Teaching Entrepreneurship Education Through Activity-Based Approach in Federal College of Education (Technical) Bichi, Kano State

The study adopted survey and correlational design to determine appropriate method for teaching Entrepreneurship education in Federal College of Education (Technical) Bichi, Kano State. The study assessed the students’ attitude/mind-set and appropriate methodology for teaching entrepreneurial education. The population comprises of 86 lecturers purposively selected and 50 students with ten (10) each randomly selected from five (5) schools. The instrument for data collection was a questionnaires design to elicit information on attitude and methodologies from students and lecturers respectively and pre-test and post-test administered before and after treatment of both control and experimental group with conventional and activity-based teaching methods. The instrument was validated by two research experts. The reliability coefficient of 0.75 was obtained through a Cronbach Alpha analysis of the copies of the instrument used for pilot testing. Frequency count, simple percentage and t-test were the statistical tools used for data analysis. Findings revealed among others that some students are positive on their perspective on the need for entrepreneurship education, teaching methods such as simulation, case study computer assisted instruction and activity-based methods among others identified as suitable for teaching entrepreneurial education. The results of the hypothesis tested revealed that majority of the students’ scores increased in experimental group as compared to the control group indicating that participants from experimental group showed more achievement in post-test with higher mean scores than those in the control group. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that priority should be given to the use of activity-based method while teaching Entrepreneurship education at all level in Colleges of Education.