Inculcating Creative Problem Solving To Students With Special Needs In Nigerian Universities Through Entrepreneurship Education

Abstract:-The study investigated the strategies for inculcating creative problem solving to students with special<br>needs in Nigerian universities through entrepreneurship education. A survey research design was adopted for the<br>study. Three research questions were formulated to guide the study. 58 lecturers who teach special education served<br>as the population and sample. A 24 item questionnaire titled Creative Problem Solving through Entrepreneurship<br>Education Questionnaire (CPSEEQ) was developed by the researchers and used to elicit information from the<br>respondents. Cronbach alpha reliability method was used to determine the internal consistency of (CPSEEQ) and it<br>yielded a reliability estimate of 0.81. The findings of the study showed that though creative problem solving is an<br>important component of entrepreneurship education, lecturers still stick with the old ideas and methods of teaching<br>entrepeneurship theoretically. It was recommended that universities should move beyond the mere teaching of<br>theories to providing the students with more hands on practice on solving societal problems right from the time they<br>are still students