Strategies for Promoting Entrepreneurial Skills in Science Education Students for Poverty Eradication (original) (raw)

The rate of unemployment in Nigeria is alarming. There is need for science students to develop entrepreneurial skills which is a way of reducing unemployment and becoming selfreliant thereby eradicating poverty. These skills can only be developed through efficient and effective knowledge of science education. This study therefore employed a descriptive survey design to investigate strategies in promoting entrepreneurial skills for science education students for poverty eradication. Forty-one science education students from Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike Umuahia in Abia State were randomly sampled and used for the study. Two research questions and one hypothesis tested at 0.05 level of significance guided the study. The instrument for data collection was the researcher's self developed modified four point Likert Scale type questionnaire on strategies in promoting entrepreneurial skills for science education students for poverty eradication whose reliability coefficient was obtained as 0.81. Data collected were analyzed using mean for the research questions and t-test for the hypothesis. The result obtained indicated that classroom assessment technique, case study/discussion method, cooperative learning strategies, using questions, conference style learning, use of writing assignments, dialogues and ambiguity are some of the methods/strategies the science teacher can use while teaching science education students in order to promote entrepreneurial skills in their students for poverty eradication. Recommendations were made to include science teachers teaching science education students science in such a way that the students will be able to imbibe scientific knowledge.