A Comparative Study of Entrepreneurship Education in Pre-university Education Institutions in England and Belgium, and the Possibility of benefiting from it in Egypt.

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Department of Comparative Education and Educational Administration Faculty of Education - Sohag University - Arab Republic of Egypt

Abstract

The current study aimed to reveal the features of entrepreneurship education in pre-university education institutions in England and Belgium, the most important cultural forces and factors affecting it, conduct a comparative analytical study between the two countries in this field, and extract some recommendations and procedural proposals that may contribute to the activation and development of entrepreneurship education in Egyptian pre-university education institutions.
The problem of the study was determined in an attempt to reveal the features of entrepreneurship education in pre-university education institutions in England and Belgium, and the cultural forces and factors affecting it in order to set of recommendations and procedural proposals that may contribute to the development of entrepreneurship education in Egyptian pre-university education institutions in the light of the experiences of the two countries. and in accordance with the conditions of Egyptian society.
The study used the comparative method, which is the most appropriate and appropriate method for such a study. It reached a number of results, the most important of which are:
1-    Belgium has a specific national strategy for Entrepreneurship Education in the three societies. In England, the government has not adopted a national strategy to support Entrepreneurship Education in pre-university education institutions. Instead, the focus has been on smaller initiatives covering secondary and primary schools.
2-    The objectives of the strategy of Entrepreneurship Education in Belgian pre-university education institutions are similar to the objectives of plans and projects for Entrepreneurship Education in England pre-university education institutions.
3-    The two countries are similar in the presence of a set of policies and procedures that support entrepreneurship education plans and projects in primary and secondary schools.
4-    The two countries are similar in that there are many initiatives related to the implementation of strategies, plans and projects for Entrepreneurship Education in pre-university education institutions in the two countries.
5-    The two countries are similar in their interest in training and preparing teachers in general, and providing many programs, projects and activities to prepare and train them before and during service.
6-    The two countries differ in the name (Entrepreneurship Education) in their schools and educational institutions. While this type of education is known in Belgium as: Entrepreneurship Education, in England there is another form of education closely related to it, which is Enterprise Education.
In light of the experiences of both England and Belgium pre-university education institutions in the field of Entrepreneurship Education, the researcher was able to formulate a set of recommendations and procedural proposals that might be useful in developing Entrepreneurship Education in Egyptian pre-university education institutions.

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