Creative Arts Curriculum Development for Entrepreneurship Skills Acquisition at Tertiary Education Level in Nigeria

Abstract

The study sought to identify the creative arts contents for entrepreneurship skills acquisition at tertiary education in Nigeria. Three research questions guided the study. The study adopted a descriptive survey design and the sample comprised of hundred (100) out of a population of one hundred and ninety six (196) students of the Department of Arts Education. The three sets of questionnaire instruments were validated by three experts. The instrument reliability coefficient was determined using Crombach Alpha which yielded 0.82. Questionnaire was used to generate data for the study and the data were analyzed using mean, standard deviations and weighted averages. Any mean that was below 2.50 was rejected. The result revealed that all the creative arts contents such as portrait painting, moulding in mass production process of two-dimensional, three-dimensional, percussion/instrumentation and theatrical aspects respectively are creative arts contents for entrepreneurship skills acquisition at tertiary education in Nigeria. The major problem was lack of creative arts programme in tertiary institutions in Nigeria. Recommendations were made on the basis of the findings of the study.