Author(s): Mutawakil Obeidat, Samer Ayasrah, Qutaibeh Katatbeh
Entrepreneurship is a key element in economic development; it helps combating poverty and unemployment. Worldwide, school and university curricula have been developed to cover principles of entrepreneurship and innovation. The main objective of this study is to disclose the effects of the course curriculum content “Entrepreneurship and Innovation” in developing and building knowledge, principles, and methods of entrepreneurship and innovation, among students of the Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST). The experimental and statistical methods were applied on a population of 832 male and female students. The study involved two hypotheses: the impact of the curriculum content in building knowledge and formation of basic concepts in entrepreneurship and innovation, and the impact of the curriculum content in the acquisition and formation of principles, methods, and strategies used in the implementation and application of entrepreneurial projects. The results revealed that there are statistically significant differences between the before and after tests for both hypotheses. Additionally, there was no significant difference between the two hypotheses for gender and level of the study of the students. This can be attributed to the absence of entrepreneurship material in the school curricula in Jordan.