Kształcenie studentów uczelni technicznej z wykorzystaniem aktywnych metod rozwoju przedsiębiorczości oraz innowacyjności
Educating Technical University Students by the Use of Active Methods of Developing Entrepreneurship and Innovativeness

Summary/Abstract: RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: The objective of the paper is to identify active teaching methods utilised at technical university in order to develop students’ entrepreneurship and innovativeness against the background of the challenges and circumstances that emerge from the analysis of the transformations of the world economy. THE RESEARCH PROBLEM AND METHODS: The main problem addressed in the publication is the effective form of developing students’ abilities in the area of technological entrepreneurship, which is a specific place where entrepreneurship and innovativeness meet. The paper is essentially a kind of review; it is based on an analysis of the literature and the author’s teaching experience in the scope of issues relating to economic restructuring. THE PROCESS OF ARGUMENTATION: The paper consists of three principal parts. The first part presents an analysis of the challenges of the world economy development taking into account the criteria of sustainable development. The second part contains an identification and analysis of the development of technological entrepreneurship among students. In the last one, the most important conclusions and final statements can be found. RESEARCH RESULTS: Active methods of conducting classes, in particular case studies, development projects and scenarios for restructuring of sectors and businesses, are effective instruments that students can use to achieve competencies needed to raise the technological readiness of the economy, i.e. the capability of absorbing breakthrough technologies. CONCLUSIONS, INNOVATIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS: The dynamics of the spreading of new products made as a result of application of breakthrough technologies creates a lot of threats to our civilizational order on an unprecedented scale. It is therefore appropriate to undertake formative projects for responsible use of the achievements of inventors and makers of new products.

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