Investigating Students’ Perceptions on the Effectiveness of Entrepreneurship Education Module in Developing Students’ Entrepreneurial Competencies

Entrepreneurship is an important module to be incorporated into the higher education curriculum either as an independent module or integrally through other subjects. College of Basic Education, as an academic institution, took the initiative of adding EE indecently to its curriculum in 2016-2017. T...

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Main Authors: Sirwan Ahmed Qader, Bakhtiar Kakil Hamad
Format: Article
Language:Arabic
Published: Salahaddin University-Erbil 2023-12-01
Series:Zanco Journal of Humanity Sciences
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Online Access:https://zancojournal.su.edu.krd/index.php/JAHS/article/view/1048
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Summary:Entrepreneurship is an important module to be incorporated into the higher education curriculum either as an independent module or integrally through other subjects. College of Basic Education, as an academic institution, took the initiative of adding EE indecently to its curriculum in 2016-2017. The purpose of adding it were to develop the students’ entrepreneurial competencies and graduate students that meet market demand. The present study aims to investigate; first, how successful entrepreneurship education module is in developing students’ entrepreneurial attitudes, second, entrepreneurship education module is in developing students’ entrepreneurial skills, and third, entrepreneurship education module is in developing students’ entrepreneurial knowledge and awareness. This current study adopted a descriptive methodology in which the data was collected quantitively through the construction of a closed ended questionnaire consisting of (52) items. The participants of the study were (224) second year students at College of Basic Education. The data was entered SPSS program, then analyzed using non-parametric test because the data was not normally distributed. According to the findings of the study, the module successfully helped the students to develop their entrepreneurial attitudes, skills, and knowledge. Moreover, the students indicated that after taking the module, they became more skilled and knowledgeable about entrepreneurship and the researchers suggested a set of recommendations.
ISSN:2412-396X