Multiple Intelligences and Teaching Strategies for Entrepreneurship Empowerment and Development in Nigeria
Abstract
Unemployment among Nigerian higher institution graduates will likely continue to rise if entrepreneurship educators do not apply inclusive pedagogy that focuses on individual differences. Therefore, as a first step, educators require self-awareness of their instructional strengths and limitations to adopt effective instructional strategies to achieve their students' employability objectives. This study aimed to improve entrepreneurship educators' teaching strategies to effectively prepare learners to become job creators, thereby, achieving the objectives for which entrepreneurship education was introduced to the Nigerian higher institution curriculum. The study's research questions included (1) what are entrepreneurship educators' Multiple Intelligences characteristics and preferred teaching strategies? and (2) is there a significant relationship between entrepreneurship educators' Multiple Intelligences characteristics and their preferred teaching strategies?. The study's participants were entrepreneurship educators in a higher institution in south-south Nigeria. The study’s results might be used eventually to develop and expand Nigerian entrepreneurship educators' instructional abilities in preparing diverse students with the knowledge and skills they need to become employable. The study’s data were collected using the Intelligence Survey (IS) and the Multiple Intelligences Framed Teaching Strategy Index (MIFTSI). The findings revealed that interpersonal, intrapersonal, and linguistic strategies were the most frequently used teaching strategies by entrepreneurship educators. The strongest and recurring predictors for commonly used teaching strategies were intrapersonal, spatial, and linguistic intelligences. Future studies could include planning and designing workshops, seminars, and training based on Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences Theory.
Degree
Ph.D.
Advisors
Greenan, Purdue University.
Subject Area
Entrepreneurship|Labor relations|Pedagogy|Sub Saharan Africa Studies
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