Learning Entrepreneurship: A Study of Instructional Practices in Business Education and Entrepreneurial Skills of Business Graduates in Pakistan
This study intended to investigate the instructional practices at business schools and the learning of entrepreneurial skills. The objectives of the study were: to find out prevailing instructional practices of business educators, entrepreneurship skills of business graduates and the relationship of instructional practices with entrepreneurial skills. The population of the study comprised of business educators and business graduates of the province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan. The data was collected through two self-developed questionnaires from 79 business educators and 170 business graduates. The results revealed that traditional instructional practices are used by majority of business educators. However some of the business educators used modern instructional practices. The traditional instructional practices have negative relationship with entrepreneurial skills while modern instructional practices have positive relationship with entrepreneurial skills. It was recommended that training may be provided to the business educators to enhance their pedagogical competencies for teaching entrepreneurial skills.
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Entrepreneurship, Instructional Methods, Entrepreneurial Skills, Entrepreneurship Education
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(1) Nasir Shaheen
Assistant Professor, Centre for management and commerce, University of Swat, KP, Pakistan.
(2) Nasir Ahmad
Assistant Professor, Center for Education & Staff Training,University of Swat, KP, Pakistan.
(3) Sajjad Hussain
Lecturer, Center for Education & Staff Training, University of Swat, KP, Pakistan.
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APA : Shaheen, N., Ahmad, N., & Hussain, S. (2019). Learning Entrepreneurship: A Study of Instructional Practices in Business Education and Entrepreneurial Skills of Business Graduates in Pakistan. Global Regional Review, IV(IV), 122-129. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2019(IV-IV).14
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CHICAGO : Shaheen, Nasir, Nasir Ahmad, and Sajjad Hussain. 2019. "Learning Entrepreneurship: A Study of Instructional Practices in Business Education and Entrepreneurial Skills of Business Graduates in Pakistan." Global Regional Review, IV (IV): 122-129 doi: 10.31703/grr.2019(IV-IV).14
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HARVARD : SHAHEEN, N., AHMAD, N. & HUSSAIN, S. 2019. Learning Entrepreneurship: A Study of Instructional Practices in Business Education and Entrepreneurial Skills of Business Graduates in Pakistan. Global Regional Review, IV, 122-129.
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OXFORD : Shaheen, Nasir, Ahmad, Nasir, and Hussain, Sajjad (2019), "Learning Entrepreneurship: A Study of Instructional Practices in Business Education and Entrepreneurial Skills of Business Graduates in Pakistan", Global Regional Review, IV (IV), 122-129
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TURABIAN : Shaheen, Nasir, Nasir Ahmad, and Sajjad Hussain. "Learning Entrepreneurship: A Study of Instructional Practices in Business Education and Entrepreneurial Skills of Business Graduates in Pakistan." Global Regional Review IV, no. IV (2019): 122-129. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2019(IV-IV).14