INDUSTRY – INSTITUTION RESEARCH COLLABORATION AND BUSINESS EDUCATION STUDENTS LEARNING EXPERIENCES IN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN RIVERS STATE, NIGERIA
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Industry – institution research collaboration in Business Education is capable of providing mutual benefits to industry and educators aimed at enhancing learning effectiveness. However, such situation makes students adjust to societal life and create linkages for service provision. The relationship between industry- institution research collaboration is capable of engendering Business Education teaching and learning effectiveness in public universities in Rivers State. The correlational study guided by three research questions and corresponding hypotheses was driven by a population of 820 final year Business Education students from three public universities in Rivers State. A Sample of 269 final year students were drawn using stratified random sampling. The two instruments designed were validated and tested for reliability to obtain an index of 0.82 using Cronbach alpha. Data collected and analysed through SPSS 21 using Pearson Product Moment Correlation to analyze the bivariate data which revealed a weak positive but significant influence of industry – institution research collaboration on students’ mastery of content knowledge. Again, the result further revealed a strong positive and significant association between industry – institution research collaboration and students’ skills development. It was recommended among others that Business Education students should strengthen their research collaboration with industries so to enhance learning experiences in Business Education courses.
Keywords: University. Teaching, Learning Experience, Pedagogical Practices, Research, industry – institution collaboration
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