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This study examined the differential impact of experiential entrepreneurial learning
method on entrepreneurial intentions of students compared to the traditional
entrepreneurial teaching method of the course "Entrepreneurship and Small Business
Management '' at Wollo University. The research design appropriated for the
research was a quasi-experimental nonequivalent comparison-group design. Data for
the study drawn from 202 undergraduate students of Wollo University. To collect the
data, the improved and extended version of Entrepreneurial Intention Questionnaire
(EIQ) and generic learning outcome measuring open-ended items employed. The data
collection processes were conducting between February 2019 and June 15/2019.
While measuring the impact of each course teaching learning method on
entrepreneurial intention and its antecedents, test-retest difference two-sample t-test,
ANCOVA, multiple response chi-square analyses, logistic regression, and path
analysis of SEM used. The findings of the study showed that both the newly designed
experiential entrepreneurial learning and traditional entrepreneurial teaching
methods had significantly improved entrepreneurial intention and its antecedents of
the study participants. On the other hand, the entrepreneurial intention of students
learned entrepreneurship by the experiential method was significant higher than the
control group. The intention model (i.e., TPB) was valid for representing the
entrepreneurial intention development of students. Entrepreneurial self-concept has
significantly mediated the relationship between EI and EIIC and its antecedents. The
association among the type of entrepreneurial teaching-learning method, the
perceived job creation responsibility attribution development, and course benefit
evaluation (reporting of cognitive, affective, and skill-related entrepreneurial
learning outcomes) of participants’ responses were statistically significant. In light of
the findings recommendation, implications, and future directions forwarded. |
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