PROF. WEY AMAEWHULE
DR. OGWUNTE, PETER CLINTON (MABEN)
NWOBIKE ARUCHI
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS EDUCATION
RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY, NKPOLU-OROWORUKWO, PORT
HARCOURT.
Abstract.
The study analyzed effects of overemphasis on theory delivery on development of
entrepreneurship education in universities in Rivers State. The study adopted the
descriptive survey research design and was guided by one research question and
one null hypothesis tested at 0.05 level of significance. The population for the
study consists of all Deans, Head of Departments and Directors of
Entrepreneurship centers in the three universities in Rivers State. This
population was made up of 175 respondents. The entire population was used
because it was not too large. The research instrument was a questionnaire
developed by the researchers based on the insight gained from the review of
related literature. The instrument was designed on a 4-point Likert rating scale. It
was validated by three experts. A correlation co-efficient of 0.88 was obtained
through the Cronbach Alpha Method. Data collected were analyzed using mean
and standard deviation for research question, and z-test for the null hypothesis.
The finding showed that overemphasis on theory delivery has debilitating effect
on the development of entrepreneurship education in universities in Rivers State.
It was recommended that lecturers of undergraduate entrepreneurship education
program should adopt a more practical skills approach in teaching
entrepreneurship education courses in universities.
Keywords: Analysis, Effects, Overemphasis On Theory Delivery, Entrepreneurship Education.
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