Coaching educativo y emprendimiento: reto de la educación superior

The lack of innovation in entrepreneurship leads to deficiencies in the traditional educational model, becoming deficient in strengthening entrepreneurial capabilities in students. For this reason, it is essential to identify the impact of teaching tools such as educational coaching for the process. of orientation and learning in the formation of university education. The objective of this article was to determine empirically what the students’ perception is regarding coaching as a didactic form of support for the improvement of their skills in entrepreneurship, motivation, innovation and planning. For this, a diagnosis was carried out through the technique of obtaining results such as the survey, and as an instrument a Likert-type questionnaire was used directed at a population of sixty-three (63) students of the first cycle of Commercial Engineering at the University from north Chile. The methodological path was directed under a quantitative approach, with a relational design and a pre-experimental level. The results led to the design of innovative methods or strategies that help generate knowledge in the fields of entrepreneurship education and educational coaching in higher education.