Challenges and Strategies towards Entrepreneurship Education and Learning  among Ghanaian Built Environment Students

Callistus Tengan; Ernest Kissi; Tom Mboya Asigri; Bridget Tawiah Badu Eshun

doi:10.9734/jerr/2020/v15i117135

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Challenges and Strategies towards Entrepreneurship Education and Learning among Ghanaian Built Environment Students

Callistus Tengan, Ernest Kissi, Tom Mboya Asigri, Bridget Tawiah Badu Eshun

Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · pp. 17–28 · Published 30 Jul 2020

10.9734/jerr/2020/v15i117135

Abstract

Entrepreneurship is now considered as a major contributor to global economic growth. Internationally, entrepreneurship or enterprise-based modules are increasingly being incorporated into non-business courses. Entrepreneurship education is believed to foster entrepreneurial learning, and help individual students develop a set of skills and competencies that can facilitate and support their entrepreneurial activities. Despite the profound benefits of entrepreneurship education, it is still not fully blown in Ghana. This study sought to identify challenges in the entrepreneurship education process and to propose strategies to enhance effective entrepreneurial learning. The study employed a mixed research design by means of preliminary literature review and subsequently a survey using the structured questionnaire approach. The data collected was analysed using the One-sample T-test. The analysis revealed eight (8) challenges to entrepreneurship education and twelve (12) strategies to enhance entrepreneurial learning amongst built environment students. This paper reports the investigation results of challenges and strategies of entrepreneurship education and learning among built environment students. The findings of this study are very useful for improving entrepreneurial activities in Ghana as well as Africa in general.

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Callistus Tengan, Ernest Kissi, Tom Mboya Asigri, Bridget Tawiah Badu Eshun (2020). Challenges and Strategies towards Entrepreneurship Education and Learning among Ghanaian Built Environment Students. Journal of Engineering Research and Reports , 17–28. https://doi.org/10.9734/jerr/2020/v15i117135

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Callistus Tengan — Sustainable Human Settlement and Construction Research Centre, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa and Department of Building Technology, Bolgatanga Polytechnic, Upper East Region, Ghana.
Ernest Kissi — Department of Building Technology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ashanti Region, Ghana.
Tom Mboya Asigri — Department of Building Technology, Bolgatanga Polytechnic, Upper East Region, Ghana.
Bridget Tawiah Badu Eshun — Department of Building Technology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ashanti Region, Ghana.

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