TITLE:
Developing Professional Skills of the Convict through Entrepreneurship Education
AUTHORS:
Pauline Balabuch, Antonio Carlos de Francisco, Eliane Pinheiro, Carla Cristine Sokulski, João Paulo Aires
KEYWORDS:
Professional Education, Teaching, Entrepreneurship Education, Innovation, Professional Skills, Convict
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.10 No.13,
December
11,
2019
ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to propose an innovative model for the
development of the convict’s professional skills through the teaching of
Entrepreneurship. The importance of this research resides in the survey and
presentation of data that show the possibility of developing the convict’s
professional skills, which may provide their reinsertion in the labor market.
Therefore, it is an exploratory study with qualitative approach that comprises
two stages: sampling and analytical, which support the development and
application of the model named Professional Education Program with emphasis on
the Entrepreneurial Spiral—PEP with EnSp. Thereafter, the data analysis and the
development of professional skills are presented, and the results point
positively to the promotion of teaching Entrepreneurship to the convict through
the PEP with EnSp. Thus, it becomes evident the opportunities for learning and
development of the convicts’ professional skills through the teaching of Entrepreneurship,
with an innovative model, in order to promote employability among individuals
who need to be reinserted in the labor market.