Rethinking Hospitality and Tourism Education

Marcela Fang is a Senior Lecturer at William Angliss Institute, Melbourne, Australia.Kim Williams is an Academic Consultant in Education and Innovation, Melbourne, Australia.Alison Morrison is a Professor and Associate Dean of Research at William Angliss Institute, Melbourne, Australia.Tracy Harkison is an Associate Professor at Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand/Aotearoa.

This book valuably prompts readers to reflect upon their own tourism and hospitality education approach and practice, and identify areas for enhancements. Each of the chapters posit transformations in tourism and hospitality education, and considerations for specific design and delivery responses. The considerations cover areas from generative artificial intelligence to feminist approaches, academic integrity, privilege and diversity, collaboration, employability, and authenticity.

• ContributorsKaren A. Smith: ForewordChapter 1. Tracy Harkison: IntroductionPart 1: Disruptors and TransformationsChapter 2. Alison Morrison: Hospitality and Tourism Education: Context Conditions Chapter 3. Nazia Ali and Birte Schmitz: Transformative Learning in Hospitality and Tourism: From Critical Pedagogy to Critical Digital Pedagogy Chapter 4. Alicia Orea-Giner and Prachi Thakur: Using Feminist Approaches to Foster Mental Wellbeing in Hospitality ClassroomsChapter 5. Kim Williams: Academic Integrity: A Discourse Concerning Contract CheatingChapter 6. Ajay Khatter and Andrew Dolphin: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Traditional Classroom Model: Collaborative Integration for Enhanced LearningPart 2: Design and ApproachesChapter 7. Olga Junek and Colin Drake: Run With It, Not Against It: Assessment Re(design) in Tourism, Hospitality and Events Studies Using GenAIChapter 8. Ana Delevska, Esha Thukral, Van Nguyen and Sandra Cherro Osorio: The 'House of Lean': Design and Application of Lean Higher Education Practices to Improve Student OutcomesChapter 9. Macmillion Braz Fernandes, Inga Mons, Marte Rinck de Boer and Hanneke Assen: Unleashing the Power of Trialogical Learning in Hospitality EducationChapter 10. Karen Radcliffe and Janine Priest: Designing Authentic Assessments for Event Management Students: Developing Sustainable Communities and Enhancing Social AwarenessChapter 11. Alexandra Constantinescu and Lisa Wyld: Authentic Assessment Design for Hospitality Studies: An Investigative Case Study ApproachChapter 12. Prachi Thakur, Anita Manfreda and Isabella Qing Ye: Playful Pedagogy and Gamification: Developing Reflective Practitioners in Tourism and Hospitality EducationChapter 13. Zdenka Gabrielova, Marcela Fang and Kijung Choi: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Student Collaboration: A Critical Reflection from Three Case StudiesChapter 14. Emma Delaney and Mark Ashton: Using Attendance Monitoring as a Wellbeing Intervention Tool to Ensure Engagement with Experiential LearningChapter 15. George Skell, Amanda Ting, Francisco Navarrete, Mona Yang and Antoine Bisson: The Rise of Pop-Up Restaurants: An Innovative Approach to Teaching Food and Beverage Management to Hospitality StudentsChapter 16. Irina N. Pericin Häfliger: Transforming Teaching Practice into Blended Learning: A Case Study on the Role of Values and InfluenceThis chapter is open access under a CC BY NC ND licence and can be downloaded for free at: https://zenodo.org/records/14604731. Chapter 17. Paul Strickland: Immersive Learning Through Study Tours: A Case Study of VietnamPart 3: Curricula ImplicationsChapter 18. Jeroen Oskam and Anna de Visser-Amundson: A Design-Based Research Inspired Curriculum to Prepare Hospitality Students for Times of UncertaintyChapter 19. Mairead McEntee, Victoria McCollum and Una McMahon-Beattie: You’re Going to Need a Bigger Boat (or Curriculum)Chapter 20. Thanh Le Minh and Marcela Fang: Developing Executive Leadership Capacity in Hospitality Graduate Students through Work-Integrated Learning in VietnamChapter 21. Samantha Boom: Educating the Future Women Leaders of the Hospitality IndustryChapter 22. Valentyna Stolyarchuk: Fishbowl Discussion as a Methodological Tool for Hospitality and Tourism EducationChapter 23. Emma O’Brien and Gavan Cleary: What’s the Big Idea? Using Blended Learning Approaches to Support the Development of Entrepreneurial Competencies in Tourism and Hospitality EducationChapter 24. Tracy Harkison: ConclusionIndex