STRATEGIES FOR STIMULATING ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSET IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP STUDIES’ STUDENTS THROUGH DIGITALIZED INSTRUCTIONS IN UNIVERSITIES IN SOUTHEAST NIGERIA
Keywords:
Digitalized instruction, entrepreneurial mindset, graduates, entrepreneurship, southeastAbstract
The study examined digitalized instruction for stimulating entrepreneurial mindset among Nigerian entrepreneurship studies students in southeast Nigeria. The study answered two research questions while two null hypotheses tested at 0.05 level of significance. Descriptive survey research design was adopted in carrying out the study. The area of the study was limited to Abia and Enugu States in Southeast Nigeria. All the 65 Entrepreneurship Lecturers and 249 final year students of Entrepreneurship in public universities in the two states making a total of 314 respondents were used for the study. The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire. The instrument was validated by three experts. The reliability of the instrument was ascertained using Cronbach Alpha reliability technique which yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.835. Out of the 314 copies of the questionnaire administered to the respondents, 303 copies were filled and returned. Data collected were analysed using mean, standard deviation and t-test statistics at 0.05 level of significance. The results of the study identified 10 strategies for stimulating entrepreneurial mindset in Entrepreneurship Studies’ students through digitalized instructions and 15 possible outcomes of stimulating entrepreneurial mindsets in Entrepreneurship Studies’ students through digitalized instruction. The result of the hypotheses showed significant difference in the mean ratings of the respondents on strategies for stimulating entrepreneurial mindset in students through digitalized instructions whereas there was no significant difference in the mean ratings of Entrepreneurship Studies Lecturers and Students on possible outcomes of stimulating entrepreneurial mindsets in Entrepreneurship Studies’ students through digitalized instruction Based on the findings, the study among others recommended adequate provision of digital teaching and learning facilities in all entrepreneurship centres and programmes for stimulating entrepreneurial mindset in learners