Appropriate Instructional Method(S) for Teaching Entrepreneurship Education at Tertiary Level in Nigeria

Abstract

The study was designed to establish the best teaching method(s) that could be appropriate in imparting entrepreneurship skills to students at tertiary levels of education in Nigeria. The study adopted the descriptive survey design. The population for the study consisted of all students and teachers of General Studies courses-GST/GSS/GSE-Entrepreneurship Studies/Education, in tertiary institutions spread across North-Central and South-South geo-political zones in Nigeria. Simple random sampling technique was used to obtain a sample of twenty-five (25) teachers and two hundred and fifty (250) students of GST/GSS/GSE-Entrepreneurship Studies/ Education, from the five institutions selected for the study. Two separately structured questionnaires were used to elicit responses from the respondents- Teachers and Students. The instruments were structured based on the Likert’s five –point rating scale. Data obtained was classified and translated into frequency tables. The mean and standard deviations were used to answer the research questions, while Pearson product moment correlation coefficient was used to determine the strength of relationship between the independent and the dependent variables and to test the hypotheses. The study revealed that Teachers of entrepreneurship education use lecture method and other traditional methods of teaching to give instructions on entrepreneurship education. The study also revealed that Teachers of entrepreneurship education do not employ extensive use of modern methods of teaching entrepreneurship education. Moreover, the study revealed that teachers of entrepreneurship education prefer the lecture method and discussion method of teaching in giving instructions in entrepreneurship education. The study recommends that: Teachers of entrepreneurship education should employ the lecture method in giving instructions in entrepreneurship courses. Teachers of entrepreneurship should also make use of the modern methods of teaching especially the business plan development method and the school industrial collaboration methods because of the potential benefits to enhance students understanding of entrepreneurship studies. Attempts should be made by teachers of entrepreneurship to make the courses interesting to students, especially students of non-business background or orientation. Teachers of entrepreneurship education should be subjected to retraining on modern methods of teaching entrepreneurship education to acquaint than with new skills and enable these teachers develop in the learners the positive skills of entrepreneurship.