The effect of technology-based entrepreneurship education on empowering the entrepreneurial spirit of elementary students (Case study: sixth graders)

This study aimed to investigate the effect of technology-based entrepreneurship education on empowering the entrepreneurial spirit of sixth graders. The applied research and quasi-experimental methods were used with an experimental and a control group. The statistical population included sixty 12-year-old sixth graders in the city of Karaj. A sixth-grade work and technology lesson plan was presented for one month as the research tool. The standard Bahramzadeh et al. Entrepreneurship Spirit Questionnaire (2009) was used as a measurement tool. Content analysis was performed to determine content validity, and Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used to determine reliability. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential analyses in SPSS software. The findings show that technology-based entrepreneurship education has a positive and significant effect on the entrepreneurial spirit of sixth graders.