Educação empreendedora e formação docente: relato de experiência de um licenciado em uma empresa júnior

Abstract

The new social demands arising from the rapid and volatile transformation of an increasingly technological world bring the need for teachers to be more aware of their environment. The pursuit of innovation and the redefinition of the learning process aims to prepare teachers to face a society full of uncertainty. Within these challenges arises the search for broad, dynamic methodologies that place the student as protagonists of social and educational action, providing all the necessary skills for them to understand and, at the same time, change their social environment. Entrepreneurial Education presents itself as a tool capable of promoting such training, given its broad versatility and the development of skills necessary within this context. One of the main promoters of this training within the university structure is the Junior Enterprise Movement (MEJ), represented by Junior Enterprises (EJs). Thus, this work aims to reflect on the potential developed by a Biological Sciences undergraduate through his participation in an EJ, Mata Branca Jr. (Junior Entrepreneurship Program). It was developed using a methodology that presents the student's experience report, analyzing the skills acquired through comparison with the literature on other entrepreneurial experiences. It concludes that his time at Mata Branca Jr. contributed greatly to his teacher training and characterizes entrepreneurial education as a complex pedagogical alternative that requires greater interest and participation in teacher training courses. This experience enabled the expansion of teaching opportunities beyond the classroom. Therefore, it is important that coordinators promote more incentives not only for participation in EJ programs but also for activities that include entrepreneurship as a topic of study in the course.