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A Study on the College Students' Entrepreneurial Ability in China

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  • Ni Wen
  • Songsak Phusee-orn

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This study aimed to evaluate the entrepreneurial ability of college students in China. According to the results of the evaluation, the causes of the problems were analyzed, and some suggestions for the reform of the instructional model of entrepreneurship education in China were given. The samples were 608 students in faculty of Entrepreneurship for the Spring 2024 semester. of Sichuan Tourism University, and a total of 570 valid questionnaires were collected. The instrument was Entrepreneurship Evaluation Form. The study was conducted quantitative and qualitative method. The Fuzzy Synthetic Evaluation method was used to obtain the overall evaluation results of college students in China. The results show that college students in China have a high psychological quality and certain motivation for entrepreneurship, but they still need to improve their entrepreneurial skills and knowledge. Based on the results, it shows that the traditional instructional model is no longer suitable for entrepreneurship education. Since entrepreneurship is very practical and situational. When designing the instructional model, we should combine the theory of constructionism and the theory of situational cognition, so that students can go out of the classroom in a practical way and experience the real interaction in the process of entrepreneurship.

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  • Ni Wen & Songsak Phusee-orn, 2025. "A Study on the College Students' Entrepreneurial Ability in China," Higher Education Studies, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 15(1), pages 1-22, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibn:hesjnl:v:15:y:2025:i:1:p:22
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