Social Studies Teachers' Attitudes Towards Teaching Entrepreneurship Skills in the Sultanate of Oman

Given the growing global interest in entrepreneurship education, this study was conducted to explore the attitudes of social studies teachers in the Sultanate of Oman towards teaching entrepreneurship skills. The study sample consisted of (150) male and female social studies teachers in the Governorates of Muscat, Al Batinah North, and Al Batinah South. The current study was based on the descriptive analytical approach. The scale of attitudes towards entrepreneurship was constructed and developed, consisting of (20) items. To verify the face validity and reliability of the study tool, arbitrator validity and the internal consistency coefficient were used. The value of Cronbach's alpha reached (0.60). The results showed that the level of teachers' attitudes was highly positive, as the arithmetic mean of the total score reached (0.4), with a standard deviation of (0.55). It also concluded that there were no statistically significant differences in their attitudes towards teaching entrepreneurship at (a ≥ 0.05) attributed to the variables of gender and professional experience. The study recommended the necessity of providing a supportive environment for practicing everything that is consistent with the requirements of teaching entrepreneurship skills in the subject of social studies.