Student entrepreneurship mindset and social entrepreneurship pedagogy in a global health pandemic in Lagos State University, Nigeria

Samson A. Adewumi () and Logan D. Naidoo ()
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Samson A. Adewumi: Mangosuthu University of Technology, South Africa
Logan D. Naidoo: Mangosuthu University of Technology, South Africa

Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues, 2022, vol. 10, issue 1, 200-213

Abstract: The study interrogates the contention that social entrepreneurship pedagogy plays an essential role in developing students' entrepreneurial mindset in a Covid-19 era from the perspective of the Lagos State University, Nigeria. The exploratory design was employed to harness new knowledge from existing literature. A total of 18 final-year students were purposively and conveniently for an interview, and data were analyzed with the NVivo (v.12) qualitative software. Results reveal a lack of pedagogy initiatives in delivering teachings and learning such as seminars/workshops, networking, internships and case studies, the absence of a conventional department of entrepreneurship education and a lack of appropriate entrepreneurship education curriculum for the development of students' entrepreneurship mindsets. Notably, the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic has shown that students can revive the Nigerian economy with a positive outlook due to their entrepreneurial mindset. The study echoes the need for the constitution of appropriate pedagogy initiatives and relevant course contents and curriculum that could steer a robust students' entrepreneurial mindset for venture creation and economic development amidst the prevailing loss of jobs in this epoch of Covid-19.

Keywords: social pedagogy; entrepreneurial mindset; COVID-19; higher education; students (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L26 L31 L32 P36 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.9770/jesi.2022.10.1(10)

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