Formation of entrepreneurial thinking among schoolchildren: review of practices, justification of relevance, development and testing of measuring materials

This article discusses the relevance of forming entrepreneurial thinking in schoolchildren. Entrepreneurship education at different levels of educationis described. Disciplines that form entrepreneurial thinking in the curricula and additional educational programs of basic and secondary general education in Tomskare analyzed. The experience of implementing projects and programs for the development of entrepreneurial thinking in the regions of Russiais described. Incurrentpaper the results of an experimental study to measure the level of entrepreneurial thinking in schoolchildren in grades 8–9 at Secondary Comprehensive School №28 in Tomsk, during which comprehensive testing and practice-oriented educational and technological tasks were developed. Studies have shown that schoolchildren have a generally low level of entrepreneurial thinking, whichcan be correctedby active teaching methods. A conclusionwas madeabout the need to develop and implement additional education programs, extracurricular activities to develop entrepreneurial thinking in general education. The obtained materials can serve as a basis for further monitoring of the formation of entrepreneurial thinking in other schools in Tomsk and beyond.