Effect of pedagogical approaches to teaching and learning entrepreneurship education on students in library and information science schools in Nigeria

Abstract

This study investigated the effects of Pedagogical Approaches to Teaching and Learning Entrepreneurship Education on Library and Information Science Students in LIS Schools in the Universities in North-West States of Nigeria. The study adopted a survey research design and questionnaire was used as instrument for data collection. The population of the study was made up of the academic staff and students of LIS Schools in Ahmadu Bello University Zaria and Umaru Musa Yar’adua University, Katsina. Twenty nine 29 academic staff and 283 students were selected as sample for the study, two research questions and one hypothesis were formulated and tested. Descriptive and Inferential statistics were used to analyse the data collected. The null hypothesis formulated was rejected suggesting that there is significant relationship between the Pedagogical Approaches to Teaching and Learning Entrepreneurship Education in the LIS Schools and the effect of Entrepreneurship Education on the LIS Students. The study revealsthat effectiveness of the entrepreneurial pedagogy is of paramount importance and should be developed in the university system. Indeed, the method of teaching should be based on students rather than the lecturer; it also, reveals that students prefer learning entrepreneurship through practical approaches rather than through theoretical ones.The study recommends that the academic staff (lecturers) need to adopt practical teaching strategies such as Problem based learning, creative problem solving techniques, case study/discussion method experiential learning etc.

Keywords: Entrepreneurship Education, Pedagogical Approaches, Teaching, Learning, LIS Schools