Proactivity or proactive behavior by individuals refers to anticipatory, change-oriented, and self-initiated behavior. Proactive behavior involves acting in advance of a future situation, rather than just reacting. It means taking control and making things happen rather than just adjusting to a situation or waiting for something to happen. Proactive citizenship implies assuming and taking co-responsibility for the defense and care for the fundamental principles of life in society, which, currently, implies knowing how to act and actively care for the sustainability of the ecosystem in which we live.
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Entrepreneurship Education: A Dimension of Citizenship Education
Francisco Banha (University of Algarve, Portugal & CEFAGE, University of Evora, Portugal & and University of Algarve, Portugal),
Sandra Saúde (Polytechnic Institute of Beja, Portugal & CICS, NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal), and Adão Jesus Gonçalves Flores (University of Algarve, Portugal)
Copyright: © 2021
|Pages: 26
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-4402-0.ch006
Abstract
This chapter is based on the assumptions, methodologies, and results of two intermunicipal entrepreneurship education projects carried out in Portugal, specifically in Dão Lafões and Baixo Alentejo regions. It analyzes and demonstrates how, in formal and/or non-formal educational contexts, developing work methodologies that promote entrepreneurship consolidate competencies of creativity, proactivity, group work, planning, division of tasks, focus on problem solving, which are fundamental to full and active citizenship. The projects undertaken, supported on learning by doing methodology involved different agents of the communities beyond the schools, are and/or have been valuable contributions to the formation of more autonomous and proactive citizens with a democratic, pluralistic, critical, and creative spirit. Entrepreneurship is a competence for life. Taking initiative, mobilizing others, and getting them on board with ideas and/or solutions to problems are useful skills for daily life in our society and contribute to the sustainability of our common world.