AVAILABILITY AND UTILIZATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES FOR TEACHING ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN BUSINESS EDUCATION
Journal Title: Educational Research International - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 4
Abstract
The need to ensure effective teaching of entrepreneurship in business education necessitated this study on availability and utilization of instructional resources for teaching entrepreneurship in Colleges of education (COE) in South-South Nigeria (SSN). Four research questions guided the study and two null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Descriptive survey research design was employed for the study. The population consisted of 262 business education lecturers from the 10 colleges of education in SSN. The instruments for data collection were a Checklist on Availability of Instructional Resources for Entrepreneurship in Business Education (CAIREBE) and a five-point rating scale questionnaire titled Utilization of Instructional Resources for Teaching Entrepreneurship in Business Education Questionnaire (UIRTEBEQ). Method of internal consistency was used to determine the reliability of the instrument using Cronbach Alpha and reliability coefficients of 0.79 and 0.84 were obtained for the two sections with an overall reliability coefficient of 0.82. Percentages and descriptive statistics were used to analyze data from research questions1 and 2 on one hand and 3 and 4 on the other while hypothesis was tested with t-test statistic. Findings of the study revealed that available physical facilities and equipment were inadequate and moderately utilized for teaching entrepreneurship in business education in COEs in SSN. Gender did not significantly influence the respondents’ mean ratings on the utilization of physical facilities and equipment. The study concluded that the level of availability and utilization of instructional resources for teaching entrepreneurship in business education is inadequate for equipping students for entrepreneurial success on graduation. Based on the findings and conclusion, it was recommended among others that administrators of COEs in SSN should undertake fund raising activities, the funds of which should be judiciously used to procure adequate physical facilities and equipment to enhance effective teaching of entrepreneurship in business education.
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Okolocha Chimezie Comfort, Ordu Pac Diseph
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