SKILLS CONSIDERED EFFECTIVE FOR TEACHING ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION FOR ENHANCING QUALITY ASSURANCE AS PERCEIVED BY BUSINESS EDUCATION TEACHERS

James Okoro

Abstract


The study assessed the skills considered effective for teaching entrepreneurship education for enhancing quality assurance in Business Education. One research question and three (3) hypotheses guided the study. A questionnaire containing 23 items which was adequately validated was used for the study. The reliability was established using test-retest method and data obtained were analysed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation which yielded a coefficient of 0.86. The questionnaire was administered to 173 Business Education teachers in colleges of education in south-south geopolitical zone of Nigeria. Data were analysed using mean. The findings revealed among others are participating skills, involvement skills, forecasting skills, organizing skills, practical skills are some of the skills considered effective for teaching entrepreneurship education in business education. It was recommended that business education teachers should adopt participating skills, involvement skills, forecasting skills and questioning skills during class activities.


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