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Chapter One Introduction
The relationship between part-time work and the development of enterprising skills and attitudes is a key element of the research. We have therefore undertaken a review of existing work on the measurement of enterprising skills and attitudes.
This review has two purposes:
- to identify definitions of enterprising skills and attitudes;
- to review measures of enterprising skills and attitudes and assess them for potential use in our questionnaires and focused studies.
This was a time-constrained review as it was essential to identify measures in time to contribute to the pilot survey of pupils, beginning early November 2003.
To fit the purposes of this research study, throughout this review a tight focus has been kept on enterprising skills and attitudes rather than broader concepts such as personal effectiveness or locus of control.
This review builds on the evidence reported in Determined to Succeed (2002). It does not aim to report in any detail the evidence provided for, and identified in, Determined to Succeed but we have summarised relevant elements of it later in this report.
For this paper we have reviewed publicly available materials in the UK and abroad and also accessed unpublished work from two ongoing projects in Strathclyde University. Each has had to consider definitions and measures of enterprising attitudes and behaviours. These projects are:
- Research into the Educational and Economic Benefits of Enterprise Education
- Research into the definition of an Enterprising School
It has also accessed ongoing work at Kingston University (see 4.3.1).
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