Studying - time to develop entrepreneurial attitudes of younger child's teachers? The comparative analysis of educational programs for entrepreneurship in Poland and Finland

In the article, the authors refer to the entrepreneurial mindset which is understood as a set of personal characteristics of humans that, regardless of one's work title and duties, allow for active participation and production of changes in the socio-economic life. The causes of the low level of Poles' entrepreneurship may be sought in the approach to the education of children and young people who are taught through imitation (imitative learning) from the very beginning of their education, reproducing schemes and having very little opportunities to shape/develop/improve entrepreneurial attitudes. In order for the changes in education to take effect, teachers should have an entrepreneurial mindset and ability to develop this attitude in children. The authors briefly present the organization of education for entrepreneurship in Poland and Finland with regard to the European regulations in this area. The question of how entrepreneurship is understood and whether studying (the process of becoming a teacher) favors development/improvement of teachers' entrepreneurial mindset are raised. To answer those questions, the authors performed comparative analysis of entrepreneurship education curricula for students, aiming to become pre and primary school teachers, studying at two selected universities - Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan/Poland and the Kajaani University in Oulu/Finland