Investigating integration of entrepreneurship education into teacher education curriculum framework in Zambia
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Authors
Chola, Daniel Katongo
Issue Date
2022-10
Type
Thesis
Language
en
Keywords
Entrepreneurship education , Digital education , Civic entrepreneurship , Entrepreneurial teacher , Edupreneurship , Service-learning , Entrepreneurial pedagogy , Entrepreneurial citizenship , Teacher education , Curriculum , Active citizenship , SDG 4 Quality Education
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Abstract
This research focused on investigating how entrepreneurship education (EE) was integrated
in Zambia's teacher education (TE) curriculum framework. Simply put, the study investigated
the aspects of leadership used by Zambian TE institutions (TEIs) to implement and oversee the
2013 policy framework for the curriculum for EE. A descriptive research design and mixedmethods
research were both used to achieve the study's goals. This study argues that teaching
of EE can promote sustainable development by developing students' leadership, entrepreneurial
and opportunity-seeking mindsets in the corporate, social, civic, and technology spheres,
thereby reshaping society. In Zambia's universities and teacher colleges of education, the
systematic implementation, management, and integration of entrepreneurial education into the
curricular framework for TE were found to be inconsistent. According to the poor results of the
competency test, trainee teachers had a poor conceptualisation of EE in TE. The basic
theoretical and practical pedagogical foundations of EE were found to be poorly understood by
EE educators. The study offers policymakers and practitioners in teacher education insight into
how to create policies, programmes, and leadership that support the growth of entrepreneurship
and increased innovation through the development of human capital and the most effective use of the opportunity-based approach. I therefore, concluded that EE courses should be integrated
into all teacher training programmes to produce active industrious teachers and educators who
will then produce entrepreneurial learners and citizens for active citizenship and selfsustaining
development at all levels of education.