação; métodos de ensino; e o comportamento do estudante. Foi possível constatar um conjunto de saberes e de crenças sobre o ato de ensinar e de aprender que parecem influenciar o modo como os professores se posicionam na docência. Tais saberes se mostraram plurais e provenientes de fontes diversas: saberes disciplinares, curriculares, pedagógicos, experienciais e pessoais. No enfrentamento das situações conflitivas, os docentes mobilizaram e colocaram em ação conhecimentos, habilidades, crenças e valores, explicitando-os, reconhecendo-os e tentando modificá-los para atender às exigências e às complexidades do ensino. Conclui-se que os casos da prática educativa se apresentam como uma oportunidade para a aproximação dos saberes docentes e para uma melhor compreensão do processo de aprender a profissão.
