PEOPLE: International Journal of Social Sciences ISSN 2454-5899 503 Hidayat et al., 2020 Volume 6 Issue 2, pp. 503-513 Date of Publication: 23 rd Sept, 2020 DOI- https://doi.org/10.20319/pijss.2020.62.503513 This paper can be cited as: Hidayat, H., Herawati, S., Syahmaidi, E. & Hidayati. A. (2020). The Influence of Technopreneurship Scientific Learning and Prior Knowledge towards Ability to Identify Entrepreneurial Opportunities. PEOPLE: International Journal of Social Sciences, 6(2), 503-513. This work is licensed under the CreativeCommons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA. THE INFLUENCE OF TECHNOPRENEURSHIP SCIENTIFIC LEARNING, AND PRIOR KNOWLEDGE TOWARDS ABILITY TO IDENTIFY ENTREPRENEURIAL OPPORTUNITIES Hendra Hidayat Faculty of Teaching and Education Science, Universitas Bung Hatta, Padang, Indonesia hendrahidayat@bunghatta.ac.id Susi Herawati Faculty of Teaching and Education Science, Universitas Bung Hatta, Padang, Indonesia susi.herawati@bunghatta.ac.id Eril Syahmaidi Faculty of Teaching and Education Science, Universitas Bung Hatta, Padang, Indonesia erilsyahmaidi@bunghatta.ac.id Abna Hidayati Faculty of Education Science,Universitas Negeri Padang, Padang, Indonesia abnahidayati@gmail.com ______________________________________________________________________________ Abstract The low prior knowledge of entrepreneurship and learning that is not interesting and boring is assumed to have an impact on the ability to identify entrepreneurial opportunities in Technical and Vocational Education Students. The purpose of this research is to describe and test the influence of Technopreneurship Scientific Learning, and Prior Knowledge Towards the Ability to Identify Entrepreneurial Opportunities. This research uses quantitative methods with descriptive correlational. The population is all students who take entrepreneurship courses in Higher