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© 2025 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.

Abstract

Entrepreneurial competence is a key element in education for fostering innovative and sustainable learning, enabling teachers and students to address 21st-century challenges. Through a validated questionnaire, this quantitative observational study examines the perceptions of 623 education professionals regarding their abilities and attitudes to develop entrepreneurial competence across key dimensions, such as organizing, leadership, communication, evaluation, team coordination, initiative, independence, and motivation. The results show that women (compared to men), professionals with managerial roles (compared to classroom teachers), and older teachers with more experience (compared to younger teachers with less experience) perceive themselves as being more competent in the skills that make up entrepreneurial competence. However, this study also identifies a widespread lack of entrepreneurial training across all demographic and professional groups, highlighting a systemic gap in teacher training for entrepreneurial education. These findings highlight the urgent need to design and implement teacher training programs that address entrepreneurship as a key competence closely linked to sustainable education. This study also recommends promoting educational policies that foster interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation among teachers to create more inclusive, transformative, and sustainable learning environments.

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Title
Impact of Entrepreneurial Competence on Education for Sustainable Development in the 21st Century
Author
Gracia-Zomeño, Andrea  VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; García-Toledano, Eduardo  VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; García-Perales Ramón  VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Palomares-Ruiz, Ascensión  VIAFID ORCID Logo 
First page
37
Publication year
2025
Publication date
2025
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
26734060
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3223950353
Copyright
© 2025 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.