EFFECTS OF COMPULSORY ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION ON INTENT TO INNOVATE AND THE ROLE OF EXPERIENTIAL PEDAGOGY: A STUDY OF NIGERIA HIGHER EDUCATION

Conflicting reports of the effect of compulsory entrepreneurship education caused us to investigate whether compulsory entrepreneurship education can be linked to intent to innovate -an individual’s resolution to... [ view full abstract ]

Conflicting reports of the effect of compulsory entrepreneurship education caused us to investigate whether compulsory entrepreneurship education can be linked to intent to innovate -an individual’s resolution to consciously plan to do new things and whether this linkvaries across disciplines. This study draws on the theory of plannedbehaviour, to tests the effect of compulsory entrepreneurship educa-tion on attitude towards entrepreneurship and intent to innovate ofmedical and science students vs social science and arts students. Our results suggest that compulsory entrepreneurship education does notraise the intention to innovate of both groups of medical & sciencestudents, and Social Science & arts students. Specifically medical andscience students who participated in compulsory entrepreneurshipeducation showed a decrease in attitude towards entrepreneurship and perceived behavioural control over time. Furthermore, social science & arts students did not show an increase in attitude towards entrepreneurship and percieved behavioural control over time.