Abstract:

The University of Jaén is a pioneer in the promotion of entrepreneurial culture and has been funding projects that promote entrepreneurship for more than 10 years [1]. It is clear that entrepreneurial activity is currently a driving force for economic development at local, regional and national level [2]. The Andalusian Government also promotes entrepreneurship with the Business Promotion Plan and Law 14/2013 on support for entrepreneurs [3, 4].

Our Research Group has been participating in different projects on the promotion of entrepreneurial culture and presenting papers at congresses related to these issues. For example, at the EDULEARN congress in 2018 we presented a paper on this topic [5], and at the TAEE2020 congress [6] another one.
The result of this experience was very enriching, both for the students and for the teachers participating in the project. For this reason, among others, this year we are also participating in another project within the framework of the promotion of entrepreneurial culture entitled: "Business models in the field of photovoltaic solar energy". The main idea of this project is to initiate and encourage our engineering students in the entrepreneurial culture and in particular in the field of photovoltaic solar energy in order that they will be able to devise possible businesses in this field.

In this paper, we present the results that has being achieved with the students by initiating them in the subject of entrepreneurship. The following milestones will be presented:
Planning for learning and application of entrepreneurship ideas within the engineering subjects these students are taking. Emphasis is put on the application of entrepreneurship ideas in subjects they are studying related to the field of solar photovoltaic energy.
Type of activities carried out by students in order to reinforce their knowledge of entrepreneurial culture. For example, activities such as visits to technological parks, meetings with entrepreneurs, teamwork on entrepreneurship issues, etc. have been carried out.
Assessment carried out on the students so that the professors involved in the teaching of entrepreneurial culture ideas can determine the degree of knowledge acquired by the students.

References:
[1] Promotion of Entrepreneurial Culture at the University of Jaén
Retrieved from https://empleo.ujaen.es/emprender/fomento-cultura-emprendedora [March 2023]
[2] A. S. Thomas and S. L. Mueller. "A case for comparative entrepreneurship: Assessing the relevance of culture". Journal of International Business Studies, 31, 287-301, 2000
[3] Decree 219/2011, Plan for the Promotion of Entrepreneurial Culture in the Andalusian Public Education System
[4] Law 14/2013, 27th September 2013
[5] C. Rus-Casas, G. Jiménez Castillo, L. Hontoria, M.D. La Rubia Gª, D. Eliche Quesada, J. D. Aguilar. “Creation of personal learning environments to initiate entrepreneurship to engineering students”. EDULEARN18
[6] C. Rus-Casas, L. Hontoria, G. Jiménez Castillo, F.J.Muñoz, J. D. Aguilar. Teaching experiences. “Developing the transversal skill of entrepreneurship in the classroom”. XIV Technologies Applied to Electronics Teaching Conference (TAEE). 2020

Keywords:

Entrepreneurship, Career Development.