Design-Based Learning in Hospitality Education

Hanneke Assen is Professor of International Hospitality Education at the Academy of Leisure, Tourism and Hospitality at NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands.Laura Velten is a Lecturer and Researcher at the Academy of Leisure, Tourism and Hospitality at NHL Stenden University of Applied Science, the Netherlands.Marte Rinck de Boer is a Lecturer and Researcher at the Academy of Leisure, Tourism and Hospitality at NHL Stenden University of Applied Science, the Netherlands.Macmillion Braz Fernandes is a Lecturer and Researcher at the Academy of Leisure, Tourism and Hospitality at NHL Stenden University of Applied Science, the Netherlands.Mandy (Xiaomin) Wen is a Lecturer and Researcher at the Academy of Leisure, Tourism and Hospitality at NHL Stenden University of Applied Science, the Netherlands.

A timely and rigorously grounded contribution to hospitality education through Design-Based Learning as a transformative, practice-integrated pedagogy to bridge theory, industry engagement, and curriculum design. The book provides a compelling roadmap for developing future-ready professionals equipped to navigate complexity, co-create value, and drive innovation in today's dynamic world.

• Foreword. Directors Leisure, Tourism and Hospitality ManagementForeword. StudentForeword. Educator Foreword. Hospitality Practitioner Introduction. Moving to Design Based Learning in Hospitality EducationSection 1: Your First Steps in Design Based Learning Chapter 1. Knowing the Why -The Foundation of the Design Based Learning CurriculumChapter 2. Knowing the Design – Design Principles for Building a Design Based Learning CurriculumChapter 3. Knowing the Where - The Components of a Rich Design Based Learning EnvironmentChapter 4. Knowing the How - Tools and Activities to Stimulate Learning Processes in Design Based LearningChapter 5. Knowing How to Assess – A Mirror for Lifelong LearningSection 2: Your Next Steps in Design Based LearningChapter 6. Knowing with Whom - Crossing Boundaries between Hospitality Education and IndustryChapter 7. Knowing How to Facilitate Design Based Learning - Roles, Tasks and Activities of partners-in learningChapter 8. Knowing How to Support Educators in Design Based Learning –Design Based Learning StudyChapter 9. Knowing How to Set up a Design Based Learning Team – the DBL Team modelSection 3: Our Showcases: Design Based Learning in ActionChapter 10. Getting Started with Design Based Learning - A Case from the Foundation PhaseChapter 11. Creating Your Own Design Challenge - A Case from the Main PhaseChapter 12. Designing in Hospitality - A Case from the Main PhaseChapter 13. An Alternative Approach to Design Based Learning - A Case from a Minor Study ‘About Hostmanship’    Chapter 14. Designing a Service Experience - A Case from a Master of ArtsSection 4: Looking Ahead – The Future Possibilities in Hospitality Education Chapter 15. Roadmap for Scaling and Sustaining Design Based Learning