Abstract
The research aim to implement innovative learning methods of business practice teaching firms to cultivate students entrepreneurial character. Intellectual unemployment in 2016 has increased significantly compared to the previous year. Intellectual unemployment is unemployment delivered by college graduates. Therefore, universities should be able to organize innovative learning to be able to deliver their graduates with entrepreneurship character. This is a development research applying a learning method rather than proving a theory. The subjects of the study were Mathematics Education students who take entrepreneurship courses amounting to 38 students. The innovative learning method used is Business Practice Teaching Firms (BPTF) that emphasizes learning on learning by doing process with entrepreneurship practices that are made as closely as possible with real companies. By using descriptive analysis, it is found that entrepreneurship characters is initiative, self-confidence, being able to take risks and turn to behave, being able to control situation, innovative and creative, and having leadership spirit that may increase after BPTF has been applied in the learning process.
Highlights
Until today the problem of unemployment is still a hot issue for many developing countries including Indonesia
It is found that entrepreneurship characters is initiative, self-confidence, being able to take risks and turn to behave, being able to control situation, innovative and creative, and having leadership spirit that may increase after Business Practice Teaching Firms (BPTF) has been applied in the learning process
After the above simple analysis is conducted, it can be concluded that the learning method of Business Practice Teaching Firms can help instill entrepreneurship character to the students
Summary
Entrepreneurial learning should be able to instill the character, intentions and interests of students in entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship Based on the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) data about unemployment rate in Indonesia, we know that intellectual unemployment increased from the previous year It requires a change in the implementation of entrepreneurship education in universities in order to produce the graduates with an entrepreneurship character. Kojelytė (2008) explained that Business Practice Teching Firms (BPTF) is an innovative learning method emphasizing on learning by doing, Business Practice Teaching Firm’s (BPTF) is a “virtual firm”, which mimics or imitates the workings and activities of the company The function of this method is to develop the knowledge, character and entrepreneurial skills of the learners.
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