Insertion of innovation, entrepreneurship during the pandemic in the agricultural economic degree of UNAN-Managua

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to analyze the insertion about innovation topics, entrepreneurship, and the occurrence of the pandemic in the agricultural economics degree of the Economic Sciences Faculty of the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua, UNAN-Managua. The guiding questions to conduct this research were How to transversally insert the topic of innovation entrepreneurship in a study plan? What can be learned from the insertion process of these topics?, and What conditions to activate to maintain the dynamics in the entire curriculum of a degree when events occur and generate a generalized disruption? The materials and methodology were literature review, documentary analysis of the professional profile, of course programs and an open dialogue with professors of the academic department. For this purpose, the MAXQDA version 2020 text analysis program was used. In this regard, a set of teaching and research initiatives related to the subject has been found. There is a set of key subjects of the curriculum to build three phases of insertion given the existence of an embryonic created teaching capacity that has received courses and training on innovation and entrepreneurship, but not on a pandemic. It is concluded that the insertion is transversal and staggered with three phases; the first phase of early induction, the second phase of basic training and the third phase of fundamental application.