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 seek 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 StronglyDisagree. 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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