Methodological strategies for the improvement of creativity and innovation of high school students

Abstract

In Ecuador, the curriculum for the subject of entrepreneurship and management includes several subjects, including one from the area of ​​interdisciplinary knowledge, therefore, teachers must use methodological strategies to increase the stock of knowledge in students that will allow them to carry out analyzes to create new ventures or innovations to existing ones, the research aims to answer the question: Does the methodological strategy serve to significantly enhance creativity and innovation, which is reflected in the achievement of students? For this, a methodology was used with a quantitative approach, with an explanatory level and a longitudinal cut, since two measurements were made, one initial and one final, of the use of the management and entrepreneurship subject, for which a random sample was taken by strata of the student population of the Unified General Baccalaureate of the Captain Galo Molina Educational Unit this was 38 students to whom the initial diagnosis was made, the methodological strategy was applied and for the final evaluation the students presented their work through the open house technique with which it was qualified obtaining the final grade with this a comparative analysis was carried out through the z statistic, after that a survey was carried out to determine the entrepreneurial intention of the students concluding that It can be affirmed that the methodological strategy has been successful and that the results obtained reflect a high degree of creativity and innovation by part of the students.