Promoting an Entrepreneurial Culture: Development, Feasibility and Acceptability of a Primary School-Based Program Focused on Soft Skills
, Anabela Pereira 2, Ana Bartolo 3, Andreia Pinho 4, Monica Cardoso 5 and Paixão Catanho 6
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
I send the corresponding comments.
Comments and Suggestions for Authors:
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Thanks for inviting me to review this kind of great experience here reported.
Author Response
Dear reviewer,
We appreciate your evaluation and contribution to improving this article.
Our answers follow.
Kind regards
- The research sample could be better described (through quantitative indicators).
ANSWER/ The sample was described with quantitative data in the text - tables were avoided not to increase the article's size.
- Complementing the study with a description of potential research limitations would be beneficial.
ANSWER/ The study was complemented with a section with some research limitations.
Reviewer 2 Report
The research sample could be better described (through quantitative indicators)
It would be beneficial to complement the study with a description of potential research limitations.
Author Response
Dear reviewer,
We appreciate your evaluation and contribution to improving this article.
Our answers follow.
Kind regards
Congratulations. I enjoy reading your contributions very much. I would like to visit, on some special occasion, the physical evidence al your great experience.
ANSWER/ Thank you for your satisfaction in reading our contributions. And we will be delighted to provide the experience of this type of activity with the students and schools where we carry out these initiatives.
Reviewer 3 Report
1. At the title the "players of dreams" could be deleted.
Before reading the manuscript I could not understand the meaning
If it is not deleted it could be "the players of dreams" method
2. line 20 delete one of the two ..
3. I believe that there is no need to have so many references for the same thing. The first paragraph of the introduction has 15 references.
4. At the end of page 2 The aim of the study cannot be to describe the development of the program. The aim of the study is about the second objective as it is posed . What I mean is: does the study propose the specific model to be used or does it propose to follow the same procedure with the six steps in order to construct a model.
5. explain to the international audience what re the counties in the case of Portugal
6. it seems difficult to understand. How is it possible the 4th grade primary school students to have an average age of 7 years old.
7. I think that this is a limitation of the study and the presented reasons are not so convincing.
8. the presentation of the analysis at the methodology has to be related further with the posed research questions.
9. How are we sure that the 4th grade is the appropriate age?
10. I believe that the limitations could be a different section. Additionally a section about the ideas and suggestions for future work would be useful.
In general, it is an interesting work which is well-structured. Few changes could improve the manuscript.
Author Response
Review 3
Dear reviewer,
We appreciate your evaluation and contribution to improving this article.
Our answers follow.
Kind regards
- the "players of dreams" could be deleted at the title. Before reading the manuscript, I could not understand the meaning. It could be "the players of dreams" method if it is not deleted.
ANSWER/ The show's name was taken from the article's title; it wasn't needed in the title. And the word "method" was removed, and the word that should have been added was "program".
- line 20, delete one of the two ..
ANSWER/ This error has been corrected.
- there is no need for many references for the same thing. The first paragraph of the introduction has 15 references.
ANSWER/ Thanks for the suggestion; however, we think it is convenient to leave the initial references so that readers can more easily access the literature on this subject.
- At the end of page 2, The aim of the study cannot be to describe the development of the program. The aim of the study is about the second objective as it is posed. What I mean is: does the study propose the specific model to be used or does it propose to follow the same procedure with the six steps to construct a model.
ANSWER/ This error has been corrected.
- explain to the international audience what re the counties in the case of Portugal
ANSWER/ To facilitate the understanding of the term, we put "counties/municipalities" and in the table "county/municipality".
- it seems difficult to understand. How is it possible the 4th grade primary school students to have an average age of 7 years old.
ANSWER/ This error has been corrected for "8/9 years old".
- I think that this is a limitation of the study, and the presented reasons are not so convincing.
ANSWER/ Thanks for the suggestion; we have created a section for the limitations of the study.
- the presentation of the analysis at the methodology has to be related further with the posed research questions.
ANSWER/ We tried to answer the research questions posed not only in the methodology part, but also in the discussion and conclusion section.
- How are we sure that the 4th grade is the appropriate age?
ANSWER/ This error has been corrected for "8/9 years old".
- I believe that the limitations could be a different section. Additionally, a section about the ideas and suggestions for future work would be useful.
ANSWER/ Thanks for the suggestion; we have created a section for the limitations of the study and a section for future work.
