Publication Information
Journal: NAU Journal of Technology and Vocational Education
Volume: 3 (2018)
EFFECTIVENESS OF DEMONSTRATION METHOD IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN SOUTH -SOUTH NIGERIA
Eze, T. I
Department of Technology and Vocational Education, Faculty of Education, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria.
Nwaukwa, Veronica Ezioma
angelicezims@gmail.com Department of Technology and Vocational Education, Faculty of Education, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria.
The study assessed the effectiveness of demonstration method in entrepreneurship
education in tertiary institutions in South-South Nigeria. The objective of the study
was to determine the effectiveness of the demonstration method in teaching
entrepreneurship education in tertiary institutions in South-South Nigeria. A
descriptive survey method was adopted. Questionnaire was used to sample opinions
of 684 lecturers selected by stratified random sampling from a total population of
13,607 lecturers. The results of the study were presented using tables and frequencies.
Analysis of variance was used in analyzing the hypothesis. The findings indicate that
demonstration method was effective in teaching entrepreneurship education in
tertiary institutions in South-South Nigeria. Based on the findings, it was concluded
that using demonstration method in teaching entrepreneurship education is effective.
It was recommended that entrepreneurship education lecturers should make
concerted efforts to use demonstration teaching method that is considered effective in
teaching their students
education in tertiary institutions in South-South Nigeria. The objective of the study
was to determine the effectiveness of the demonstration method in teaching
entrepreneurship education in tertiary institutions in South-South Nigeria. A
descriptive survey method was adopted. Questionnaire was used to sample opinions
of 684 lecturers selected by stratified random sampling from a total population of
13,607 lecturers. The results of the study were presented using tables and frequencies.
Analysis of variance was used in analyzing the hypothesis. The findings indicate that
demonstration method was effective in teaching entrepreneurship education in
tertiary institutions in South-South Nigeria. Based on the findings, it was concluded
that using demonstration method in teaching entrepreneurship education is effective.
It was recommended that entrepreneurship education lecturers should make
concerted efforts to use demonstration teaching method that is considered effective in
teaching their students
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Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 14 (2), 168-182.
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Department of Educational Foundation, Guidance and Counselling, University of
Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.
Amusa, T. U. (2010). Agile estimating and planning. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Beal, C. A. (2008). Playing entrepreneurship: Can games make a difference? Entrepreneurial
Practice Review, 2(4), 4-18.
Eze, A. E. (2009). Effect of guided-discovery mode of instruction on secondary school
financial accounting learning.Journal of the Science Teacher’s Association of
Nigeria, 21(1), 147-154.
Job, I. A. and Akpan, E. A. (2010).School farm programme implementation in Akwa Ibom
State.Journal of Association of Business Educators of Nigeria, 1(1): 87-91.
Koontz, C. (2007). School administration and teacher work experience. Athens: Top Height
Publishers.
Megha, S. D. (2010). Entrepreneurship: In and out. Kano: Bolaele Nigeria Enterprise.
Miller, R. A. & Rose, P. (2007). Entrepreneurship education: A review of its objectives,
teaching methods, and impact indicators. Education and Training, 52(1), 20 – 47.
Offiong, A. A. (2010). Instructional approaches, student’s characteristics and academic
performance in livestock production in secondary schools in Akwa Ibom State.
Unpublished Ph. D Thesis, University of Uyo.
Ogwo, G. and Oranu, R. (2006).Strengths of the business plan and industrial collaboration
strategies in the teaching of entrepreneurship in tertiary institutions.Business
Education Journal, 8(1), 257 – 260.
Ogu, N. K. (2010). Assessment practices and students’ knowledge profiles in a problembased curriculum.Learning Environments Research Journal, 2, 191-213.
Okon, E. E. & Ibanga, J. (2010).A Handbook on teacher preparation and classroom teaching.
Calabar: PAICO Press and Books Limited.
Okoro, A. K. (2010). Entrepreneurship education and training: A survey of literature. Life
Science Journal, 11(1), 127-135.
Onoh, A. (2006). Entrepreneurship competencies needed by business education students in
managing small scale retail enterprises as a tool for self-employment development
and management of records in the Nigerian education system. Data Management in
Schools and Others Issues, 2(3), 1 – 10.
Roadruck, M. (2008). Peer effects, pupil-teacher ratios, and teacher incentives: Evidence from
a randomized evaluation in Kenya. Available at: http://
www.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic436657.files/ETP_Kenya 09. 14.07. pdf.
Accessed: July 5, 2014.
Scribd, O. N. (2010). Correlates of teachers’ attritional tendencies in Cross River school
system. West African Journal of Educational Research, 4(1): 14 – 18.
Solomon, G. T. (2010). An examination of entrepreneurship education in the United States.
Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 14 (2), 168-182.
Stevenson, T. and Jarillo, U. (2010).Engaging students through the guided-inquiry cycle. In
Proceedings of Redesigning Pedagogy: Research, Policy, Practice, National Institute
of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Udoetuk, M. (2006). Implicated and called upon: Challenging an educated position of self,
others, knowledge and knowing as things to acquire. Theories and Practices, 3(1),
26-36.
UNDP (2006). UNDP evaluation guide. Abuja: Totan Publishers.