Digital Pedagogies for Enhancing Entrepreneurship Education in Business Classrooms in Universities in Rivers State

Abstract

This study examines digital pedagogies for enhancing entrepreneurship education in business classrooms in universities in Rivers State, Nigeria. Specifically, the study assessed the utilization of digital pedagogies in teaching entrepreneurship education and determine their influence on students’ entrepreneurial skill acquisition. Two research questions and two corresponding null hypotheses guided the study. The study was anchored on Human Capital Theory and Experiential Learning Theory. A descriptive correlational survey research design was adopted. The population comprised 1,298 respondents, consisting of 78 business education lecturers and 1,220 final-year business education students in Rivers State University and Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, from which a sample of 297 respondents was drawn using the Krejcie and Morgan (1970) sample size determination formula and proportionate sampling technique. Data were collected using a researcher-developed instrument titled Digital Pedagogy and Entrepreneurship Education Questionnaire (DPEEQ). The instrument was subjected to face and content validation by experts, while its reliability was established using the Cronbach Alpha method, which yielded a coefficient of 0.89 for the study. Data were analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions and z-test to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that digital pedagogies were moderately utilized in teaching entrepreneurship education, but they had a significant positive influence on students’ entrepreneurial skill acquisition. The study concluded that effective integration of digital pedagogies can substantially improve entrepreneurship education outcomes. It was recommended that universities strengthen digital infrastructure, train lecturers in digital teaching practices, and integrate more experiential digital tools into entrepreneurship instruction.