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Autor/inn/en | Awaah, Fred; Okebukola, Peter; Shabani, Juma; Arkorful, Helen; Addo, Dorcas Adomaa |
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Titel | Students' Career Interests and Entrepreneurship Education in a Developing Country |
Quelle | In: Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 13 (2023) 1, S.148-160 (13 Seiten)
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Zusatzinformation | ORCID (Awaah, Fred) ORCID (Arkorful, Helen) ORCID (Addo, Dorcas Adomaa) |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 2042-3896 |
DOI | 10.1108/HESWBL-05-2022-0110 |
Schlagwörter | Foreign Countries; College Students; Entrepreneurship; Vocational Interests; Careers; Comprehension; Developing Nations; Pandemics; COVID-19; Majors (Students); Curriculum; Ghana |
Abstract | Purpose: Students' career choices and programmes of study are perceived to influence student understanding of many courses. Yet, research attention is limited on entrepreneurship education that is a panacea for unemployment. Thus, this paper aims to assess the influence of students' career interests on students' comprehension of the entrepreneurship curriculum from a developing economy perspective. Design/methodology/approach: The study adopts a mixed-method approach and explanatory sequential design is used to collect the data from 575 student studying entrepreneurship course in Ghana. Findings: The results show that there is no statistically significant relationship between students' career interests and students' comprehension levels in concepts taught in the entrepreneurship curriculum but a statistically significant relationship between students' programme of study and students' comprehension levels in concepts taught in the entrepreneurship curriculum in Ghanaian universities. Practical implications: The findings imply that the entrepreneurship course should be taught practically. This can be accomplished by creating a virtual enterprise modelled after a successful enterprise. This will help students understand the concepts being taught. Second, students who study different programmes should be taught using different methods. Lastly, students who study non-business-related programmes should be taught using methods that emphasise the basic ideas to aid students' understanding. Originality/value: This study has made significant contribution by successful adopting the Piaget's cognitive constructivism to the learning of entrepreneurship from a developing country perspective and establish that no statistical relationship exist between students' career interests and students' comprehension levels in entrepreneurship education. (As Provided). |
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Update | 2024/1/01 |