Prospective Teachers’ Reflection on the Development of Entrepreneurship Competences (EntreComp): A Design-Based Learning Experience

Abstract

Entrepreneurship as a competence fosters personal growth and societal progress by enabling individuals to start or expand businesses with cultural, social, economic, and commercial value-creation motives for societal betterment. The current research was conducted to explore prospective teachers’ reflections based on Design-based learning (DBL) experiences to document the verification of EntreComp Competences development through qualitative research design. The 25 Prospective teachers of a public sector university were purposively selected. These selected participants were interviewed for their experiences of design-based learning to develop entrepreneurship competences aligned with the EntreComp Competences Framework presented by the European Commission in 2016. The data analyzed through the thematic analysis revealed the instructional approach, design-based learning can contribute to developing the entrepreneurship competences of prospective teachers. it is recommended using design-based learning as an instructional technique could lead to more tangible results. Furthermore, effort must be taken to obtain long-term data via learners' reflections on their design experiences.