Bridging the gap in teacher education curriculum in promoting entrepreneurship: a case study of undergraduate students of Kwame Nkrumah University, Kabwe-Zambia.
Date
2021
Authors
Daka, Harrison
Mwamba, Kalonga, Lefterius
Musonda, Astridah
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International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI)
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate how
teacher education curriculum of undergraduate students of
tertiary education institutions promotes entrepreneurship. The
study was guided by the following specific objective to examine
the extent to which entrepreneurship education is being
practiced at Kwame Nkrumah University, to discover how the
teacher education curriculum being used at Kwame Nkrumah
University is being used to promote entrepreneurship culture.
This case study was anchored on pragmatism as its research
paradigm; it used a mixed method approach and employed the
concurrent triangulation design. The study used simple random
sampling on students, random sampling for Lecturers and
purposive sampling for Administrator. Data collection
instruments were questionnaires and interview guides and
analysed data was eventually presented if form of frequency
tables, bar graphs and pie charts. The study’s findings are that
majority of students of Kwame Nkrumah University are aware
of the importance of mentorship in entrepreneurship and are
willing to acquire entrepreneurial skills, only a minority of
students who belong to the category of business studies formally
have access to the said mentorship and that this mentorship is
merely theoretical. The study also established that the
curriculum in application for training of students is as a matter
of fact not inclusive in the provision of mentorship in
entrepreneurship and that there is a missing link between the
secondary and the tertiary education in the provision of the
aforementioned mentorship. In view of building the gap in
promoting in entrepreneurship at the university and in other
similar institutions of tertiary education, the study has
recommended curriculum revision.
Key Words: Promotion, Entrepreneurship and Curriculum
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Keywords
Entrepreneurship--Study and teaching. , Tertiary education curriculum--Entrepreneurship.