EXPERIENTIAL PEDAGOGY AND ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTION: A FOCUS ON UNIVERSITY ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMMES

Entrepreneurial intention is considered a compelling and undeniable determinant of expression of entrepreneurial behaviour. However, the impact of university entrepreneurship education has been questioned particularly regarding the effect on transition of students’ intention to engagement in entrepreneurial activities at graduation. Therefore the concept of entrepreneurial implementation intention as theorized by this study suggests that the expression of entrepreneurial actions by university students motivated by an effective experiential pedagogy increases the propensity of undergraduates to engage in entrepreneurship after graduation. Therefore, this study provided conceptual clarifications on the relationship between experiential pedagogy and entrepreneurial intentions and a theoretical foundation for experiential pedagogy was also established. The study also reviewed two prominent intention theories salient to entrepreneurship education with a view to highlighting the limitations and also bridge the theoretical gaps identified, by proposing an intention model considered salient to increasing the propensity of university students’ engagement in entrepreneurial activities at graduation. The study concluded that an assessment of university entrepreneurship programme based on the development and expression of entrepreneurial actions may have the ability to increase the propensity of university students’ attainment of entrepreneurial goals at graduation