What I am planning:
Interventions through a guest lecturer (entrepreneur) in non-business student groups, ex-ante-/ex-post-/follow-up-survey (3 months), control group (business students).
Aim: Generating affective learning outcomes (entrepreneurial inspiration, entrepreneurial desirability, certainty about aptitude for entrepreneurial tasks, etc.).
Even better if someone would know any evidence (or pedagogic theory) about negative effects of too long or too short excursions.
Thank you very much for any suggestion!
Two weeks should be enough to inspire non-business students. Since the idea is first and foremost to to catch their attention and not to teach them
I am thinking about a nonrecurrent excursion lasting between 3 and 6 hours... and yes, teaching entrepreneurial skills is definitely not part of the course. It is all about affective learning outcomes while considering some possible moderators like lecturer's authenticity, student group, or initial entrepreneurial intention.
I think your setting is similar to quasi-experimental design. If so, you may need to consider the design based on the validity issues. There are many issues related to validity (internal and external). You can refer to Campbell, D. T., & Stanley, J. C. (1963) in order to get the understanding and many other authors that explain the similar content.
Of course, in term of duration, it cannot be too long and it cannot be too short. Depending on your objective (s). And may be you want to consider the pre-test and post-test and the control mechanisms in between. The procedure need to be explained well. Plan the schedule of the treatments and non-treatments nicely.
Only I am a bit worry about your groups involved because if your are using the quasi-experimental. If not may be ok.
I enjoy this kind of research design because it will explain many things.
All the best!!
Regards,
NorainiNH
Three to four "interesting" hours initially - with a decent break at half time - maybe some food to keep student glucose levels up and then see what sort of feedback you get in regard to more? What age are the students?
Most of the students will be between 18-22 years old. I hope that the short intervention results in some higher entrepreneurial intention. The effect could be mediated by affective learning outcomes (like inspiration) and also moderated by various contextual circumstances (e.g., lecturer's authenticity or initial entrepreneurial intention).
A half day session is good for a one time intervention to kindle interest, orient the students and get enough feedback to plan longer sessions. A break for refreshments, for some processing and much needed interaction is a must.
Indeed, but I would like to take a look on pedagogic theories which could fit to very short interventions (even if I already collected some). Looking on attention span, changes in motivation, etc.
Maybe someone knows any?
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