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Creativity and Innovation Management in the Classroom: Building Entrepreneurship Skills in Today’s Learners

Comfort N. Owate Ph.D., CLN, Sandra Eberechukwu Augustine Ph.D.

Abstract

The massive rate of unemployment among graduates and the need for countries, especially developing nations, to migrate from consumers of foreign goods to manufacturers and suppliers of goods and services should necessitate the development of an entrepreneurial mindset in today’s learners. Continuing the status quo in the education system to yield the same results can weaken a nation’s economy. Learners, therefore, require creative thinking, innovation, and flexibility to survive the economic challenges and become future young and successful entrepreneurs. Educators play crucial roles in promoting entrepreneurship skills in their learners through effective classroom creativity and innovation management. This paper discusses how educators can build entrepreneurship skills in today’s learners through creativity and innovation management in the classroom. It starts with the concept of creativity and innovation, creativity and innovation management, the roles of creativity and innovation in entrepreneurship, and ways to promote entrepreneurship, creativity, and innovation.

Keywords

Creativityinnovationmanagementcompetitivenessentrepreneurshipand education

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