Handbook of Teaching and Learning in Tourism

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
• 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
• 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
• 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

Bibliographic information

• Title: Handbook of Teaching and Learning in Tourism
• Editors: Pierre Benckendorff, Anita Zehrer
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017
• ISBN: 1784714801, 9781784714802
• Length: 688 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Industries / Hospitality, Travel & Tourism; Education / Teaching / General; Reference / General; Reference / Research; Social Science / Reference; Social Science / Research