Educação empreendedora em uma instituição de educação superior brasileira: caminhos para o seu desenvolvimento

This work is a bibliographical and documentary research, whose objective is to characterize Entrepreneurial Education (EE), in addition to identifying related elements present in the planning and actions of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS). Authors such as Dolabela (2003, 2004), Guerra and Grazzotin (2010), Lopes (2010), among others are cited. Dolabela (2008) one of the exponents in this theme states that the dream is the fuel that will boost the skills, abilities, competences and knowledge necessary for the individual to turn it into reality. The process of building the entrepreneurial subject, based on his dreams, must be accompanied and stimulated by the professors, with appropriate methodologies. Documentary research at PUCRS made it possible to identify strategic planning axes related to the integral formation of students, as well as innovation and entrepreneurship, present in the Strategic Planning (PE) and Institutional Development Plan (PDI) documents. EE is transversalized in several actions, which interconnect the Schools, the Technological Park and IDEAR – Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. IDEAR, specifically, encourages and sensitizes students, teachers and the community to entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurial attitude as factors of social transformation. The results showed the dissemination of this culture, as the paths traced accounted for, in 2020, 4216 participants involved in activities at IDEAR. These actions give participants the opportunity to put their ideas into practice and portray that Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are focused on the development of purposeful citizens with transversal skills, capable of transforming ideas into real projects. Este trabalho trata-se de uma pesquisa bibliográfica e documental, cujo objetivo é caracterizar a Educação Empreendedora (EE), além de identificar elementos relacionados presentes no planejamento e nas ações da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS). São citados autores como Dolabela (2003, 2004), Guerra e Grazzotin (2010), Lopes (2010), entre outros. Dolabela (2008) um dos expoentes nessa temática afirma que o sonho é o combustível que irá impulsionar as habilidades, as capacidades, as competências e os conhecimentos necessários para que o indivíduo possa transformá-lo em realidade. O processo de construção do sujeito empreendedor, a partir dos seus sonhos, deve ser acompanhado e estimulado pelos d