Handbook of Teaching and Learning in Tourism

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Pierre Benckendorff, Anita Zehrer
Edward Elgar Publishing, Jan 27, 2017 - Business & Economics - 688 pages

This comprehensive Handbook provides an international perspective on contemporary issues and future directions in teaching and learning in tourism. Key topics include assurance of learning, development of skills, learning in the field, work integrated learning, sustainability and critical studies, internationalisation, technology enabled learning, links between teaching and research, and graduate student supervision. Within these topics attention is devoted to the discussion of curriculum, pedagogy, assessment, students, educators and trends and issues. The Handbook provides a valuable resource for understanding teaching and learning theory and practice in tourism.

 

Contents

reminding the gap
3
2 Hospitality employers expectations towards the higher education system in Poland
17
3 The case for a return to the prevalence of examinations in student evaluation
31
4 Teaching sales and negotiations
42
5 Research skill development in tourism
58
current and future trends in Scottish universities
76
the importance of teaching reflective practice
95
lessons from a service development project
107
23 Internationalizing the tourism curriculum via study abroad
336
24 Building highimpact mobility programs for increased student internationalization
351
PART V CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES AND EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY
371
25 Teaching for strong sustainability in university tourism courses
373
dilemmas and directions
389
exploring the role of onsite community tourismbased WorkIntegrated Learning projects
402
28 Ecotourism and interdisciplinary skills
416
29 Criticality in tourism education
427

PART II TECHNOLOGYENABLED LEARNING
125
disconnect passive consumers reconnect active producers of knowledge
127
10 Pedagogy for online tourism classes
141
11 Massive Open Online Courses MOOCs in hospitality and tourism
154
a highimpact tool for higher education teaching in tourism
173
visual approaches in tourism pedagogy
190
PART III EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
205
principles and practice
207
reflections from Australia
218
rethinking the outcomes of workintegrated learning
231
17 The value of WIL in tourism and student perceptions of employability
246
a destinationbased learning approach to student engagement
259
19 Student and practitioner experience from learning laboratories
276
20 Investigating fieldtrips
290
intercultural competence and fieldtrips
305
PART IV INTERNATIONALIZATION
319
22 Internationalization of tourism education
321
30 A pedagogy of tourism informed by Indigenous approaches
439
trends and issues in tourism education
455
PART VI TEACHING LEARNING AND RESEARCH
465
32 Teachingresearch nexus in tourism hospitality and event studies
467
roles realities and relationships
484
lived experiences of research students
499
PART VII CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN TEACHING AND LEARNING
519
35 Standards benchmarks and assurance of learning
521
challenges in quality assurance in tourism education
537
37 The role and responsibilities of industry advisory boards in enhancing the educational experience
549
38 Networks for social capital building in tourism higher education
564
39 Innovation and change in tourism education with special focus on India
575
PART VIII CONCLUSIONS
589
an institutional innovation approach
591
41 The future of teaching and learning in tourism
609
Index
627
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