ABSTRACT

This qualitative case study investigated the extent to which the Basic Education arts curriculum in Botswana, specifically visual arts and music, prepared learners for entrepreneurship. It involved ten teachers and twenty students who were purposively selected and interviewed. Education policies were also examined to diagnose their status in promoting entrepreneurship skills. The findings revealed no evidence of learners’ exposure to entrepreneurship skills in both primary and junior secondary school music education while in visual arts it was only taught to junior secondary level three students. Students felt inadequately prepared to become professional artists during lessons. Thus, the study recommends inclusion of entrepreneurship education in all basic education arts disciplines and in teacher-training arts curriculum to prepare teachers to integrate it when teaching the arts.

摘要

该定性案例研究调查了博茨瓦纳基础教育艺术课程（特别是视觉艺术和音乐）在何种程度上为学习创业者做好了准备。共有十名教师和二十名学生被有意选拔并接受了采访。还审查了教育政策，以诊断其在促进企业家技能方面的地位。调查结果表明，没有证据表明学习者在小学和初中音乐教育中接触过创业技能，而在视觉艺术中则仅针对初中三级学生。在上课的过程中，学生感到没有足够的准备去成为专业的艺术家。因此，