ABSTRACT
Tourism is much more than an economic sector, it is also a social, cultural, political, and environmental force that drives societal change. Understanding, responding to, and managing this change will inevitably require knowledge workers who are able to address a range of problems associated with tourism, travel, hospitality, and the increasingly complex operating environment within which they exist.
The purpose of this Handbook is to provide an insightful and authoritative account of the various issues that are shaping the higher educational world of tourism, hospitality and events education and to highlight the creative, inventive and innovative ways that educators are responding to these issues. It takes as its central focus a dynamic curriculum space shaped by internal and external factors from global to local scales, a variety of values and perspectives contributed by a range of stakeholders, and shifting philosophies about education policy, pedagogy and teaching practice. A benchmark for future curriculum design and development, it critically reviews the development of conceptual and theoretical approaches to tourism and hospitality education. The Handbook is composed of contributions from specialists in the field, is interdisciplinary in coverage and international in scope through its authorship and content.
Providing a systematic guide to the current state of knowledge on tourism and hospitality education and its future direction this is essential reading for students, researchers and academics in Tourism, Hospitality, Events, Recreation and Leisure Studies.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |14 pages
Introduction to the Handbook
part |88 pages
Philosophical foundations
chapter 6|12 pages
Hospitality higher education
part |91 pages
The changing context
part |68 pages
The curriculum space
chapter 16|15 pages
Tourism, hospitality and events curriculum in higher education in Brazil
chapter 17|10 pages
Educating tourism students in the South Pacific
chapter 18|15 pages
Challenges for the tourism, hospitality and events higher education curricula in Sub-Saharan Africa
part |105 pages
Curriculum delivery
chapter 22|13 pages
Transforming tourism education through Web 2.0 collaboration
chapter 25|13 pages
Work-integrated and service learning at HAAGA-HELIA Porvoo Campus in Finland
chapter 26|8 pages
Embedded research
chapter 27|12 pages
Teaching service quality, innovation management and other service considerations in the hospitality management discipline
part |163 pages
Issues and challenges
chapter 31|14 pages
Industry engagement with tourism and hospitality education
chapter 33|20 pages
Groundswell
chapter 34|16 pages
Engaging students
part |18 pages
Conclusions and future directions