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 specialneeds in Nigerian universities through entrepreneurship education. A survey research design was adopted for thestudy. Three research questions were formulated to guide the study. 58 lecturers who teach special education servedas the population and sample. A 24 item questionnaire titled Creative Problem Solving through EntrepreneurshipEducation Questionnaire (CPSEEQ) was developed by the researchers and used to elicit information from therespondents. Cronbach alpha reliability method was used to determine the internal consistency of (CPSEEQ) and ityielded a reliability estimate of 0.81. The findings of the study showed that though creative problem solving is animportant component of entrepreneurship education, lecturers still stick with the old ideas and methods of teachingentrepeneurship theoretically. It was recommended that universities should move beyond the mere teaching oftheories to providing the students with more hands on practice on solving societal problems right from the time theyare still students