Volume 13, Issue 1, 2024

Challenges of Pre-Service Entrepreneurial Skills in Mathematics Education and Their Gender Perspective

Ibraheem Abiola ALABI & Iyore Evelyn CHUKWULOBE

Abstract

This study examined the challenges of students’ entrepreneurial skills in
mathematics education and their gender perspective. The challenges of
entrepreneurial skills were categorised into communication, business and
personal skills at various levels. The population for the study consisted of all
tertiary institutions in Lagos State while the samples include NCE III
Mathematics Students. The instrument used for this study was questionnaire
designed by the researchers to sought for personal information of the
respondent in terms of sex and age with list of twenty items. Four Likert Scale
response option was used with option of – Strongly Agree, Agree, Disagree
and Strongly Disagree. The questionnaire was face-validated by experts.
Cronbach Alpha method was used to determine the reliability of the instrument
and the process returned a reliability coefficient of 0.85. The data were
analysed using both descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation and
percentages) and inferential statistics(t-test) which was used in testing the
hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The finding of this study revealed that
gender does not in any way influence the entrepreneurial skills acquired by
pre-service mathematics teachers and however, recommend that mandatory
study of entrepreneurial subject at senior secondary schools before attaining
tertiary institution.

Keywords

Entrepreneur, challenges, pre-service teachers and Mathematics Education.

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