TEACHERS' BELIEFS AND THE FORMATION OF ENTREPRENEURIAL POTENTIAL IN STUDENTS

Entrepreneurship identifies opportunities and mobilises re-sources for personal, social and economic development. In order to move forward in training models, a training pro-gramme for entrepreneurial competence (PEIO) has been developed for students in secondary education, baccalau-reate and vocational training, based on the development of entrepreneurial potential (EP). This programme considers teachers' beliefs about EP as an influential factor in the con-struction of an entrepreneurial culture. The aim of this re-search is to identify teachers' beliefs about entrepreneurial potential as a basis for building an entrepreneurial culture in the classroom. Forty-four teachers from 12 Spanish schools participated. An ad hoc open-ended interview was used and validated by external judges. The data were analysed using Atlas ti v9 software through categorisation, frequencies, con-currences, relationships and densities. The results show the recognition and value given by teachers to the involvement of families in educational work and in business interests, which indicates a change in the involvement of families in educa-tional work. The results also highlight the need to include entrepreneurial skills in educational policies for initial and in-service teacher training.